diff --git a/CLAUDE.md b/CLAUDE.md
index fd365e0..a022858 100644
--- a/CLAUDE.md
+++ b/CLAUDE.md
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ Dependencies: `requests` (streams), `numpy` + `soundfile` (FLAC output and FLAC
 `webui.html` (one `<script>` block):
 - Clip review: `clipQueue`/`clipCursor` globals, `playClip()`, `playFileSection()`, `hideClipBar()`; markup is the `#clip-bar` div.
 - Day review: `dayHighlights()` builds `dayActiveSections` (chronological); `jumpToDaySection()` arms the queue.
-- J/K: single document-level `keydown` listener — clip queue takes priority, in-player `currentTime` stepping is the fallback when no queue is armed.
+- J/K/U/I: single document-level `keydown` listener — clip queue takes priority, in-player `currentTime` stepping is the fallback when no queue is armed. U/I (and the `#clip-hl-only` checkbox, which also affects J/K, Prev/Next, and auto-advance) restrict stepping to highlights: the top `#clip-top` (default 50) sections by score, computed on demand by `topScoreSet()`; `stepClip()` is the shared queue-stepping path.
 - Analysis: `fetchAnalysis()` (session `analysisCache`), `analyse()` (per-row render), `cachedParamsMatch()` (autoload guard).
 
 ## Verifying changes
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f7e7d23..fbfbe40 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -154,12 +154,12 @@ The browser UI (HTML/CSS/JS) lives in `webui.html`, which `web.py` loads at star
 Shows recordings grouped by day with collapsible sections. Features:
 
