diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d920943..cbbb63d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -193,3 +193,6 @@ Users section:
 | `t` | Edit the user's ntfy topic — submit empty to clear it |
 | `d` | Delete a user |
 | `k` | API keys for the selected user |
+
+In Users, `k` and `d` act on the selected row, so move with `↑`/`↓` there rather
+than `k`.
diff --git a/internal/tui/model.go b/internal/tui/model.go
index 86b211c..2b63afb 100644
--- a/internal/tui/model.go
+++ b/internal/tui/model.go
@@ -2,11 +2,13 @@ package tui
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"slices"
 	"time"
 
 	"git.ryuvia.com/niklas/terdut-tui/internal/api"
 	"git.ryuvia.com/niklas/terdut-tui/internal/theme"
 	"github.com/charmbracelet/bubbles/help"
+	"github.com/charmbracelet/bubbles/key"
 	"github.com/charmbracelet/bubbles/table"
 	"github.com/charmbracelet/bubbles/textinput"
 	"github.com/charmbracelet/bubbles/viewport"
@@ -253,22 +255,26 @@ func NewModel(client *api.Client, serverURL string, refreshInterval time.Duratio
 	st := newStyles(th)
 	ts := st.Table()
 
-	incidentT := table.New(table.WithFocused(true))
+	// Each table sees a key before the section's own handler does, so any
+	// key a section uses as an action must be taken out of that table's
+	// navigation bindings, or the cursor moves first and the action lands on
+	// a different row. See tableKeyMap.
+	incidentT := table.New(table.WithFocused(true), table.WithKeyMap(tableKeyMap("f")))
 	incidentT.SetStyles(ts)
 
-	alertT := table.New(table.WithFocused(true))
+	alertT := table.New(table.WithFocused(true), table.WithKeyMap(tableKeyMap("f")))
 	alertT.SetStyles(ts)
 
-	archivedT := table.New(table.WithFocused(true))
+	archivedT := table.New(table.WithFocused(true), table.WithKeyMap(tableKeyMap()))
 	archivedT.SetStyles(ts)
 
-	schedT := table.New(table.WithFocused(true))
+	schedT := table.New(table.WithFocused(true), table.WithKeyMap(tableKeyMap("d")))
 	schedT.SetStyles(ts)
 
-	pickerT := table.New(table.WithFocused(true))
+	pickerT := table.New(table.WithFocused(true), table.WithKeyMap(tableKeyMap()))
 	pickerT.SetStyles(ts)
 
-	manageT := table.New(table.WithFocused(true))
+	manageT := table.New(table.WithFocused(true), table.WithKeyMap(tableKeyMap("d", "k")))
 	manageT.SetStyles(ts)
 
 	// Sized by the first tea.WindowSizeMsg; built here so it carries the default
@@ -356,6 +362,31 @@ func (m Model) Init() tea.Cmd {
 
