diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 49f3759..abe375c 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -228,6 +228,12 @@ version = "1.0.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "3a822ea5bc7590f9d40f1ba12c0dc3c2760f3482c6984db1573ad11031420831"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "color-ansi"
+version = "0.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e56460573dab12b4bb6dfdb0abbb021e35d6a2bbd925acd2f5a9accff5654a8e"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "colorchoice"
 version = "1.0.4"
@@ -1163,6 +1169,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "zerocopy",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "pretty-print"
+version = "0.1.9"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c5ad516586f2191e7ce412b9b164e61ee6403638aa70e98672b978c1f448e63f"
+dependencies = [
+ "color-ansi",
+ "unicode-segmentation",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "prettyplease"
 version = "0.2.37"
@@ -1430,6 +1446,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "jiff",
  "logparse",
  "nix 0.31.1",
+ "pretty-print",
  "ratatui",
  "ratatui-themes",
  "regex",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 64c0aad..fe5329e 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -26,3 +26,4 @@ regex = "1"
 crossterm = "*"
 dumpster = "2.1"
 logparse = {path = "./logparse/", version="0.2.0"}
+pretty-print = "0.1"
diff --git a/logparse/src/spans.rs b/logparse/src/spans.rs
index b696069..ee7ecb6 100644
--- a/logparse/src/spans.rs
+++ b/logparse/src/spans.rs
@@ -46,9 +46,13 @@ pub struct Span<'a> {
 }
 
 /// Configuration options for [`into_spans`]
+#[derive(Default)]
+#[non_exhaustive]
 pub struct Config {
     /// Turn sequences of more than 1 space into exactly 1 space.
     pub collapse_space: bool,
+    /// Pretty print: wrap at braces etc
+    pub pretty_print: bool,
 }
 
 pub trait IntoSpans<'a>: private::IntoSpansImpl<'a> {}
diff --git a/src/tui/filter.rs b/src/tui/filter.rs
index db2e9f0..a09fba4 100644
--- a/src/tui/filter.rs
+++ b/src/tui/filter.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ use crate::tui::{
         LogViewer,
         input::{FieldMatcher, InputTarget},
     },
-    model::{FieldsName, LogEntry},
+    model::{LogEntry, SpanDescriptor},
 };
 
 mod serialize_regex {
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ impl MatcherValue {
 #[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug)]
 pub enum Matcher {
     Field {
-        span: FieldsName,
+        span: SpanDescriptor,
         name: String,
         value: MatcherValue,
     },
diff --git a/src/tui/log_viewer/mod.rs b/src/tui/log_viewer/mod.rs
index 5427692..13e8b18 100644
--- a/src/tui/log_viewer/mod.rs
+++ b/src/tui/log_viewer/mod.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ use crate::tui::{
         input::{FieldMatcher, InputState, InputTarget},
         view::LogView,
     },
-    model::{FieldsName, LogEntry, id},
+    model::{LogEntry, SpanDescriptor, id},
     processing::Cursor,
     widgets::{fieldtree, last_error::LastError},
 };
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ impl LogViewer {
         }
     }
 
-    pub fn get_selected_field(&self) -> Option<(FieldsName, String, String)> {
+    pub fn get_selected_field(&self) -> Option<(SpanDescriptor, String, String)> {
         let (span_idx, name_idx) = self.field_state.get()?;
         let entry = self.selected().map(|(s, _)| s)?;
 
diff --git a/src/tui/mod.rs b/src/tui/mod.rs
index cd2eaf2..7e07d71 100644
--- a/src/tui/mod.rs
+++ b/src/tui/mod.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ use crossterm::{
     },
     terminal::{EnterAlternateScreen, LeaveAlternateScreen},
 };
+use itertools::Itertools;
+use logparse::{self as lp, Config, into_spans, parse_input};
 use ratatui_themes::{Color, Theme, ThemeName};
 use std::{
     borrow::Cow,
@@ -23,10 +25,11 @@ use crate::tui::{
         LogViewer,
         input::{FieldMatcher, InputState, InputTarget},
     },
+    model::SpanDescriptor,
     reader::LogfileReader,
     widgets::{
         fieldtree::FieldTree, hyperlink::Hyperlink, items::Items, last_error::LastError,
-        styled::IntoStyled,
+        line_text::style_span, styled::IntoStyled,
     },
 };
 use ratatui::{
@@ -37,7 +40,7 @@ use ratatui::{
     prelude::CrosstermBackend,
     style::Style,
     symbols::merge::MergeStrategy,
-    text::Line,
+    text::{Line, Span},
     widgets::{
         Block, Clear, List, ListItem, ListState, Padding, Paragraph, StatefulWidget, Widget, Wrap,
     },
@@ -64,6 +67,7 @@ const HELP_TEXT: &str = "Generic:
     -> / enter / l      enter nested view
 
