diff --git a/web/src/pages/Build.tsx b/web/src/pages/Build.tsx
index f5a0352..8cf53eb 100644
--- a/web/src/pages/Build.tsx
+++ b/web/src/pages/Build.tsx
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-import { useEffect, useState } from "react";
+import { useEffect, useRef, useState } from "react";
 import { useMutation, useQuery, useQueryClient } from "@tanstack/react-query";
 import { AudioLines, ChevronDown, ChevronRight, ChevronsDownUp, Disc3, Folder, FolderOpen, Link2, Play, Unlink } from "lucide-react";
 import { api, type Pair, type TreeEntry } from "../api";
 import { Alert, Badge, Button, Card, Empty, Modal, Spinner, cx, formatBytes } from "../ui";
 import { useToast } from "../toast";
 import { MiniPlayer, type Track } from "./Player";
-import { LetterBar } from "./Review";
+import { LetterBar, letterOf } from "./Review";
 
 const rowID = (rel: string) => `build-${rel}`;
 
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ const ancestorIn = (sel: Set<string>, rel: string) => {
 export function Build({ pair }: { pair: Pair }) {
   // Open folders, oldest first, so Backspace closes the last one opened.
   const [open, setOpen] = useState<string[]>([]);
+  // The master's top level is shown one letter at a time.
+  const [letter, setLetter] = useState<string | null>(null);
+  const listRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
   const [sel, setSel] = useState<Set<string>>(new Set());
   const [confirm, setConfirm] = useState<null | "build" | "remove">(null);
   // The mini-player keeps its own copy of the folder it started in.
@@ -51,6 +54,15 @@ export function Build({ pair }: { pair: Pair }) {
       }
       return n;
     });
+  const toggleAll = (entries: TreeEntry[], on: boolean) =>
+    setSel((s) => {
+      const n = new Set(s);
+      for (const e of entries) {
+        if (on) for (const x of n) if (x.startsWith(e.rel + "/")) n.delete(x);
+        on ? n.add(e.rel) : n.delete(e.rel);
+      }
+      return n;
+    });
   const toggleOpen = (rel: string) =>
     setOpen((o) => (o.includes(rel) ? o.filter((x) => x !== rel && !x.startsWith(rel + "/")) : [...o, rel]));
   const play = (siblings: TreeEntry[], rel: string) => {
@@ -58,7 +70,11 @@ export function Build({ pair }: { pair: Pair }) {
     setPlayer({ queue, index: queue.findIndex((t) => t.rel === rel) });
   };
   const all = tree.data ?? [];
-  const allSelected = all.length > 0 && all.every((e) => sel.has(e.rel));
+  // Until a letter is picked, show the first one the bar offers (A–Z, then #).
+  const has = new Set(all.map((e) => letterOf(e.name)));
+  const current = letter && has.has(letter) ? letter : [..."ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ#"].find((l) => has.has(l));
+  const shown = all.filter((e) => letterOf(e.name) === current);
+  const allSelected = shown.length > 0 && shown.every((e) => sel.has(e.rel));
 
   // Backspace closes the folder opened last, and scrolls back to it.
   useEffect(() => {
@@ -85,14 +101,9 @@ export function Build({ pair }: { pair: Pair }) {
       </Alert>
 
       <div className="flex flex-wrap items-center justify-between gap-3">
-        <div className="flex items-center gap-3 text-xs text-muted">
-          <Button size="sm" variant="ghost" disabled={!open.length} onClick={() => setOpen([])}>
-            <ChevronsDownUp className="size-3.5" /> Collapse all
-          </Button>
-          <span className="hidden sm:inline">
-            <kbd className="rounded border border-line px-1 mono">Backspace</kbd> closes the last folder opened
-          </span>
-        </div>
+        <Button size="sm" variant="ghost" disabled={!open.length} onClick={() => setOpen([])}>
+          <ChevronsDownUp className="size-3.5" /> Collapse all
+        </Button>
         <div className="flex items-center gap-2">
           {sel.size > 0 && <span className="text-xs text-muted">{sel.size} selected</span>}
           <Button size="sm" disabled={!sel.size || running} onClick={() => setConfirm("remove")}>
@@ -108,10 +119,17 @@ export function Build({ pair }: { pair: Pair }) {
         <div className="sticky top-14 z-30 -mx-4 bg-bg/90 px-4 py-1.5 backdrop-blur">
           <LetterBar
             starts={all.map((e, i) => ({ letter: e.name.charAt(0), offset: i }))}
-            onJump={(i) => document.getElementById(rowID(all[i].rel))?.scrollIntoView({ block: "start", behavior: "smooth" })}
+            current={current}
+            onJump={(i) => {
+              setLetter(letterOf(all[i].name));
+              // Start the new section at its top if the old one was scrolled past it.
+              const top = listRef.current?.getBoundingClientRect().top ?? 0;
+              if (top < 0) window.scrollBy({ top: top - 120 });
+            }}
           />
         </div>
       )}
+      <div ref={listRef}>
       <Card className="overflow-hidden [&>div:last-child]:border-b-0">
         {tree.isLoading && (
           <div className="p-8">
@@ -126,17 +144,18 @@ export function Build({ pair }: { pair: Pair }) {
               type="checkbox"
               className=""
               checked={allSelected}
-              onChange={() => setSel(allSelected ? new Set() : new Set(all.map((e) => e.rel)))}
+              onChange={() => toggleAll(shown, !allSelected)}
             />
-            Select everything in the master library
+            Select all {shown.length} in {current}
           </label>
         )}
         <TreeRows
-          entries={all}
+          entries={shown}
           depth={0}
           ctx={{ pairId: pair.id, open, sel, nowPlaying, toggle, toggleOpen, play }}
         />
       </Card>
+      </div>
       <p className="text-xs text-muted">Folder link counts come from the last scan. Song states are live.</p>
 
       {player && (