 - **Day groups** — recordings are grouped under a collapsible day heading showing date, file count, total duration, and total size. The most recent day is expanded by default; older days start collapsed. Expanded state is preserved across filter changes.
-- **Day highlights** — click **Highlights** on any day heading to run loudness analysis across all WAV/FLAC files in that day and display a combined activity timeline SVG. Orange segments show when loud sections occurred relative to the day's time span; blue shows the file extents. Labels show the start, midpoint, and end times. When a day has more sections than fit as chips, the chips show the top 50 by score (loudest-above-background first) so the most promising events are reviewed first; J/K still steps through all sections in time order.
+- **Day highlights** — click **Highlights** on any day heading to run loudness analysis across all WAV/FLAC files in that day and display a combined activity timeline SVG. Orange segments show when loud sections occurred relative to the day's time span; blue shows the file extents. Labels show the start, midpoint, and end times. When a day has more sections than fit as chips, the chips show the top 50 by score (loudest-above-background first) so the most promising events are reviewed first; J/K still steps through all sections in time order, and U/I steps through only the top-scored highlights.
 - **Inline playback** — collapsible `Play` button per row; audio loads lazily via a seekable `/stream/` endpoint with HTTP Range support. Metadata is fetched immediately so the duration is visible without pressing play.
 - **Waveform analysis** — on demand per file; computes RMS per 100 ms window and marks sections that stand out above the background. Detection is **adaptive**: a rolling noise floor (20th percentile per 30 s block) is estimated across the file, and a section is flagged when the level rises at least *margin* dB (default 12) above that floor. Slow ambience changes — rain setting in, day/night traffic hum — move the floor instead of producing false positives. Each section gets a **score** (its peak dB above the floor) used to rank sections by how much they stand out. Supported for WAV and FLAC (FLAC requires `numpy` + `soundfile`). Pure-Python fallback for WAV when numpy is absent. Results are cached in `recordings/analyses/<filename>.analysis.json`; subsequent requests at the same margin, min-gap, and min-duration settings return instantly without re-reading the audio. The cache file is deleted automatically when the audio file is deleted. Orphaned cache files (audio deleted outside the UI) are pruned on startup.
 - **Grace period** — configurable in the controls bar (default 2 s). Loud sections separated by less than this gap are merged into one. Raise this (e.g. to 15–30 s) when a single event generates many timestamps due to brief quiet gaps within it.
 - **Min duration** — configurable in the controls bar (default 0.5 s). Loud sections shorter than this (after grace-period merging) are discarded, so isolated sub-second pops — a click, a single raindrop — don't flood a day with thousands of near-zero-length sections. Set to 0 to disable.
-- **Clip playback** — clicking a loud-section chip plays a short server-rendered WAV clip (`/api/clip`, pre-roll included) in a player bar at the bottom of the page. Playback starts instantly even for sections deep inside multi-hundred-MB FLACs, because the browser never has to seek the full file. **J** / **K** (or the **Prev** / **Next** buttons) step through the queued sections — one file's, or a whole day's after **Highlights** — and **Auto-advance** plays the next section when one ends, turning a day's detections into a continuous review reel. **Open in file** switches to the full recording at the same position for context; each chip click also pre-fills the cut panel.
+- **Clip playback** — clicking a loud-section chip plays a short server-rendered WAV clip (`/api/clip`, pre-roll included) in a player bar at the bottom of the page. Playback starts instantly even for sections deep inside multi-hundred-MB FLACs, because the browser never has to seek the full file. **J** / **K** (or the **Prev** / **Next** buttons) step through the queued sections — one file's, or a whole day's after **Highlights** — and **Auto-advance** plays the next section when one ends, turning a day's detections into a continuous review reel. **U** / **I** step through *highlights only*: the top-scored sections of the queue (count set by the **Top** input in the player bar, default 50). Ticking **Highlights only** makes J/K, Prev/Next, and Auto-advance skip non-highlights too, so a day with thousands of detections can be reviewed as a short reel of just the loudest events. The same keys work during full-file playback, seeking the open recording between (highlight) sections. **Open in file** switches to the full recording at the same position for context; each chip click also pre-fills the cut panel.
 - **Cut & download** — `Cut` button opens the player row and reveals a cut panel. Enter start and end times in `m:ss` or `h:mm:ss` format and click **Download cut** to receive an ffmpeg-trimmed copy without re-encoding. Requires ffmpeg (included in the Docker image). The cut is named with the real wall-clock span it covers — `<YYYYMMDD>_<HH-MM-SS>_<HH-MM-SS>.<ext>`, e.g. a 22:31:30→22:32:30 slice of a recording started at 22:00:00 becomes `20260523_22-31-30_22-32-30.flac`.
 - **Filters** — live filename search and from/to date pickers above the table; applied client-side with no additional requests. Shows `N of M shown` when a filter is active.
 - **Delete** — `Delete` button per row with confirmation prompt; disabled for files currently being recorded; sends `DELETE /api/files/<name>` and re-renders the table.
diff --git a/webui.html b/webui.html
index 128d819..f1a2c4c 100644
--- a/webui.html
+++ b/webui.html
@@ -128,8 +128,9 @@ svg.day-timeline{display:block;width:100%;height:22px}
 #clip-bar audio{flex:1 1 240px;min-width:180px;height:32px}
 #clip-label{font-size:12px;color:var(--muted);font-family:ui-monospace,monospace;
   white-space:nowrap;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;max-width:38%}
-#clip-auto-label{font-size:12px;color:var(--muted);display:flex;align-items:center;
-  gap:4px;white-space:nowrap;cursor:pointer}
+#clip-auto-label,#clip-hl-label,#clip-top-label{font-size:12px;color:var(--muted);
+  display:flex;align-items:center;gap:4px;white-space:nowrap;cursor:pointer}
+#clip-top{width:52px}
 body.clip-open{padding-bottom:70px}
 </style>
 </head>
@@ -179,6 +180,8 @@ body.clip-open{padding-bottom:70px}
   <span id="clip-label"></span>
   <audio id="clip-audio" controls preload="auto" aria-label="Section clip playback"></audio>
   <label id="clip-auto-label"><input type="checkbox" id="clip-auto" checked> Auto-advance</label>
+  <label id="clip-hl-label" title="J/K, Prev/Next and auto-advance skip everything outside the top sections"><input type="checkbox" id="clip-hl-only"> Highlights only</label>
+  <label id="clip-top-label" title="How many top-scored sections count as highlights">Top <input type="number" id="clip-top" min="1" step="1" value="50" aria-label="Number of top-scored sections treated as highlights"></label>
   <button id="clip-context" title="Open the full recording at this position">Open in file</button>
   <button id="clip-close" aria-label="Close clip player">&times;</button>
 </div>
@@ -347,7 +350,8 @@ function seekToSection(idx, filename, startSec, endSec, sectionIdx) {
 // Sections play as small server-rendered WAV clips (/api/clip) in the bottom
 // bar instead of seeking the full recording, which is slow for big FLACs.
 // clipQueue holds the active review list (one file's sections, or a whole
-// day's); J/K and the Prev/Next buttons step through it.
+// day's); J/K and the Prev/Next buttons step through it, U/I (or the
+// "Highlights only" toggle) restrict stepping to the top-N entries by score.
 let clipQueue = [];
 let clipCursor = -1;
 