 // ── Table rebuilders ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
+// tableKeyMap is the bubbles table keymap without the given keys.
+//
+// The table's defaults claim several letters -- k up, d half a page down, f a
+// page down -- and the dashboard hands every key to the table before the
+// section's own handler reads the cursor. A letter that is both, like k for
+// API keys in Users, therefore moved the cursor and then acted on the row it
+// had moved to. Each table gives up the letters its section acts on; the
+// arrow keys and the rest of the defaults are untouched.
+func tableKeyMap(reserved ...string) table.KeyMap {
+	km := table.DefaultKeyMap()
+	for _, b := range []*key.Binding{
+		&km.LineUp, &km.LineDown, &km.PageUp, &km.PageDown,
+		&km.HalfPageUp, &km.HalfPageDown, &km.GotoTop, &km.GotoBottom,
+	} {
+		var keep []string
+		for _, k := range b.Keys() {
+			if !slices.Contains(reserved, k) {
+				keep = append(keep, k)
+			}
+		}
+		b.SetKeys(keep...)
+	}
+	return km
+}
+
 // setRows replaces a table's rows and keeps its cursor in a state the rest of
 // this package can rely on: valid whenever the table has any rows at all.
 //
diff --git a/internal/tui/users_test.go b/internal/tui/users_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d21fa73
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/tui/users_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+package tui
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"git.ryuvia.com/niklas/terdut-tui/internal/api"
+	tea "github.com/charmbracelet/bubbletea"
+)
+
+// threeUsers is the Users section with the cursor on the last of three users.
+func threeUsers() Model {
+	m := onUsers([]api.User{
+		{ID: 1, Username: "niklas"},
+		{ID: 2, Username: "anna"},
+		{ID: 3, Username: "erik"},
+	})
+	m.userManageTable.SetCursor(2)
+	return m
+}
+
+// The table used to see k before the section did, take it as "up", and the
+// handler then opened API keys for the user above the one selected.
+func TestUsers_APIKeysOpenForTheSelectedUser(t *testing.T) {
+	m, _ := press(t, threeUsers(), "k")
+	if m.mode != modeAPIKeyMenu {
+		t.Fatalf("expected the API key menu, got mode %v", m.mode)
+	}
+	if m.selectedUser.Username != "erik" {
+		t.Errorf("API keys opened for %s, want erik", m.selectedUser.Username)
+	}
+}
+
+// Same collision with d, which the table read as half a page down: the delete
+// confirmation named a different user than the one under the cursor.
+func TestUsers_DeleteTargetsTheSelectedUser(t *testing.T) {
+	m := threeUsers()
+	m.userManageTable.SetCursor(0)
+	m, _ = press(t, m, "d")
+	if m.mode != modeConfirm || m.selectedUser.Username != "niklas" {
+		t.Errorf("delete asked about %q in mode %v, want niklas", m.selectedUser.Username, m.mode)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestSchedule_DeleteTargetsTheSelectedDay(t *testing.T) {
+	m := sized()
+	m.activeSection = sectionSchedule
+	m.scheduleEntries = []api.ScheduleEntry{
+		{ID: 10, UserID: 1, Username: "niklas", Date: m.scheduleWindow.Format("2006-01-02")},
+		{ID: 11, UserID: 2, Username: "anna", Date: m.scheduleWindow.AddDate(0, 0, 1).Format("2006-01-02")},
+	}
+	m.scheduleDays = buildScheduleDays(m.scheduleWindow, m.scheduleEntries)
+	m.rebuildScheduleTable()
+	m.scheduleTable.SetCursor(0)
+	m, _ = press(t, m, "d")
+	if m.pendingDeleteEntry == nil || m.pendingDeleteEntry.ID != 10 {
+		t.Errorf("schedule delete targeted %+v, want entry 10", m.pendingDeleteEntry)
+	}
+}
+
+// f cycles the filter; it must not also page the cursor down.
+func TestFilter_DoesNotMoveTheCursor(t *testing.T) {
+	m := sized()
+	m.incidents = make([]api.Incident, 40)
+	for i := range m.incidents {
+		m.incidents[i] = api.Incident{ID: int64(i + 1), Title: "x", Status: api.StatusTriggered, TriggeredAt: time.Now()}
+	}
+	m.rebuildIncidentTable()
+	m, _ = press(t, m, "f")
+	if c := m.incidentTable.Cursor(); c != 0 {
+		t.Errorf("f moved the cursor to %d", c)
+	}
+}
+
+// The arrow keys still move the users table, now that k is an action there.
+func TestUsers_ArrowKeysStillNavigate(t *testing.T) {
+	m := threeUsers()
+	next, _ := m.Update(keyUp())
+	if c := next.(Model).userManageTable.Cursor(); c != 1 {
+		t.Errorf("up arrow left the cursor on %d, want 1", c)
+	}
+}
+
+func keyUp() tea.KeyMsg { return tea.KeyMsg{Type: tea.KeyUp} }