diff --git a/pkg/gui/discard_changes_menu_panel.go b/pkg/gui/discard_changes_menu_panel.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b5a40b9e9c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/gui/discard_changes_menu_panel.go
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+package gui
+
+import (
+	"github.com/jesseduffield/gocui"
+)
+
+func (gui *Gui) handleCreateDiscardMenu(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {
+	file, err := gui.getSelectedFile(g)
+	if err != nil {
+		if err != gui.Errors.ErrNoFiles {
+			return err
+		}
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	menuItems := []*menuItem{
+		{
+			displayStrings: []string{gui.Tr.SLocalize("discardAllChanges")},
+			onPress: func() error {
+				if err := gui.GitCommand.DiscardAllFileChanges(file); err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
+				return gui.refreshFiles()
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	if file.HasStagedChanges && file.HasUnstagedChanges {
+		menuItems = append(menuItems, &menuItem{
+			displayStrings: []string{gui.Tr.SLocalize("discardUnstagedChanges")},
+			onPress: func() error {
+				if err := gui.GitCommand.DiscardUnstagedFileChanges(file); err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
+
+				return gui.refreshFiles()
+			},
+		})
+	}
+
+	return gui.createMenuNew(file.Name, menuItems, createMenuOptions{showCancel: true})
+}
diff --git a/pkg/gui/files_panel.go b/pkg/gui/files_panel.go
index d7a5466cbba..c2f3b9206f3 100644
--- a/pkg/gui/files_panel.go
+++ b/pkg/gui/files_panel.go
@@ -540,67 +540,6 @@ func (gui *Gui) anyFilesWithMergeConflicts() bool {
 	return false
 }
 
-type discardOption struct {
-	handler     func(fileName *commands.File) error
-	description string
-}
-
-// GetDisplayStrings is a function.
-func (r *discardOption) GetDisplayStrings(isFocused bool) []string {
-	return []string{r.description}
-}
-
-func (gui *Gui) handleCreateDiscardMenu(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {
-	file, err := gui.getSelectedFile(g)
-	if err != nil {
-		if err != gui.Errors.ErrNoFiles {
-			return err
-		}
-		return nil
-	}
-
-	options := []*discardOption{
-		{
-			description: gui.Tr.SLocalize("discardAllChanges"),
-			handler: func(file *commands.File) error {
-				return gui.GitCommand.DiscardAllFileChanges(file)
-			},
-		},
-		{
-			description: gui.Tr.SLocalize("cancel"),
-			handler: func(file *commands.File) error {
-				return nil
-			},
-		},
-	}
-
-	if file.HasStagedChanges && file.HasUnstagedChanges {
-		discardUnstagedChanges := &discardOption{
-			description: gui.Tr.SLocalize("discardUnstagedChanges"),
-			handler: func(file *commands.File) error {
-				return gui.GitCommand.DiscardUnstagedFileChanges(file)
-			},
-		}
-
-		options = append(options[:1], append([]*discardOption{discardUnstagedChanges}, options[1:]...)...)
-	}
-
-	handleMenuPress := func(index int) error {
-		file, err := gui.getSelectedFile(g)
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-
-		if err := options[index].handler(file); err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-
-		return gui.refreshFiles()
-	}
-
-	return gui.createMenu(file.Name, options, len(options), handleMenuPress)
-}
-
 func (gui *Gui) handleCustomCommand(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {
 	return gui.createPromptPanel(g, v, gui.Tr.SLocalize("CustomCommand"), "", func(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {
 		command := gui.trimmedContent(v)
diff --git a/pkg/gui/menu_panel.go b/pkg/gui/menu_panel.go
index 526f66d7837..94a889506cd 100644
--- a/pkg/gui/menu_panel.go
+++ b/pkg/gui/menu_panel.go
@@ -8,6 +8,11 @@ import (
 	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/utils"
 )
 
+type menuItem struct {
+	displayStrings []string
+	onPress        func() error
+}
+
 // list panel functions
 
 func (gui *Gui) handleMenuSelect(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {
@@ -38,6 +43,75 @@ func (gui *Gui) handleMenuClose(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {
 	return gui.returnFocus(g, v)
 }
 