     f                   toggle show active filters
+    z                   zoom in on a selected field
 
 ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 targeting logs:
@@ -127,6 +131,11 @@ enum Tab {
     LogViewer(LogViewer),
     Empty,
     Help,
+    Zoom {
+        span: SpanDescriptor,
+        name: String,
+        value: String,
+    },
 }
 
 impl Tab {
@@ -137,6 +146,11 @@ impl Tab {
             (Tab::LogViewer(_), Some(path)) => format!("logs of {}", path.display()),
             (Tab::LogViewer(_), None) => "logs".to_string(),
             (Tab::Help, _) => "help".to_string(),
+            (Tab::Zoom { span, name, .. }, _) => match span {
+                SpanDescriptor::Main => format!("{name}"),
+                SpanDescriptor::Span(s) => format!("{name} in {s}"),
+                SpanDescriptor::Numbered(n) => format!("{name} in span #{n}"),
+            },
         }
     }
 }
@@ -244,6 +258,7 @@ impl App {
         match self.tabs.last_mut().unwrap() {
             Tab::Help => {}
             Tab::Empty => {}
+            Tab::Zoom { .. } => {}
             Tab::FileChooser {
                 files,
                 state,
@@ -327,6 +342,11 @@ impl App {
 
                 KeyCode::Char('u') => lv.undo(),
                 KeyCode::Char('r') => lv.redo(),
+                KeyCode::Char('z') => {
+                    if let Some((span, name, value)) = lv.get_selected_field() {
+                        self.push_tab(Tab::Zoom { span, name, value });
+                    }
+                }
 
                 KeyCode::Tab => {
                     lv.input_state.target(InputTarget::Fields(None));
@@ -592,6 +612,7 @@ impl Widget for &mut App {
 
         let (footer_focused, header_focused) = match self.current_tab() {
             Tab::Help => (false, false),
+            Tab::Zoom { .. } => (false, false),
             Tab::FileChooser { .. } => (false, true),
             Tab::LogViewer(lv) => {
                 let target_fields =
@@ -716,6 +737,42 @@ impl Widget for &mut App {
 
                     Paragraph::new(HELP_TEXT).render(popup_area, buf);
                 }
+                Tab::Zoom { value, .. } => {
+                    Clear.render(popup_area, buf);
+                    let popup_area = {
+                        let block = Block::bordered()
+                            .title_top("zoom")
+                            .style(styles.default)
+                            .padding(Padding::symmetric(3, 1))
+                            .border_style(styles.border_highlighted);
+                        let inner = block.inner(popup_area);
+                        block.render(popup_area, buf);
+                        inner
+                    };
+
+                    if let Ok(parsed) = parse_input(&value) {
+                        let spans = into_spans(
+                            parsed,
+                            Config {
+                                collapse_space: true,
+                            },
+                        );
+
+                        let spans = spans
+                            .into_iter()
+                            .map(|lp::Span { text, kind }| {
+                                let span = Span::from(text.into_owned());
+
+                                let style = style_span(kind, styles.default, &styles);
+                                span.style(style)
+                            })
+                            .collect_vec();
+
+                        Paragraph::new(Line::from(spans)).render(popup_area, buf);
+                    } else {
+                        Paragraph::new(value.clone()).render(popup_area, buf);
+                    }
+                }
             }
 
             self.last_error.clone().styled(&styles).render(error, buf);
diff --git a/src/tui/model.rs b/src/tui/model.rs
index 575d238..3ae353a 100644
--- a/src/tui/model.rs
+++ b/src/tui/model.rs
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ unsafe impl<V: Visitor> TraceWith<V> for RawLogEntry {
 }
 
