diff --git a/inspector/region.html b/inspector/region.html
index f1ddd391..c85e1148 100644
--- a/inspector/region.html
+++ b/inspector/region.html
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
             import { signal, effect } from "@preact/signals"
             import { html, errors } from "./view.js"
             import { useHabitatJson, errorBucket } from "./data.js"
-            import { regionView, regionNav, objectDetails, regionSearch } from "./region.js"
+            import { regionView, directionNav, objectNav, objectDetails, regionSearch } from "./region.js"
 
             const q = (k) => (new URLSearchParams(window.location.search)).get(k)
             const filename = signal(q("f") ?? "db/new_Downtown/Downtown_4d.json")
@@ -45,11 +45,18 @@
 
             const regionPage = (_) => html`
                 <h1>Region - <${regionName} filename=${filename.value}/></h1>
-                <${regionView} filename=${filename.value}/>
-                <div>
-                    <h2>Neighboring regions</h2>
-                    <${regionNav} filename=${filename.value}/>
-                </div>
+                <center>
+                    <table style="text-align: center;">
+                        <tr><td/><td><${directionNav} filename=${filename.value} position="top"/></td><td/></tr>
+                        <tr>
+                            <td><${directionNav} filename=${filename.value} position="left"/></td>
+                            <td style="padding: 10px;"><${regionView} filename=${filename.value}/></td>
+                            <td><${directionNav} filename=${filename.value} position="right"/></td>
+                        </tr>
+                        <tr><td/><td><${directionNav} filename=${filename.value} position="bottom"/></td><td/></tr>
+                        <tr><td colspan="3"><${objectNav} filename=${filename.value}/></td></tr>
+                    </table>
+                </center>
                 <div>
                     <${regionSearch} label="Region search" onSelected=${(item) => {
                         errorBucket.value = []
diff --git a/inspector/region.js b/inspector/region.js
index 1e14f1b1..47d814bf 100644
--- a/inspector/region.js
+++ b/inspector/region.js
@@ -357,41 +357,63 @@ export const regionImageView = ({ filename }) => {
     }
 }
 
-export const regionNav = ({ filename }) => {
+const positionToCompassOffset = {
+    top: 0,
+    right: 1,
+    bottom: 2,
+    left: 3
+}
+
+export const locationLink = ({ refId, children }) => {
+    if (refId && refId != '') {
+        let name = refId
+        let href = null
+        const ctx = contextMap()[refId]
+        if (ctx) {
+            if (ctx.name && ctx.name.trim() != '') {
+                name = ctx.name
+            }
+            // todo: customizable?
+            href = `region.html?f=${ctx.filename}`
+        }
+        return html`
+            <${Scale.Provider} value="0.5">
+                <a href=${href} style="display: inline-block">
+                    ${children}: ${name}<br/>
+                    ${ctx ? html`<${regionImageView} filename=${ctx.filename}/>` : null}
+                </a>
+            <//>`
+    } else {
+        return null
+    }
+}
+
+export const directionNav = ({ filename, position }) => {
     const objects = useHabitatJson(filename)
     const context = objects.find(obj => obj.type == "context")
     if (!context || !context.mods[0].neighbors) {
         return null
     }
     const mod = context.mods[0]
+    
+    // orientation:
+    // 0 = top is west, 1 = top is north, 2 = top is east, 3 = top is south
+    // neighbour list: North, East, South, West
+    const ineighbor = (mod.orientation + positionToCompassOffset[position] + 3) & 0x03
     const compasses = ["North", "East", "South", "West"]
-    const directions = compasses.flatMap((compass, ineighbor) => {
-        const ref = mod.neighbors[ineighbor]
-        if (ref && ref != '') {
-            let name = ref
-            let href = null
-            const ctx = contextMap()[ref]
-            if (ctx) {
-                if (ctx.name && ctx.name.trim() != '') {
-                    name = ctx.name
-                }
-                // todo: customizable?
-                href = `region.html?f=${ctx.filename}`
-            }
-            return [html`
-                <li>
-                    <div>
-                        <${direction} compass=${compass} orientation=${mod.orientation}/>:
-                        <a href=${href}>${name}</a>
-                    </div>
-                    ${ctx ? html`<${Scale.Provider} value="1"><${regionView} filename=${ctx.filename}/><//>` : null}
-                </li>`]
-        }
-        return []
-    })
-    return html`<ul>${directions}</ul>`
+    const ref = mod.neighbors[ineighbor]
+    return html`<${locationLink} refId=${ref}><span>${compasses[ineighbor]}</span><//>`
 }
 
+export const objectNav = ({ filename }) =>
+    useHabitatJson(filename)
+        .filter(o => o.type == "item" && o.mods[0].connection)
+        .sort((o1, o2) => o1.mods[0].x - o2.mods[0].x)
+        .map(o => html`
+            <${locationLink} refId=${o.mods[0].connection}>
+                <${itemView} viewer=${standaloneItemView} object=${o}/>
+            <//>`)
+    
 const propFilter = (key, value) => {
     if (key != "bitmap" && key != "data" && key != "canvas" && key != "texture" && 
         !(key == "pattern" && typeof(value) === "object")) {