diff --git a/src/utils/general.ts b/src/utils/general.ts
index 5705670..d4cba23 100644
--- a/src/utils/general.ts
+++ b/src/utils/general.ts
@@ -48,17 +48,36 @@ export function friendlyFormatShortcut(shortcut?: string) {
   }
 }
 
+/**
+ * if item's name matches path, return self-depth of the item
+ * else return 0
+ */
+function measureDistance(item: TreeNode, path: TreeNode['name'][]): number {
+  const pathString = path.join('/')
+  if (item.name.indexOf(pathString + '/') === 0) {
+    // If accessing a leading item of compressed node, path will be shorter than item.name
+    return path.length
+  } else if (pathString === item.name || pathString.indexOf(item.name + '/') === 0) {
+    return item.name.split('/').length
+  }
+  return 0
+}
+
+/**
+ * look for the first item matches given path under root.content
+ */
 export function findNode(
   root: TreeNode,
-  path: string[],
+  path: TreeNode['name'][],
   callback?: (node: TreeNode) => void,
 ): TreeNode | undefined {
   if (Array.isArray(root.contents)) {
-    for (const content of root.contents) {
-      if (content.name === path[0]) {
-        if (callback) callback(content)
-        if (path.length === 1) return content
-        return findNode(content, path.slice(1), callback)
+    for (const item of root.contents) {
+      const distance = measureDistance(item, path)
+      if (distance > 0) {
+        if (callback) callback(item)
+        if (path.length === distance) return item
+        return findNode(item, path.slice(distance), callback)
       }
     }
   }