+type createMenuOptions struct {
+	showCancel bool
+}
+
+func (gui *Gui) createMenuNew(title string, items []*menuItem, createMenuOptions createMenuOptions) error {
+	if createMenuOptions.showCancel {
+		// this is mutative but I'm okay with that for now
+		items = append(items, &menuItem{
+			displayStrings: []string{gui.Tr.SLocalize("cancel")},
+			onPress: func() error {
+				return nil
+			},
+		})
+	}
+
+	gui.State.MenuItemCount = len(items)
+
+	stringArrays := make([][]string, len(items))
+	for i, item := range items {
+		stringArrays[i] = item.displayStrings
+	}
+
+	list := utils.RenderDisplayStrings(stringArrays)
+
+	x0, y0, x1, y1 := gui.getConfirmationPanelDimensions(gui.g, false, list)
+	menuView, _ := gui.g.SetView("menu", x0, y0, x1, y1, 0)
+	menuView.Title = title
+	menuView.FgColor = theme.GocuiDefaultTextColor
+	menuView.Clear()
+	fmt.Fprint(menuView, list)
+	gui.State.Panels.Menu.SelectedLine = 0
+
+	wrappedHandlePress := func(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {
+		selectedLine := gui.State.Panels.Menu.SelectedLine
+		if err := items[selectedLine].onPress(); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		if _, err := gui.g.View("menu"); err == nil {
+			if _, err := gui.g.SetViewOnBottom("menu"); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+		}
+
+		return gui.returnFocus(gui.g, menuView)
+	}
+
+	gui.State.Panels.Menu.OnPress = wrappedHandlePress
+
+	for _, key := range []gocui.Key{gocui.KeySpace, gocui.KeyEnter, 'y'} {
+		_ = gui.g.DeleteKeybinding("menu", key, gocui.ModNone)
+
+		if err := gui.g.SetKeybinding("menu", nil, key, gocui.ModNone, wrappedHandlePress); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+
+	gui.g.Update(func(g *gocui.Gui) error {
+		if _, err := gui.g.View("menu"); err == nil {
+			if _, err := g.SetViewOnTop("menu"); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+		}
+		currentView := gui.g.CurrentView()
+		return gui.switchFocus(gui.g, currentView, menuView)
+	})
+	return nil
+}
+
 func (gui *Gui) createMenu(title string, items interface{}, itemCount int, handlePress func(int) error) error {
 	isFocused := gui.g.CurrentView().Name() == "menu"
 	gui.State.MenuItemCount = itemCount
diff --git a/pkg/utils/utils.go b/pkg/utils/utils.go
index 26d1b9021e5..093f8069e58 100644
--- a/pkg/utils/utils.go
+++ b/pkg/utils/utils.go
@@ -151,14 +151,14 @@ func renderDisplayableList(items []Displayable, isFocused bool) (string, error)
 
 	stringArrays := getDisplayStringArrays(items, isFocused)
 
-	if !displayArraysAligned(stringArrays) {
-		return "", errors.New("Each item must return the same number of strings to display")
-	}
+	return RenderDisplayStrings(stringArrays), nil
+}
 
-	padWidths := getPadWidths(stringArrays)
-	paddedDisplayStrings := getPaddedDisplayStrings(stringArrays, padWidths)
+func RenderDisplayStrings(displayStringsArr [][]string) string {
+	padWidths := getPadWidths(displayStringsArr)
+	paddedDisplayStrings := getPaddedDisplayStrings(displayStringsArr, padWidths)
 
-	return strings.Join(paddedDisplayStrings, "\n"), nil
+	return strings.Join(paddedDisplayStrings, "\n")
 }
 
 // Decolorise strips a string of color
@@ -168,10 +168,13 @@ func Decolorise(str string) string {
 }
 
 func getPadWidths(stringArrays [][]string) []int {
-	if len(stringArrays[0]) <= 1 {
-		return []int{}
+	maxWidth := 0
+	for _, stringArray := range stringArrays {
+		if len(stringArray) > maxWidth {
+			maxWidth = len(stringArray)
+		}
 	}
-	padWidths := make([]int, len(stringArrays[0])-1)
+	padWidths := make([]int, maxWidth-1)
 	for i := range padWidths {
 		for _, strings := range stringArrays {
 			uncoloredString := Decolorise(strings[i])
@@ -190,8 +193,14 @@ func getPaddedDisplayStrings(stringArrays [][]string, padWidths []int) []string
 			continue
 		}
 		for j, padWidth := range padWidths {
+			if len(stringArray)-1 < j {
+				continue
+			}
 			paddedDisplayStrings[i] += WithPadding(stringArray[j], padWidth) + " "
 		}
+		if len(stringArray)-1 < len(padWidths) {
+			continue
+		}
 		paddedDisplayStrings[i] += stringArray[len(padWidths)]
 	}
 	return paddedDisplayStrings