diff --git a/pkg/gui/containers_panel.go b/pkg/gui/containers_panel.go
index 1ad61db2..eb5693b8 100644
--- a/pkg/gui/containers_panel.go
+++ b/pkg/gui/containers_panel.go
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ func (gui *Gui) getContainersPanel() *panels.SideListPanel[*commands.Container]
 
 			return true
 		},
-		GetDisplayStrings: presentation.GetContainerDisplayStrings,
+		GetTableCells: presentation.GetContainerDisplayStrings,
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/gui/images_panel.go b/pkg/gui/images_panel.go
index 82d9222f..9c0a326c 100644
--- a/pkg/gui/images_panel.go
+++ b/pkg/gui/images_panel.go
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ func (gui *Gui) getImagesPanel() *panels.SideListPanel[*commands.Image] {
 
 			return a.ID < b.ID
 		},
-		GetDisplayStrings: presentation.GetImageDisplayStrings,
+		GetTableCells: presentation.GetImageDisplayStrings,
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/gui/menu_panel.go b/pkg/gui/menu_panel.go
index c1390108..4fea3707 100644
--- a/pkg/gui/menu_panel.go
+++ b/pkg/gui/menu_panel.go
@@ -19,11 +19,11 @@ func (gui *Gui) getMenuPanel() *panels.SideListPanel[*types.MenuItem] {
 			List: panels.NewFilteredList[*types.MenuItem](),
 			View: gui.Views.Menu,
 		},
-		NoItemsMessage:    "",
-		Gui:               gui.intoInterface(),
-		OnClick:           gui.onMenuPress,
-		Sort:              nil,
-		GetDisplayStrings: presentation.GetMenuItemDisplayStrings,
+		NoItemsMessage: "",
+		Gui:            gui.intoInterface(),
+		OnClick:        gui.onMenuPress,
+		Sort:           nil,
+		GetTableCells:  presentation.GetMenuItemDisplayStrings,
 		OnRerender: func() error {
 			return gui.resizePopupPanel(gui.Views.Menu)
 		},
diff --git a/pkg/gui/panels/side_list_panel.go b/pkg/gui/panels/side_list_panel.go
index 3652eeec..19c734f2 100644
--- a/pkg/gui/panels/side_list_panel.go
+++ b/pkg/gui/panels/side_list_panel.go
@@ -35,16 +35,19 @@ type SideListPanel[T comparable] struct {
 	// and it has focus. Leave empty if you don't want to render anything
 	NoItemsMessage string
 
+	// a representation of the gui
 	Gui IGui
 
 	// this Filter is applied on top of additional default filters
 	Filter func(T) bool
 	Sort   func(a, b T) bool
 
+	// a callback to invoke when the item is clicked
 	OnClick func(T) error
 
-	// returns the columns that we render to the view in a table formats
-	GetDisplayStrings func(T) []string
+	// returns the cells that we render to the view in a table format. The cells will
+	// be rendered with padding.
+	GetTableCells func(T) []string
 
 	// function to be called after re-rendering list. Can be nil
 	OnRerender func() error
@@ -192,7 +195,7 @@ func (self *SideListPanel[T]) FilterAndSort() {
 		}
 
 		if lo.SomeBy(self.Gui.IgnoreStrings(), func(ignore string) bool {
-			return lo.SomeBy(self.GetDisplayStrings(item), func(searchString string) bool {
+			return lo.SomeBy(self.GetTableCells(item), func(searchString string) bool {
 				return strings.Contains(searchString, ignore)
 			})
 		}) {
@@ -200,7 +203,7 @@ func (self *SideListPanel[T]) FilterAndSort() {
 		}
 
 		if filterString != "" {
-			return lo.SomeBy(self.GetDisplayStrings(item), func(searchString string) bool {
+			return lo.SomeBy(self.GetTableCells(item), func(searchString string) bool {
 				return strings.Contains(searchString, filterString)
 			})
 		}
@@ -219,7 +222,7 @@ func (self *SideListPanel[T]) RerenderList() error {
 	self.Gui.Update(func() error {
 		self.View.Clear()
 		table := lo.Map(self.List.GetItems(), func(item T, index int) []string {
-			return self.GetDisplayStrings(item)
+			return self.GetTableCells(item)
 		})
 		renderedTable, err := utils.RenderTable(table)
 		if err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/gui/project_panel.go b/pkg/gui/project_panel.go
index c40edc85..5c51db72 100644
--- a/pkg/gui/project_panel.go
+++ b/pkg/gui/project_panel.go
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ func (gui *Gui) getProjectPanel() *panels.SideListPanel[*commands.Project] {
 		Sort: func(a *commands.Project, b *commands.Project) bool {
 			return false
 		},
-		GetDisplayStrings: presentation.GetProjectDisplayStrings,
+		GetTableCells: presentation.GetProjectDisplayStrings,
 		// It doesn't make sense to filter a list of only one item.
 		DisableFilter: true,
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/gui/services_panel.go b/pkg/gui/services_panel.go
index 3fdad1f3..49e21b40 100644
--- a/pkg/gui/services_panel.go
+++ b/pkg/gui/services_panel.go
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ func (gui *Gui) getServicesPanel() *panels.SideListPanel[*commands.Service] {
 
 			return a.Name < b.Name
 		},
-		GetDisplayStrings: presentation.GetServiceDisplayStrings,
+		GetTableCells: presentation.GetServiceDisplayStrings,
 		Hide: func() bool {
 			return !gui.DockerCommand.InDockerComposeProject
 		},
diff --git a/pkg/gui/volumes_panel.go b/pkg/gui/volumes_panel.go
index 123f007c..ed7dbab4 100644
--- a/pkg/gui/volumes_panel.go
+++ b/pkg/gui/volumes_panel.go
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ func (gui *Gui) getVolumesPanel() *panels.SideListPanel[*commands.Volume] {
 			}
 			return a.Name < b.Name
 		},
-		GetDisplayStrings: presentation.GetVolumeDisplayStrings,
+		GetTableCells: presentation.GetVolumeDisplayStrings,
 	}
 }