 #[derive(PartialEq, Eq, Debug, Hash, Clone, PartialOrd, Ord, Serialize, Deserialize)]
-pub enum FieldsName {
+pub enum SpanDescriptor {
     /// The main fields (not of a span) of a log entry
     Main,
     Span(String),
@@ -409,23 +409,23 @@ pub struct SpansRef<'a> {
 }
 
 impl<'a> SpansRef<'a> {
-    pub fn find(&self, span: &FieldsName, name: &str) -> Option<&String> {
+    pub fn find(&self, span: &SpanDescriptor, name: &str) -> Option<&String> {
         self.named()
             .find(|(name, _)| name == span)
             .and_then(|(_, fields)| fields.get(name))
     }
 
-    pub fn named(&self) -> impl Iterator<Item = (FieldsName, &'a LogFields)> {
-        iter::once((FieldsName::Main, self.main)).chain(self.spans.iter().rev().enumerate().map(
-            |(idx, fields)| {
+    pub fn named(&self) -> impl Iterator<Item = (SpanDescriptor, &'a LogFields)> {
+        iter::once((SpanDescriptor::Main, self.main)).chain(
+            self.spans.iter().rev().enumerate().map(|(idx, fields)| {
                 (
                     fields
                         .name()
-                        .map(|i| FieldsName::Span(i.to_string()))
-                        .unwrap_or_else(|| FieldsName::Numbered(idx)),
+                        .map(|i| SpanDescriptor::Span(i.to_string()))
+                        .unwrap_or_else(|| SpanDescriptor::Numbered(idx)),
                     fields,
                 )
-            },
-        ))
+            }),
+        )
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/tui/reader.rs b/src/tui/reader.rs
index b4ab2a8..268d661 100644
--- a/src/tui/reader.rs
+++ b/src/tui/reader.rs
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ mod tests {
     use crate::tui::{
         filter::{Filter, FilterKind, Matcher, MatcherValue},
         log_viewer::filters::Filters,
-        model::FieldsName,
+        model::SpanDescriptor,
         processing::Cursor,
         widgets::last_error::LastError,
     };
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ mod tests {
             matcher: Matcher::Field {
                 name: "message".to_string(),
                 value: MatcherValue::Exact("foo".to_string()),
-                span: FieldsName::Main,
+                span: SpanDescriptor::Main,
             },
             kind: FilterKind::Remove,
         }));
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ mod tests {
             matcher: Matcher::Field {
                 name: "message".to_string(),
                 value: MatcherValue::Exact("baz".to_string()),
-                span: FieldsName::Main,
+                span: SpanDescriptor::Main,
             },
             kind: FilterKind::Remove,
         }));
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ mod tests {
             matcher: Matcher::Field {
                 name: "name".to_string(),
                 value: MatcherValue::Exact("nest".to_string()),
-                span: FieldsName::Main,
+                span: SpanDescriptor::Main,
             },
             kind: FilterKind::Inline,
         }));
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ mod tests {
             matcher: Matcher::Field {
                 name: "name".to_string(),
                 value: MatcherValue::Exact("nest".to_string()),
-                span: FieldsName::Main,
+                span: SpanDescriptor::Main,
             },
             kind: FilterKind::Inline,
         }));
@@ -465,7 +465,7 @@ mod tests {
             matcher: Matcher::Field {
                 name: "name".to_string(),
                 value: MatcherValue::Exact("nest1".to_string()),
-                span: FieldsName::Main,
+                span: SpanDescriptor::Main,
             },
             kind: FilterKind::Inline,
         }));
@@ -473,7 +473,7 @@ mod tests {
             matcher: Matcher::Field {
                 name: "name".to_string(),
                 value: MatcherValue::Exact("nest2".to_string()),
-                span: FieldsName::Main,
+                span: SpanDescriptor::Main,
             },
             kind: FilterKind::Inline,
         }));
diff --git a/src/tui/widgets/fieldtree.rs b/src/tui/widgets/fieldtree.rs
index e841ccb..7e81d95 100644
--- a/src/tui/widgets/fieldtree.rs
+++ b/src/tui/widgets/fieldtree.rs
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ use tui_widget_list::{ListBuilder, ListState, ListView};
 use crate::tui::{
     block_around,
     log_viewer::LogViewer,
-    model::{FieldsName, LogEntry, LogFields},
+    model::{SpanDescriptor, LogEntry, LogFields},
     widgets::{line_text::style_span, styled::Styled},
 };
 
