diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 583d5fba..d3318467 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ It profits from these great projects:
 * adds optional natural sort of items
 * adds optional checkboxes to select items
 * adds text preview modes: none, fixed, markdown
+* optionally hide folders in main view
 * makes use of EXIF thumbnails optional
 * fixes file deletion of multiple files
 * fixes `setParentFolderLabels = false`
diff --git a/src/_h5ai/client/images/select.svg b/src/_h5ai/client/images/selected.svg
similarity index 100%
rename from src/_h5ai/client/images/select.svg
rename to src/_h5ai/client/images/selected.svg
diff --git a/src/_h5ai/client/js/inc/ext/select.js b/src/_h5ai/client/js/inc/ext/select.js
index 5bf66993..b1287a1d 100644
--- a/src/_h5ai/client/js/inc/ext/select.js
+++ b/src/_h5ai/client/js/inc/ext/select.js
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ modulejs.define('ext/select', ['_', '$', 'core/settings', 'core/resource', 'core
 			checkboxes: false
 		}, allsettings.select),
 
+		template = '<span class="selector"><img src="' + resource.image('selected') + '" alt="selected"/></span>',
+
 		x = 0, y = 0,
 		l = 0, t = 0, w = 0, h = 0,
 		shrink = 1/3,
@@ -115,14 +117,17 @@ modulejs.define('ext/select', ['_', '$', 'core/settings', 'core/resource', 'core
 		initItem = function (item) {
 
 			if (item.$view) {
-				item.$view.find('.selector').on('click', function (event) {
 
-					event.stopImmediatePropagation();
-					event.preventDefault();
+				$(template)
+					.appendTo(item.$view.find('a'))
+					.on('click', function (event) {
 
-					item.$view.toggleClass('selected');
-					publish();
-				});
+						event.stopImmediatePropagation();
+						event.preventDefault();
+
+						item.$view.toggleClass('selected');
+						publish();
+					});
 			}
 		},
 
diff --git a/src/_h5ai/client/js/inc/view/items.js b/src/_h5ai/client/js/inc/view/items.js
index 5334516a..58008e33 100644
--- a/src/_h5ai/client/js/inc/view/items.js
+++ b/src/_h5ai/client/js/inc/view/items.js
@@ -15,9 +15,6 @@ modulejs.define('view/items', ['_', '$', 'core/settings', 'core/resource', 'core
 							'<span class="label"/>' +
 							'<span class="date"/>' +
 							'<span class="size"/>' +
-							'<span class="selector">' +
-								'<img src="' + resource.image('select') + '" alt="selected"/>' +
-							'</span>' +
 						'</a>' +
 					'</li>',
 		hintTemplate = '<span class="hint"/>',
@@ -75,7 +72,6 @@ modulejs.define('view/items', ['_', '$', 'core/settings', 'core/resource', 'core
 					$label.addClass('l10n-parentDirectory');
 				}
 				$html.addClass('folder-parent');
-				$html.find('.selector').remove();
 			}
 
 			if (item.$view) {