diff --git a/src/main.zig b/src/main.zig
index 52506e0..7155a5c 100644
--- a/src/main.zig
+++ b/src/main.zig
@@ -587,3 +587,14 @@ pub fn is_directory(rel_path: []const u8) !bool {
     dir.close();
     return true;
 }
+
+pub fn shorten_path(buf: []u8, path: []const u8, removed_prefix: *usize, max_len: usize) []const u8 {
+    removed_prefix.* = 0;
+    if (path.len <= max_len) return path;
+    const ellipsis = "…";
+    const prefix = path.len - max_len;
+    defer removed_prefix.* = prefix - 1;
+    @memcpy(buf[0..ellipsis.len], ellipsis);
+    @memcpy(buf[ellipsis.len .. max_len + ellipsis.len], path[prefix..]);
+    return buf[0 .. max_len + ellipsis.len];
+}
diff --git a/src/tui/filelist_view.zig b/src/tui/filelist_view.zig
index 27d6493..6cb01e5 100644
--- a/src/tui/filelist_view.zig
+++ b/src/tui/filelist_view.zig
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ const tp = @import("thespian");
 const log = @import("log");
 const key = @import("renderer").input.key;
 const event_type = @import("renderer").input.event_type;
+const root = @import("root");
 
 const command = @import("command.zig");
 const tui = @import("tui.zig");
@@ -37,9 +38,12 @@ commands: Commands = undefined,
 items: usize = 0,
 view_pos: usize = 0,
 view_rows: usize = 0,
+view_cols: usize = 0,
 entries: std.ArrayList(Entry) = undefined,
 selected: ?usize = null,
 
+const path_column_ratio = 4;
+
 const Entry = struct {
     path: []const u8,
     begin_line: usize,
@@ -79,6 +83,7 @@ pub fn handle_resize(self: *Self, pos: Widget.Box) void {
     self.plane.resize_simple(@intCast(pos.h), @intCast(pos.w)) catch return;
     self.menu.container_widget.resize(pos);
     self.view_rows = pos.h;
+    self.view_cols = pos.w;
     self.update_scrollbar();
 }
 
@@ -121,7 +126,9 @@ pub fn render(self: *Self, theme: *const Widget.Theme) bool {
 
 fn handle_render_menu(self: *Self, button: *Button.State(*Menu.State(*Self)), theme: *const Widget.Theme, selected: bool) bool {
     const style_base = if (button.active) theme.editor_cursor else if (button.hover or selected) theme.editor_selection else theme.panel;
-    // const style_keybind = if (tui.find_scope_style(theme, "entity.name")) |sty| sty.style else style_base;
+    const style_info: Widget.Theme.Style = .{ .fg = theme.editor_information.fg, .fs = theme.editor_information.fs, .bg = style_base.bg };
+    const style_separator: Widget.Theme.Style = .{ .fg = theme.editor_selection.bg, .bg = style_base.bg };
+    // const style_error: Widget.Theme.Style = .{ .fg = theme.editor_error.fg, .fs = theme.editor_error.fs, .bg = style_base.bg };
     button.plane.set_base_style(" ", style_base);
     button.plane.erase();
     button.plane.home();
@@ -140,8 +147,16 @@ fn handle_render_menu(self: *Self, button: *Button.State(*Menu.State(*Self)), th
     const entry = &self.entries.items[idx];
     const pointer = if (selected) "⏵" else " ";
     _ = button.plane.print("{s} ", .{pointer}) catch {};
+    var buf: [std.fs.max_path_bytes]u8 = undefined;
+    var removed_prefix: usize = 0;
+    const max_len = self.view_cols / path_column_ratio;
     button.plane.set_style(style_base);
-    _ = button.plane.print("{s}:{d}    {s}", .{ entry.path, entry.begin_line + 1, entry.lines }) catch {};
+    _ = button.plane.print("{s}:{d}", .{ root.shorten_path(&buf, entry.path, &removed_prefix, max_len - 6), entry.begin_line + 1 }) catch {};
+    button.plane.cursor_move_yx(0, @intCast(max_len)) catch return false;
+    button.plane.set_style(style_separator);
+    _ = button.plane.print(" ▏", .{}) catch {};
+    button.plane.set_style(style_info);
+    _ = button.plane.print("{s}", .{entry.lines}) catch {};
     return false;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/tui/mode/overlay/open_recent.zig b/src/tui/mode/overlay/open_recent.zig
index ba5e875..51aea07 100644
--- a/src/tui/mode/overlay/open_recent.zig
+++ b/src/tui/mode/overlay/open_recent.zig
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ const std = @import("std");
 const tp = @import("thespian");
 const log = @import("log");
 const cbor = @import("cbor");
+const root = @import("root");
 
 const Plane = @import("renderer").Plane;
 const planeutils = @import("renderer").planeutils;
@@ -88,7 +89,7 @@ inline fn max_menu_width() usize {
     return @max(15, width - (width / 5));
 }
 
-fn on_render_menu(self: *Self, button: *Button.State(*Menu.State(*Self)), theme: *const Widget.Theme, selected: bool) bool {
+fn on_render_menu(_: *Self, button: *Button.State(*Menu.State(*Self)), theme: *const Widget.Theme, selected: bool) bool {
     const style_base = if (button.active) theme.editor_cursor else if (button.hover or selected) theme.editor_selection else theme.editor_widget;
     const style_keybind = if (tui.find_scope_style(theme, "entity.name")) |sty| sty.style else style_base;
     button.plane.set_base_style(" ", style_base);
@@ -103,9 +104,10 @@ fn on_render_menu(self: *Self, button: *Button.State(*Menu.State(*Self)), theme:
     _ = button.plane.print("{s}", .{ pointer }) catch {};
     var buf: [std.fs.max_path_bytes]u8 = undefined;
     var removed_prefix: usize = 0;
+    const max_len = max_menu_width() - 2;
     button.plane.set_style(style_base);
     _ = button.plane.print("{s} ", .{
-        if (file_path.len > max_menu_width() - 2) self.shorten_path(&buf, file_path, &removed_prefix) else file_path,
+        if (file_path.len > max_len) root.shorten_path(&buf, file_path, &removed_prefix, max_len) else file_path,
     }) catch {};
     var index: usize = 0;
     var len = cbor.decodeArrayHeader(&iter) catch return false;
@@ -138,18 +140,6 @@ fn menu_action_open_file(menu: **Menu.State(*Self), button: *Button.State(*Menu.
     tp.self_pid().send(.{ "cmd", "navigate", .{ .file = file_path } }) catch |e| menu.*.opts.ctx.logger.err("navigate", e);
 }
 
-fn shorten_path(_: *Self, buf: []u8, path: []const u8, removed_prefix: *usize) []const u8 {
-    const max_len = max_menu_width() - 2;
-    removed_prefix.* = 0;
-    if (path.len <= max_len) return path;
-    const ellipsis = "…";
-    const prefix = path.len - max_len;
-    defer removed_prefix.* = prefix - 1;
-    @memcpy(buf[0..ellipsis.len], ellipsis);
-    @memcpy(buf[ellipsis.len .. max_len + ellipsis.len], path[prefix..]);
-    return buf[0 .. max_len + ellipsis.len];
-}
-
 fn add_item(self: *Self, file_name: []const u8, matches: ?[]const u8) !void {
     var label = std.ArrayList(u8).init(self.a);
     defer label.deinit();