diff --git a/textfile/widget.go b/textfile/widget.go
index 454a0642..430a59e9 100644
--- a/textfile/widget.go
+++ b/textfile/widget.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/gdamore/tcell"
 	"github.com/olebedev/config"
 	"github.com/senorprogrammer/wtf/wtf"
 )
@@ -26,6 +27,8 @@ func NewWidget() *Widget {
 	widget.View.SetWrap(true)
 	widget.View.SetWordWrap(true)
 
+	widget.View.SetInputCapture(widget.keyboardIntercept)
+
 	return &widget
 }
 
@@ -49,3 +52,14 @@ func (widget *Widget) Refresh() {
 		fmt.Fprintf(widget.View, "%s", fileData)
 	}
 }
+
+/* -------------------- Unexported Functions -------------------- */
+func (widget *Widget) keyboardIntercept(event *tcell.EventKey) *tcell.EventKey {
+	switch string(event.Rune()) {
+	case "o":
+		wtf.OpenFile(widget.FilePath)
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	return event
+}
diff --git a/todo/widget.go b/todo/widget.go
index 171f28ce..71174c1b 100644
--- a/todo/widget.go
+++ b/todo/widget.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package todo
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io/ioutil"
+	//"os/exec"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/gdamore/tcell"
@@ -82,6 +83,11 @@ func (widget *Widget) keyboardIntercept(event *tcell.EventKey) *tcell.EventKey {
 	case "n":
 		// Add a new item
 		return nil
+	case "o":
+		// Open the file
+		//widget.openFile()
+		wtf.OpenFile(widget.FilePath)
+		return nil
 	}
 
 	switch event.Key() {
@@ -133,6 +139,14 @@ func (widget *Widget) load() {
 	yaml.Unmarshal(fileData, &widget.list)
 }
 
+//func (widget *Widget) openFile() {
+	//confDir, _ := wtf.ConfigDir()
+	//filePath := fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", confDir, widget.FilePath)
+
+	//cmd := exec.Command("open", filePath)
+	//wtf.ExecuteCommand(cmd)
+//}
+
 // persist writes the todo list to Yaml file
 func (widget *Widget) persist() {
 	confDir, _ := wtf.ConfigDir()
diff --git a/wtf/utils.go b/wtf/utils.go
index 663fe5af..d35e563f 100644
--- a/wtf/utils.go
+++ b/wtf/utils.go
@@ -61,6 +61,14 @@ func NamesFromEmails(emails []string) []string {
 	return names
 }
 
+func OpenFile(path string) {
+	confDir, _ := ConfigDir()
+	filePath := fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", confDir, path)
+
+	cmd := exec.Command("open", filePath)
+	ExecuteCommand(cmd)
+}
+
 // PadRow returns a padding for a row to make it the full width of the containing widget.
 // Useful for ensurig row highlighting spans the full width (I suspect tcell has a better
 // way to do this, but I haven't yet found it)