diff --git a/pkg/gui/controllers/status_controller.go b/pkg/gui/controllers/status_controller.go
index 4fcb26a7c..4c4384bfd 100644
--- a/pkg/gui/controllers/status_controller.go
+++ b/pkg/gui/controllers/status_controller.go
@@ -75,6 +75,11 @@ func (self *StatusController) GetMouseKeybindings(opts types.KeybindingsOpts) []
 			Key:      gocui.MouseLeft,
 			Handler:  self.onClickMain,
 		},
+		{
+			ViewName: self.Context().GetViewName(),
+			Key:      gocui.MouseLeft,
+			Handler:  self.onClick,
+		},
 	}
 }
 
@@ -95,15 +100,11 @@ func (self *StatusController) GetOnRenderToMain() func() error {
 	}
 }
 
-func (self *StatusController) GetOnClick() func() error {
-	return self.onClick
-}
-
 func (self *StatusController) Context() types.Context {
 	return self.c.Contexts().Status
 }
 
-func (self *StatusController) onClick() error {
+func (self *StatusController) onClick(opts gocui.ViewMouseBindingOpts) error {
 	// TODO: move into some abstraction (status is currently not a listViewContext where a lot of this code lives)
 	currentBranch := self.c.Helpers().Refs.GetCheckedOutRef()
 	if currentBranch == nil {
@@ -115,21 +116,20 @@ func (self *StatusController) onClick() error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	cx, _ := self.c.Views().Status.Cursor()
 	upstreamStatus := presentation.BranchStatus(currentBranch, types.ItemOperationNone, self.c.Tr, time.Now(), self.c.UserConfig)
 	repoName := self.c.Git().RepoPaths.RepoName()
 	workingTreeState := self.c.Git().Status.WorkingTreeState()
 	switch workingTreeState {
 	case enums.REBASE_MODE_REBASING, enums.REBASE_MODE_MERGING:
 		workingTreeStatus := fmt.Sprintf("(%s)", presentation.FormatWorkingTreeStateLower(self.c.Tr, workingTreeState))
-		if cursorInSubstring(cx, upstreamStatus+" ", workingTreeStatus) {
+		if cursorInSubstring(opts.X, upstreamStatus+" ", workingTreeStatus) {
 			return self.c.Helpers().MergeAndRebase.CreateRebaseOptionsMenu()
 		}
-		if cursorInSubstring(cx, upstreamStatus+" "+workingTreeStatus+" ", repoName) {
+		if cursorInSubstring(opts.X, upstreamStatus+" "+workingTreeStatus+" ", repoName) {
 			return self.c.Helpers().Repos.CreateRecentReposMenu()
 		}
 	default:
-		if cursorInSubstring(cx, upstreamStatus+" ", repoName) {
+		if cursorInSubstring(opts.X, upstreamStatus+" ", repoName) {
 			return self.c.Helpers().Repos.CreateRecentReposMenu()
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/integration/tests/status/click_repo_name_to_open_repos_menu.go b/pkg/integration/tests/status/click_repo_name_to_open_repos_menu.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5e1eab092
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/integration/tests/status/click_repo_name_to_open_repos_menu.go
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+package status
+
+import (
+	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/config"
+	. "github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/integration/components"
+)
+
+var ClickRepoNameToOpenReposMenu = NewIntegrationTest(NewIntegrationTestArgs{
+	Description:  "Click on the repo name in the status side panel to open the recent repositories menu",
+	ExtraCmdArgs: []string{},
+	Skip:         false,
+	SetupConfig:  func(config *config.AppConfig) {},
+	SetupRepo:    func(shell *Shell) {},
+	Run: func(t *TestDriver, keys config.KeybindingConfig) {
+		t.Views().Status().Click(1, 0)
+		t.ExpectPopup().Menu().Title(Equals("Recent repositories"))
+	},
+})
diff --git a/pkg/integration/tests/status/click_to_focus.go b/pkg/integration/tests/status/click_to_focus.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3f20733a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/integration/tests/status/click_to_focus.go
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+package status
+
+import (
+	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/config"
+	. "github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/integration/components"
+)
+
+var ClickToFocus = NewIntegrationTest(NewIntegrationTestArgs{
+	Description:  "Click in the status side panel to activate it",
+	ExtraCmdArgs: []string{},
+	Skip:         false,
+	SetupConfig:  func(config *config.AppConfig) {},
+	SetupRepo:    func(shell *Shell) {},
+	Run: func(t *TestDriver, keys config.KeybindingConfig) {
+		t.Views().Files().Focus()
+		t.Views().Main().Lines(
+			Contains("No changed files"),
+		)
+
+		t.Views().Status().Click(0, 0)
+		t.Views().Status().IsFocused()
+		t.Views().Main().ContainsLines(
+			Contains(`   _`),
+			Contains(`  | |                     (_) |`),
+			Contains(`  | | __ _ _____   _  __ _ _| |_`),
+			Contains("  | |/ _` |_  / | | |/ _` | | __|"),
+			Contains(`  | | (_| |/ /| |_| | (_| | | |_`),
+			Contains(`  |_|\__,_/___|\__, |\__, |_|\__|`),
+			Contains(`                __/ | __/ |`),
+			Contains(`               |___/ |___/`),
+			Contains(``),
+			Contains(`Copyright `),
+		)
+	},
+})
diff --git a/pkg/integration/tests/status/click_working_tree_state_to_open_rebase_options_menu.go b/pkg/integration/tests/status/click_working_tree_state_to_open_rebase_options_menu.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..42f221c54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/integration/tests/status/click_working_tree_state_to_open_rebase_options_menu.go
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+package status
+
+import (
+	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/config"
+	. "github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/integration/components"
+)
+
+var ClickWorkingTreeStateToOpenRebaseOptionsMenu = NewIntegrationTest(NewIntegrationTestArgs{
+	Description:  "Click on the working tree state in the status side panel to open the rebase options menu",
+	ExtraCmdArgs: []string{},
+	Skip:         false,
+	SetupConfig:  func(config *config.AppConfig) {},
+	SetupRepo: func(shell *Shell) {
+		shell.CreateNCommits(2)
+	},
+	Run: func(t *TestDriver, keys config.KeybindingConfig) {
+		t.Views().Commits().
+			Focus().
+			Press(keys.Universal.Edit)
+
+		t.Views().Status().
+			Content(Contains("(rebasing) repo")).
+			Click(1, 0)
+
+		t.ExpectPopup().Menu().Title(Equals("Rebase options"))
+	},
+})
diff --git a/pkg/integration/tests/test_list.go b/pkg/integration/tests/test_list.go
index 1c94e3bbd..bf6264cde 100644
--- a/pkg/integration/tests/test_list.go
+++ b/pkg/integration/tests/test_list.go
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/integration/tests/reflog"
 	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/integration/tests/staging"
 	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/integration/tests/stash"
+	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/integration/tests/status"
 	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/integration/tests/submodule"
 	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/integration/tests/sync"
 	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/integration/tests/tag"
@@ -257,6 +258,9 @@ var tests = []*components.IntegrationTest{
 	stash.StashIncludingUntrackedFiles,
 	stash.StashStaged,
 	stash.StashUnstaged,
+	status.ClickRepoNameToOpenReposMenu,
+	status.ClickToFocus,
+	status.ClickWorkingTreeStateToOpenRebaseOptionsMenu,
 	submodule.Add,
 	submodule.Enter,
 	submodule.EnterNested,