@@ -386,12 +390,37 @@ function playFileSection(idx, filename, si) {
   playClip(si);
 }
 
-document.getElementById('clip-prev').addEventListener('click', () => playClip(clipCursor - 1));
-document.getElementById('clip-next').addEventListener('click', () => playClip(clipCursor + 1));
+// Highlights = the top-N entries of a section list by score (N from the
+// clip-bar "Top" input). Returns the indices into the original list.
+function topScoreSet(secs) {
+  const n = Math.max(1, parseInt(document.getElementById('clip-top').value, 10) || 50);
+  return new Set(secs.map((s, i) => ({i, score: s.score || 0}))
+    .sort((a, b) => b.score - a.score)
+    .slice(0, n)
+    .map(r => r.i));
+}
+
+function highlightsOnly() {
+  return document.getElementById('clip-hl-only').checked;
+}
+
+// Step the clip queue by dir (±1); with hlOnly, skip non-highlight entries.
+function stepClip(dir, hlOnly) {
+  if (!clipQueue.length) return;
+  const hs = hlOnly ? topScoreSet(clipQueue) : null;
+  const word = hlOnly ? 'highlights' : 'sections';
+  for (let i = clipCursor + dir; i >= 0 && i < clipQueue.length; i += dir) {
+    if (!hs || hs.has(i)) { playClip(i); return; }
+  }
+  announce(dir < 0 ? `Beginning of ${word}` : `End of ${word}`);
+}
+
+document.getElementById('clip-prev').addEventListener('click', () => stepClip(-1, highlightsOnly()));
+document.getElementById('clip-next').addEventListener('click', () => stepClip(1, highlightsOnly()));
 document.getElementById('clip-close').addEventListener('click', hideClipBar);
 document.getElementById('clip-audio').addEventListener('ended', () => {
-  if (document.getElementById('clip-auto').checked && clipCursor + 1 < clipQueue.length)
-    playClip(clipCursor + 1);
+  if (document.getElementById('clip-auto').checked)
+    stepClip(1, highlightsOnly());
 });
 document.getElementById('clip-context').addEventListener('click', () => {
   const c = clipQueue[clipCursor];
@@ -451,7 +480,7 @@ async function analyse(idx, filename, cell, btn, force = false) {
     const chips = document.createElement('div');
     chips.className='chips';
     chips.setAttribute('role','group');
-    chips.setAttribute('aria-label','Loud sections — click to jump, J/K to step');
+    chips.setAttribute('aria-label','Loud sections — click to jump, J/K to step, U/I for highlights only');
     if (d.sections && d.sections.length) {
       sectionMap.set(idx, d.sections);
       d.sections.forEach((s, si) => {
@@ -484,60 +513,53 @@ async function analyse(idx, filename, cell, btn, force = false) {
   }
 }
 
-// J = previous section, K = next section (only when focus is not in an input)
+// J/K = previous/next section, U/I = previous/next highlight (top-N by score).
+// With "Highlights only" checked, J/K behave like U/I.
+// Only when focus is not in an input.
 document.addEventListener('keydown', e => {
   if (e.target.tagName === 'INPUT' || e.target.tagName === 'TEXTAREA') return;
-  if (e.key !== 'j' && e.key !== 'J' && e.key !== 'k' && e.key !== 'K') return;
+  if (e.ctrlKey || e.metaKey || e.altKey) return;
+  const key = e.key.toLowerCase();
+  if (key !== 'j' && key !== 'k' && key !== 'u' && key !== 'i') return;
   e.preventDefault();
+  const dir    = (key === 'j' || key === 'u') ? -1 : 1;
+  const hlOnly = key === 'u' || key === 'i' || highlightsOnly();
 
