diff --git a/frontend/src/App.tsx b/frontend/src/App.tsx
index d56d54a..2a599a4 100644
--- a/frontend/src/App.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/App.tsx
@@ -16,6 +16,35 @@ function isFuzzyMatch(candidate: string, query: string) {
   return true;
 }
 
+function getCurrentPartial(input: string) {
+  const trimmed = input.trim();
+  if (!trimmed) return "";
+  if (trimmed.endsWith("/")) return "";
+  const idx = trimmed.lastIndexOf("/");
+  return idx >= 0 ? trimmed.slice(idx + 1) : trimmed;
+}
+
+function renderHighlightedMatch(text: string, query: string) {
+  if (!query) return text;
+  let qIndex = 0;
+  const lowerQuery = query.toLowerCase();
+  return text.split("").map((char, index) => {
+    const isMatch =
+      qIndex < lowerQuery.length && char.toLowerCase() === lowerQuery[qIndex];
+    if (isMatch) {
+      qIndex += 1;
+    }
+    return (
+      <span
+        key={`${char}-${index}`}
+        style={isMatch ? { fontWeight: 600, color: "#222" } : undefined}
+      >
+        {char}
+      </span>
+    );
+  });
+}
+
 function App() {
   const [projectPath, setProjectPath] = React.useState<string | null>(null);
   const [errorMsg, setErrorMsg] = React.useState<string | null>(null);
@@ -125,18 +154,21 @@ function App() {
       setMatchList(list);
     }
 
-    computeSuggestion().catch((error) => {
-      console.error(error);
-      if (!active) return;
-      setCompletionError(
-        error instanceof Error
-          ? error.message
-          : "Failed to compute suggestion.",
-      );
-    });
+    const debounceId = window.setTimeout(() => {
+      computeSuggestion().catch((error) => {
+        console.error(error);
+        if (!active) return;
+        setCompletionError(
+          error instanceof Error
+            ? error.message
+            : "Failed to compute suggestion.",
+        );
+      });
+    }, 60);
 
     return () => {
       active = false;
+      window.clearTimeout(debounceId);
     };
   }, [pathInput, homeDir]);
 
@@ -195,6 +227,8 @@ function App() {
     }
   }
 
+  const currentPartial = getCurrentPartial(pathInput);
+
   return (
     <main
       className="container"
@@ -288,6 +322,13 @@ function App() {
                       setPathInput(next);
                     }
                   }
+                } else if (event.key === "Escape") {
+                  event.preventDefault();
+                  setMatchList([]);
+                  setSelectedMatch(0);
+                  setSuggestion(null);
+                  setSuggestionTail("");
+                  setCompletionError(null);
                 } else if (event.key === "Enter") {
                   handleOpen();
                 }
@@ -342,7 +383,7 @@ function App() {
                         fontFamily: "inherit",
                       }}
                     >
-                      {match.name}/
+                      {renderHighlightedMatch(match.name, currentPartial)}/
                     </button>
                   );
                 })}