diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/ObjectTree.tsx b/apps/web/src/components/ObjectTree.tsx
index daa8e6f..407736e 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/components/ObjectTree.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/ObjectTree.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { useState } from 'react';
+import { useMemo, useState } from 'react';
 import { Icon } from '@iconify/react';
 import type { ObjectTreeNode } from '@tts/extract';
 import { iconsForObject } from './objectIcons';
@@ -10,19 +10,78 @@ interface Props {
 }
 
 export default function ObjectTree({ nodes, selectedPath, onSelect }: Props) {
+  const [highlighted, setHighlighted] = useState<Set<string>>(() => new Set());
+
+  const types = useMemo(() => collectTypes(nodes), [nodes]);
+
+  // When nothing is highlighted, every type is shown. Otherwise only the
+  // highlighted types are visible.
+  const visibleNodes = useMemo(
+    () => filterTree(nodes, highlighted),
+    [nodes, highlighted],
+  );
+
+  const toggleType = (name: string) =>
+    setHighlighted((prev) => {
+      const next = new Set(prev);
+      if (next.has(name)) next.delete(name);
+      else next.add(name);
+      return next;
+    });
+
+  const clearAll = () => setHighlighted(new Set());
+
   return (
-    <ul className="space-y-0.5">
-      {nodes.map((node, index) => (
-        <TreeNode
-          key={index}
-          node={node}
-          depth={0}
-          path={`${index}`}
-          selectedPath={selectedPath}
-          onSelect={onSelect}
-        />
-      ))}
-    </ul>
+    <div className="space-y-2">
+      {types.length > 0 && (
+        <div className="flex flex-wrap gap-1 border-b border-zinc-800 pb-2">
+          {types.map(({ name, count }) => {
+            const active = highlighted.has(name);
+            return (
+              <button
+                key={name}
+                onClick={() => toggleType(name)}
+                aria-pressed={active}
+                title={`${active ? 'Unhighlight' : 'Highlight'} ${name}`}
+                className={`inline-flex items-center gap-1 rounded-full border px-2 py-0.5 text-xs transition-colors ${
+                  active
+                    ? 'border-zinc-300 bg-zinc-700 text-zinc-100'
+                    : 'border-zinc-800 text-zinc-400 hover:border-zinc-600 hover:text-zinc-200'
+                }`}
+              >
+                <span className="inline-flex items-center gap-0.5">
+                  {iconsForObject(name).map((icon) => (
+                    <Icon key={icon} icon={icon} className="h-3.5 w-3.5" />
+                  ))}
+                </span>
+                <span>{name}</span>
+                <span className="text-zinc-500">{count}</span>
+              </button>
+            );
+          })}
+          {highlighted.size > 0 && (
+            <button
+              onClick={clearAll}
+              className="ml-auto inline-flex items-center rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 text-xs text-zinc-500 hover:text-zinc-200"
+            >
+              Clear
+            </button>
+          )}
+        </div>
+      )}
+      <ul className="space-y-0.5">
+        {visibleNodes.map(({ node, path }) => (
+          <TreeNode
+            key={path}
+            node={node}
+            depth={0}
+            path={path}
+            selectedPath={selectedPath}
+            onSelect={onSelect}
+          />
+        ))}
+      </ul>
+    </div>
   );
 }
 
@@ -102,4 +161,51 @@ function TreeNode({
       )}
     </li>
   );
+}
+
+/** Distinct object types present in the tree, with a count of each. */
+function collectTypes(nodes: ObjectTreeNode[]): { name: string; count: number }[] {
+  const counts = new Map<string, number>();
+  const visit = (node: ObjectTreeNode) => {
+    counts.set(node.object.Name, (counts.get(node.object.Name) ?? 0) + 1);
+    node.children.forEach(visit);
+  };
+  nodes.forEach(visit);
+  return [...counts.entries()]
+    .map(([name, count]) => ({ name, count }))
+    .sort((a, b) => a.name.localeCompare(b.name));
+}
+
+/**
+ * Keep a node when its type is highlighted or any descendant survives, so the
+ * containment hierarchy is preserved and highlighted parents still lead to
+ * highlighted children. With nothing highlighted, every node is kept.
+ *
+ * Each result carries the node's original index path into the full (unfiltered)
+ * tree, so selection stays stable regardless of filtering.
+ */
+function filterTree(
+  nodes: ObjectTreeNode[],
+  highlighted: Set<string>,
+  prefix = '',
+): { node: ObjectTreeNode; path: string }[] {
+  const result: { node: ObjectTreeNode; path: string }[] = [];
+  nodes.forEach((node, index) => {
+    const path = prefix ? `${prefix}-${index}` : `${index}`;
+    const children = filterTree(node.children, highlighted, path);
+    const visible =
+      highlighted.size === 0 ||
+      highlighted.has(node.object.Name) ||
+      children.length > 0;
+    if (visible) {
+      result.push({
+        node:
+          children.length > 0
+            ? { ...node, children: children.map((c) => c.node) }
+            : node,
+        path,
+      });
+    }
+  });
+  return result;
 }
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