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ impl<'a> FieldTree<'a> {
         self.lv.selected().map(|(s, _)| s)
     }
 
-    fn current_span_fields(&mut self, spans: &[(FieldsName, &LogFields)]) -> Vec<(String, String)> {
+    fn current_span_fields(&mut self, spans: &[(SpanDescriptor, &LogFields)]) -> Vec<(String, String)> {
         let mut selected = self.state().current_span.selected.unwrap_or(0);
         if selected > spans.len() {
             selected = spans.len().saturating_sub(1);
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ impl<'a> FieldTree<'a> {
 }
 
 impl Styled<'_, &mut FieldTree<'_>> {
-    fn areas(&self, area: Rect, buf: &mut Buffer, name: Option<&FieldsName>) -> (Rect, Rect, Rect) {
+    fn areas(&self, area: Rect, buf: &mut Buffer, name: Option<&SpanDescriptor>) -> (Rect, Rect, Rect) {
         let [spans_area, fields_area] = Layout::horizontal([
             Constraint::Length(if self.spans_focussed() || !self.focussed {
                 25
@@ -146,9 +146,9 @@ impl Styled<'_, &mut FieldTree<'_>> {
             self.styles,
             Some(if let Some(i) = name {
                 match i {
-                    FieldsName::Main => "own fields".to_string(),
-                    FieldsName::Span(s) => format!("fields of {s}"),
-                    FieldsName::Numbered(idx) => format!("fields of span #{idx}"),
+                    SpanDescriptor::Main => "own fields".to_string(),
+                    SpanDescriptor::Span(s) => format!("fields of {s}"),
+                    SpanDescriptor::Numbered(idx) => format!("fields of span #{idx}"),
                 }
             } else {
                 "fields".to_string()
@@ -191,9 +191,9 @@ impl Widget for Styled<'_, &mut FieldTree<'_>> {
                 };
 
                 let mut item = Line::from(match span_name {
-                    FieldsName::Main => "own fields".to_string(),
-                    FieldsName::Span(s) => s.to_string(),
-                    FieldsName::Numbered(idx) => format!("span #{idx}"),
+                    SpanDescriptor::Main => "own fields".to_string(),
+                    SpanDescriptor::Span(s) => s.to_string(),
+                    SpanDescriptor::Numbered(idx) => format!("span #{idx}"),
                 });
                 if cx.is_selected && self_focussed {
                     item = item.style(self.styles.highlighted);
diff --git a/src/tui/widgets/items.rs b/src/tui/widgets/items.rs
index c57237c..0d1d64e 100644
--- a/src/tui/widgets/items.rs
+++ b/src/tui/widgets/items.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ use crate::tui::{
         filters::Filters,
         input::{FieldMatcher, InputState, InputTarget},
     },
-    model::{FieldsName, LogEntry},
+    model::{SpanDescriptor, LogEntry},
     widgets::{
         last_error::LastError,
         line_text::Highlighted,
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ pub struct Items<'a> {
     input_state: &'a InputState,
     filters: &'a Filters,
 
-    selected_footer_field: Option<(FieldsName, String, String)>,
+    selected_footer_field: Option<(SpanDescriptor, String, String)>,
     last_error: LastError,
 }
 
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ impl<'a> Items<'a> {
         filters: &'a Filters,
         selected_offset: usize,
         input_state: &'a InputState,
-        selected_footer_field: Option<(FieldsName, String, String)>,
+        selected_footer_field: Option<(SpanDescriptor, String, String)>,
         last_error: LastError,
     ) -> Self {
         Self {