diff --git a/pkg/gui/containers_panel.go b/pkg/gui/containers_panel.go
index 4f6bb941..2e245ab2 100644
--- a/pkg/gui/containers_panel.go
+++ b/pkg/gui/containers_panel.go
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazydocker/pkg/commands"
 	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazydocker/pkg/config"
 	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazydocker/pkg/utils"
+	"github.com/samber/lo"
 )
 
 // list panel functions
@@ -95,41 +96,46 @@ func (gui *Gui) handleContainerSelect(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {
 func (gui *Gui) renderContainerEnv(container *commands.Container) error {
 	if !container.DetailsLoaded() {
 		return gui.T.NewTask(func(stop chan struct{}) {
-			_ = gui.renderString(gui.g, "main", gui.Tr.WaitingForContainerInfo)
+			_ = gui.renderStringMain(gui.Tr.WaitingForContainerInfo)
 		})
 	}
 
 	mainView := gui.getMainView()
 	mainView.Autoscroll = false
 	mainView.Wrap = gui.Config.UserConfig.Gui.WrapMainPanel
-	envVariablesList := [][]string{}
-	renderedTable := gui.Tr.NothingToDisplay
-	if len(container.Details.Config.Env) > 0 {
-		var err error
-		for _, env := range container.Details.Config.Env {
-			splitEnv := strings.SplitN(env, "=", 2)
-			key := splitEnv[0]
-			value := ""
-			if len(splitEnv) > 1 {
-				value = splitEnv[1]
-			}
-			envVariablesList = append(envVariablesList,
-				[]string{
-					utils.ColoredString(key+":", color.FgGreen),
-					utils.ColoredString(value, color.FgYellow),
-				})
-		}
-		renderedTable, err = utils.RenderTable(envVariablesList)
-		if err != nil {
-			gui.Log.Error(err)
-			renderedTable = gui.Tr.CannotDisplayEnvVariables
-		}
-	}
+
 	return gui.T.NewTask(func(stop chan struct{}) {
-		_ = gui.renderString(gui.g, "main", renderedTable)
+		_ = gui.renderString(gui.g, "main", gui.containerEnv(container))
 	})
 }
 
+func (gui *Gui) containerEnv(container *commands.Container) string {
+	if len(container.Details.Config.Env) == 0 {
+		return gui.Tr.NothingToDisplay
+	}
+
+	envVarsList := lo.Map(container.Details.Config.Env, func(envVar string, _ int) []string {
+		splitEnv := strings.SplitN(envVar, "=", 2)
+		key := splitEnv[0]
+		value := ""
+		if len(splitEnv) > 1 {
+			value = splitEnv[1]
+		}
+		return []string{
+			utils.ColoredString(key+":", color.FgGreen),
+			utils.ColoredString(value, color.FgYellow),
+		}
+	})
+
+	output, err := utils.RenderTable(envVarsList)
+	if err != nil {
+		gui.Log.Error(err)
+		return gui.Tr.CannotDisplayEnvVariables
+	}
+
+	return output
+}
+
 func (gui *Gui) renderContainerConfig(container *commands.Container) error {
 	if !container.DetailsLoaded() {
 		return gui.T.NewTask(func(stop chan struct{}) {
diff --git a/pkg/gui/list_panel.go b/pkg/gui/list_panel.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d1db53eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/gui/list_panel.go
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+package gui
+
+import (
+	"github.com/jesseduffield/gocui"
+	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazydocker/pkg/utils"
+)
+
+type ListPanel[T comparable] struct {
+	toColumns func(T) []string
+
+	selectedIdx int
+	list        FilteredList[T]
+	view        *gocui.View
+}
+
+func (self *ListPanel[T]) setSelectedLineIdx(value int) {
+	clampedValue := -1
+	if self.list.Len() > 0 {
+		clampedValue = utils.Clamp(value, 0, self.list.Len()-1)
+	}
+
+	self.selectedIdx = clampedValue
+}
+
+// moves the cursor up or down by the given amount (up for negative values)
+func (self *ListPanel[T]) moveSelectedLine(delta int) {
+	self.setSelectedLineIdx(self.selectedIdx + delta)
+}
+
+func (self *ListPanel[T]) SelectNextLine() {
+	self.moveSelectedLine(1)
+}
+
+func (self *ListPanel[T]) SelectPrevLine() {
+	self.moveSelectedLine(-1)
+}
+
+// list panel at the side of the screen that renders content to the main panel
+type SideListPanel[T comparable] struct {
+	contextKeyPrefix string
+
+	ListPanel[T]
+
+	contextIdx int
+}
diff --git a/pkg/gui/view_helpers.go b/pkg/gui/view_helpers.go
index e597e21e..fc344aff 100644
--- a/pkg/gui/view_helpers.go
+++ b/pkg/gui/view_helpers.go
@@ -258,6 +258,10 @@ func (gui *Gui) renderString(g *gocui.Gui, viewName, s string) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+func (gui *Gui) renderStringMain(s string) error {
+	return gui.renderString(gui.g, "main", s)
+}
+
 // reRenderString sets the main view's content, without changing its origin
 func (gui *Gui) reRenderStringMain(s string) {
 	gui.reRenderString("main", s)
diff --git a/pkg/utils/utils.go b/pkg/utils/utils.go
index fe1ae3de..187ee09a 100644
--- a/pkg/utils/utils.go
+++ b/pkg/utils/utils.go
@@ -408,3 +408,12 @@ func IsValidHexValue(v string) bool {
 
 	return true
 }
+
+func Clamp(x int, min int, max int) int {
+	if x < min {
+		return min
+	} else if x > max {
+		return max
+	}
+	return x
+}