2 files changed, 29 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/pkg/gui/controllers/helpers/window_arrangement_helper.go b/pkg/gui/controllers/helpers/window_arrangement_helper.go
index 0eb7cdb4a..322cd1bd6 100644
--- a/pkg/gui/controllers/helpers/window_arrangement_helper.go
+++ b/pkg/gui/controllers/helpers/window_arrangement_helper.go
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/config"
 	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/gui/types"
 	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/utils"
-	"github.com/mattn/go-runewidth"
 	"golang.org/x/exp/slices"
 )
 
@@ -272,7 +271,7 @@ func infoSectionChildren(args WindowArrangementArgs) []*boxlayout.Box {
 		return []*boxlayout.Box{
 			{
 				Window: "searchPrefix",
-				Size:   runewidth.StringWidth(args.SearchPrefix),
+				Size:   utils.StringWidth(args.SearchPrefix),
 			},
 			{
 				Window: "search",
@@ -325,7 +324,7 @@ func infoSectionChildren(args WindowArrangementArgs) []*boxlayout.Box {
 		// app status appears very briefly in demos and dislodges the caption,
 		// so better not to show it at all
 		if args.AppStatus != "" {
-			result = append(result, &boxlayout.Box{Window: "appStatus", Size: runewidth.StringWidth(args.AppStatus)})
+			result = append(result, &boxlayout.Box{Window: "appStatus", Size: utils.StringWidth(args.AppStatus)})
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -338,7 +337,7 @@ func infoSectionChildren(args WindowArrangementArgs) []*boxlayout.Box {
 			&boxlayout.Box{
 				Window: "information",
 				// unlike appStatus, informationStr has various colors so we need to decolorise before taking the length
-				Size: runewidth.StringWidth(utils.Decolorise(args.InformationStr)),
+				Size: utils.StringWidth(utils.Decolorise(args.InformationStr)),
 			})
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/gui/controllers/screen_mode_actions.go b/pkg/gui/controllers/screen_mode_actions.go
index 1db27f2e2..2d0026793 100644
--- a/pkg/gui/controllers/screen_mode_actions.go
+++ b/pkg/gui/controllers/screen_mode_actions.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package controllers
 
 import (
+	"github.com/jesseduffield/gocui"
 	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/gui/types"
 )
 
@@ -16,7 +17,7 @@ func (self *ScreenModeActions) Next() error {
 		),
 	)
 
-	return nil
+	return self.rerenderViewsWithScreenModeDependentContent()
 }
 
 func (self *ScreenModeActions) Prev() error {
@@ -27,9 +28,33 @@ func (self *ScreenModeActions) Prev() error {
 		),
 	)
 
+	return self.rerenderViewsWithScreenModeDependentContent()
+}
+
+// these views need to be re-rendered when the screen mode changes. The commits view,
+// for example, will show authorship information in half and full screen mode.
+func (self *ScreenModeActions) rerenderViewsWithScreenModeDependentContent() error {
+	for _, context := range self.c.Context().AllList() {
+		if context.NeedsRerenderOnWidthChange() == types.NEEDS_RERENDER_ON_WIDTH_CHANGE_WHEN_SCREEN_MODE_CHANGES {
+			if err := self.rerenderView(context.GetView()); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
 	return nil
 }
 
+func (self *ScreenModeActions) rerenderView(view *gocui.View) error {
+	context, ok := self.c.Helpers().View.ContextForView(view.Name())
+	if !ok {
+		self.c.Log.Errorf("no context found for view %s", view.Name())
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	return context.HandleRender()
+}
+
 func nextIntInCycle(sl []types.WindowMaximisation, current types.WindowMaximisation) types.WindowMaximisation {
 	for i, val := range sl {
 		if val == current {