   // Clip queue navigation (a chip was clicked or day highlights are loaded)
   if (clipQueue.length) {
-    if (e.key === 'j' || e.key === 'J') {
-      if (clipCursor > 0) playClip(clipCursor - 1);
-      else announce('Beginning of sections');
-    } else {
-      if (clipCursor + 1 < clipQueue.length) playClip(clipCursor + 1);
-      else announce('End of sections');
-    }
+    stepClip(dir, hlOnly);
     return;
   }
 
   // Per-file in-player navigation (full-file listening, no clip queue)
   if (activePlayerIdx === null) return;
-  const sections = sectionMap.get(activePlayerIdx) || [];
-  if (!sections.length) return;
+  const all = sectionMap.get(activePlayerIdx) || [];
+  if (!all.length) return;
   const audio = document.getElementById('aud-'+activePlayerIdx);
   if (!audio) return;
+  const hs = hlOnly ? topScoreSet(all) : null;
+  const sections = all.filter((s, i) => !hs || hs.has(i));
+  if (!sections.length) return;
   const preroll = getPreroll();
+  const cur  = audio.currentTime;
+  const word = hlOnly ? 'Highlight' : 'Section';
 
-  if (e.key === 'j' || e.key === 'J') {
-    const cur = audio.currentTime;
-    let targetIdx = -1;
+  const jumpTo = (s, i) => {
+    audio.currentTime = Math.max(0, s.start - preroll);
+    setCutFields(activePlayerIdx, s.start, s.end);
+    announce(`${word} ${i + 1} of ${sections.length}: ${fmtDur(s.start)} to ${fmtDur(s.end)}`);
+  };
+
+  if (dir < 0) {
     for (let i = sections.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
-      if (sections[i].start < cur - 1) { targetIdx = i; break; }
-    }
-    if (targetIdx >= 0) {
-      const s = sections[targetIdx];
-      audio.currentTime = Math.max(0, s.start - preroll);
-      setCutFields(activePlayerIdx, s.start, s.end);
-      announce(`Section ${targetIdx + 1} of ${sections.length}: ${fmtDur(s.start)} to ${fmtDur(s.end)}`);
-    } else {
-      announce('Beginning of sections');
+      if (sections[i].start < cur - 1) { jumpTo(sections[i], i); return; }
     }
+    announce(`Beginning of ${word.toLowerCase()}s`);
   } else {
-    const cur = audio.currentTime;
-    let jumped = false;
     for (let i = 0; i < sections.length; i++) {
-      if (sections[i].start > cur + preroll) {
-        const s = sections[i];
-        audio.currentTime = Math.max(0, s.start - preroll);
-        setCutFields(activePlayerIdx, s.start, s.end);
-        announce(`Section ${i + 1} of ${sections.length}: ${fmtDur(s.start)} to ${fmtDur(s.end)}`);
-        jumped = true;
-        break;
-      }
+      if (sections[i].start > cur + preroll) { jumpTo(sections[i], i); return; }
     }
-    if (!jumped) announce('End of sections');
+    announce(`End of ${word.toLowerCase()}s`);
   }
 });
 
@@ -991,13 +1013,13 @@ async function dayHighlights(dayId, analyzableFiles) {
       const note = document.createElement('p');
       note.className = 'quiet';
       note.style.marginTop = '6px';
-      note.textContent = `${dayActiveSections.length} sections — chips show the top ${MAX_DAY_CHIPS} by loudness; J / K steps through all in time order`;
+      note.textContent = `${dayActiveSections.length} sections — chips show the top ${MAX_DAY_CHIPS} by loudness; J / K steps through all in time order, U / I through highlights only`;
       box.appendChild(note);
     }
     const chips = document.createElement('div');
     chips.className = 'chips';
     chips.setAttribute('role', 'group');
-    chips.setAttribute('aria-label', 'Day loud sections — click to jump, J/K to step across files');
+    chips.setAttribute('aria-label', 'Day loud sections — click to jump, J/K to step across files, U/I for highlights only');
     chipList.forEach(({sec, si}) => {
       const c = document.createElement('button');
       c.className = 'chip';