diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index bcc3411..d6e3556 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -135,6 +135,17 @@ To customize these, hit <kbd>shift+cmd+p</kbd> to open the Command Palette, and
 - **delimiters**
   - characters at which auto-expansion of selected path stops, e.g. `` \t\n\r\"'`,*<>[](){}``
   - the default settings are Markdown friendly
+- **delimiters_scoped**
+  - Same as delimiters, but for a specific scope, uses Sublime's [score_selector API](https://www.sublimetext.com/docs/api_reference.html#sublime.score_selector) to test whether a given key matches the scope of the current selection. The scope with the maximum match score wins.
+  - A list of `scope`/`scope_match_threshold`/`delimiters` dictionaries.
+    - **scope_match_threshold** Minimum score to consider a comparison a match (0 no match; >0 match, higher is better), e.g., for `text.html.markdown markup.list.unnumbered.markdown meta.paragraph.list.markdown`
+      -   0 `paragraph`
+      -   2 `text` `text.`
+      -   4 `text.html`
+      -   6 `text.html.markdown`
+      - 256 `meta.paragraph`
+- **scope_stop**
+  - A list of scopes to stop path expansion at, e.g., a valid path symbol `//` when it's scoped as a `punctuation.definition.comment`
 - **trailing_delimiters**
   - if any of these characters are seen at the end of a URL, they are recursively removed; for file and folder paths, URLs **with and without** trailing delimiters are tried; default is `;.:`
 - **web_browser**
@@ -145,9 +156,13 @@ To customize these, hit <kbd>shift+cmd+p</kbd> to open the Command Palette, and
   - the path to your web browser executable for opening web URLs
   - this setting overrides the default web browser and the **web_browser** setting
   - [read the top answer here](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/22445217/python-webbrowser-open-to-open-chrome-browser), or look in settings for examples
+- **enable_web_search**
+  - if selection is not recognized as a file/folder/URL, pass it to web searches
 - **web_searchers**
   - if your selection isn't a file, a folder, or a URL, you can choose to pass it to a web searcher, which is just a URL that searches for the selected text
   - example: `{ "label": "google search", "url": "http://google.com/search?q=", "encoding": "utf-8" }`
+- **live_edit**
+  - if selection is not recognized as a file/folder/url, show a panel to edit it
 - **aliases**
   - first transform applied to URL, a dict with keys and values; replace each **key** in URL with corresponding **value**
   - example: `{ "{{BASE_PATH}}": "src/base" }`
@@ -160,9 +175,13 @@ To customize these, hit <kbd>shift+cmd+p</kbd> to open the Command Palette, and
 - **file_suffixes**
   - path transform; adds these suffixes to filename only
   - example: `[".js", ".ts", ".tsx"]`
+- **enable_file_commands**
+  - allows disabling file path handling, e.g., if you only want to open web links
 - **file_custom_commands**
   - pass a file to shell commands whose pattern matches the file path
   - example, for copying the file path to the clipboard: `{ "label": "copy path", "commands": "printf '$url' | pbcopy" }`
+- **enable_folder_commands**
+  - allows disabling folder path handling, e.g., if you only want to open web links
 - **folder_custom_commands**
   - pass a folder to shell commands whose pattern matches the folder path
   - example, for opening the folder in iTerm: `{ "label": "open in terminal", "commands": [ "open", "-a", "/Applications/iTerm.app" ] }`
diff --git a/open_url.py b/open_url.py
index 7dd990b..e8be4f3 100644
--- a/open_url.py
+++ b/open_url.py
@@ -17,15 +17,21 @@
     "Settings",
     {
         "delimiters": str,
+        "delimiters_scoped": list,
+        "scope_stop": list,
         "trailing_delimiters": str,
         "web_browser": str,
         "web_browser_path": list,
+        "enable_web_search": bool,
         "web_searchers": list,
+        "live_edit": list,
         "file_prefixes": list,
         "file_suffixes": list,
         "search_paths": list,
         "aliases": dict,
+        "enable_file_commands": bool,
         "file_custom_commands": list,
+        "enable_folder_commands": bool,
         "folder_custom_commands": list,
         "other_custom_commands": list,
     },
@@ -34,15 +40,21 @@
 # these are necessary to convert settings object to a dict, which can then be merged with project settings
 settings_keys = [
     "delimiters",
+    "delimiters_scoped",
+    "scope_stop",
     "trailing_delimiters",
     "web_browser",
     "web_browser_path",
+    "enable_web_search",
     "web_searchers",
+    "live_edit",
     "file_prefixes",
     "file_suffixes",
     "search_paths",
     "aliases",
+    "enable_file_commands",
     "file_custom_commands",
+    "enable_folder_commands",
     "folder_custom_commands",
     "other_custom_commands",
 ]
@@ -196,6 +208,7 @@ def get_selection(self, region) -> str:
         """Returns selection. If selection contains no characters, expands it
         until hitting delimiter chars.
         """
+        view = self.view
         start: int = region.begin()
         end: int = region.end()
 
@@ -206,17 +219,40 @@ def get_selection(self, region) -> str:
         # nothing is selected, so expand selection to nearest delimiters
         view_size: int = self.view.size()
         delimiters = list(self.config["delimiters"])
+        scope_delim = list(self.config["delimiters_scoped"])
+        scope_stop = list(self.config["scope_stop"])
+        txt_pt = region.a # use first point for scope matching
+        txt_scope = view.scope_name(txt_pt) #e.g., "source.python meta.function…"
+        match_max = 0
+        for scope_i in scope_delim:
+            scope     = scope_i['scope']
+            match_min = scope_i['min'  ]
+            delim     = scope_i['delim']
+            if (score := sublime.score_selector(txt_scope, scope)) >= match_min:
+                if score > match_max:
+                    delimiters = delim
+                    match_max = score
 
         # move the selection back to the start of the url
         while start > 0:
             if self.view.substr(start - 1) in delimiters:
                 break
+            if scope_stop:
+                txt_scope = view.scope_name(start - 1)
+                for scope_i in scope_stop:
+                    if scope_i in txt_scope:
+                        break
             start -= 1
 
         # move end of selection forward to the end of the url
         while end < view_size:
             if self.view.substr(end) in delimiters:
                 break
+            if scope_stop:
+                txt_scope = view.scope_name(end)
+                for scope_i in scope_stop:
+                    if scope_i in txt_scope:
+                        break
             end += 1
         sel = self.view.substr(sublime.Region(start, end))
         return sel.strip()
@@ -311,10 +347,19 @@ def modify_or_search_action(self, term: str):
         """Not a URL and not a local path; prompts user to modify path and looks
         for it again, or searches for this term using a web searcher.
         """
-        searchers = self.config["web_searchers"]
-        opts = [f"modify path {term}"]
-        opts += [f'{s["label"]} ({term})' for s in searchers]
-        sublime.active_window().show_quick_panel(opts, lambda idx: self.modify_or_search_done(idx, searchers, term))
+        is_edit = self.config["live_edit"]
+        is_web = self.config["enable_web_search"]
+        if not is_edit and not is_web:
+            return
+
+        opts, searchers = [], []
+        if is_edit:
+            opts += [f"modify path {term}"]
+        if is_web:
+            searchers = self.config["web_searchers"]
+            opts += [f'{s["label"]} ({term})' for s in searchers]
+        if opts:
+            sublime.active_window().show_quick_panel(opts, lambda idx: self.modify_or_search_done(idx, searchers, term))
 
     def modify_or_search_done(self, idx: int, searchers, term: str):
         if idx < 0:
@@ -354,6 +399,8 @@ def other_done(self, idx, openers, path):
 
     def folder_action(self, folder: str, show_menu: bool, raw_folder: str):
         """Choose from folder actions."""
+        if not self.config["enable_folder_commands"]:
+            return
         openers = match_openers(self.config["folder_custom_commands"], folder)
 
         if openers and not show_menu:
@@ -361,7 +408,10 @@ def folder_action(self, folder: str, show_menu: bool, raw_folder: str):
             return
 
         opts = [*[opener.get("label") for opener in openers], "search..."]
-        sublime.active_window().show_quick_panel(opts, lambda idx: self.folder_done(idx, openers, folder, raw_folder))
+        sublime.active_window().show_quick_panel(opts, lambda idx: self.folder_done(idx, openers, folder, raw_folder),
+            sublime.QuickPanelFlags.NONE, -1, None, #selected_index on_highlight
+            f"📁 {raw_folder}"
+        )
 
     def folder_done(self, idx: int, openers: list[dict], folder: str, raw_folder: str):
         if idx < 0:
@@ -376,6 +426,8 @@ def folder_done(self, idx: int, openers: list[dict], folder: str, raw_folder: st
 
     def file_action(self, path: str, show_menu: bool, raw_path: str) -> None:
         """Edit file or choose from file actions."""
+        if not self.config["enable_file_commands"]:
+            return
         openers = match_openers(self.config["file_custom_commands"], path)
 
         if not show_menu:
@@ -385,6 +437,8 @@ def file_action(self, path: str, show_menu: bool, raw_path: str) -> None:
         sublime.active_window().show_quick_panel(
             ["edit", *[opener.get("label") for opener in openers], "search..."],
             lambda idx: self.file_done(idx, openers, path, raw_path),
+            sublime.QuickPanelFlags.NONE, -1, None, #selected_index on_highlight
+            f"␜ {raw_path}"
         )
 
     def file_done(self, idx: int, openers: list[dict], path: str, raw_path: str):
diff --git a/open_url.sublime-settings b/open_url.sublime-settings
index 6572633..9236f3a 100644
--- a/open_url.sublime-settings
+++ b/open_url.sublime-settings
@@ -4,6 +4,16 @@
   // delimiters for expanding selection, these are markdown friendly
   "delimiters": " \t\n\r\"'`,*<>[](){}",
 
+  "delimiters_scoped":[ // same as delimiters, but for a specific scope, uses Sublime's score_selector API to test whether a given key matches the scope of the current selection (https://www.sublimetext.com/docs/api_reference.html#sublime.score_selector)
+    {"scope":"text.html.markdown", "min":2,  "delim":" \t\n\r\"'`,*<>[](){}"},
+    //       scope_match_threshold:↑ min score to consider a comparison a match (0 no match; >0 match, higher is better, see ReadMe for examples)
+  ],
+  "scope_stop": [ // stop expanding selection at these scopes
+    "punctuation.definition.comment",
+    "punctuation.definition.string.begin","punctuation.definition.string.end",
+    "punctuation.section.sequence.begin" ,"punctuation.section.sequence.end",
+  ],
+
   // if these delimiting characters are seen at the end of the URL, they are removed, e.g. sublimetext.com.; becomes sublimetext.com
   "trailing_delimiters": ";.:",
 
@@ -20,6 +30,9 @@
   // example: chrome, linux
   // "web_browser_path": "/usr/bin/google-chrome %s"
 
+  // Enable fallback to web searches
+  "enable_web_search": true,
+
   // if URL is neither a local file nor a web URL, pass it to a web searcher
   "web_searchers": [
     {
@@ -29,6 +42,8 @@
     }
   ],
 
+  "live_edit": true, //if selection is not recognized as a file/folder/url, show a panel to edit it
+
   // path transforms
   "aliases": {},
 
@@ -38,6 +53,9 @@
 
   "file_suffixes": [".js"],
 
+  // Enable file path handling
+  "enable_file_commands": true,
+
   // pass file that matches regex "pattern" to shell commands
   "file_custom_commands": [
     { "label": "reveal", "os": "osx", "commands": ["open", "-R"] },
@@ -63,6 +81,9 @@
     { "label": "open with default application", "os": "linux", "commands": [] }
   ],
 
+  // Enable folder path handling
+  "enable_folder_commands": true,
+
   // pass folder that matches regex "pattern" to shell commands
   "folder_custom_commands": [
     { "label": "reveal", "os": "osx", "commands": ["open"] },