properly centre menu headings

src/Mtlstats/Menu.hs

@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ module Mtlstats.Menu (
 
 import Brick.Main (halt)
 import Brick.Types (BrickEvent (VtyEvent), Widget)
-import Brick.Widgets.Center (hCenter)
 import Control.Monad.State.Class (gets, modify)
 import Data.Char (toUpper)
 import qualified Data.Map as M
@@ -86,7 +85,7 @@ menuStateController menuFunc = Controller
 drawMenu :: Menu a -> Widget ()
 drawMenu m = let
   menuLines = lines $ show m
-  in hCenter $ linesToWidget menuLines
+  in linesToWidgetC menuLines
 
 -- | The event handler for a 'Menu'
 menuHandler :: Menu a -> Handler a

src/Mtlstats/Util.hs

@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@ along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 -}
 
-{-# LANGUAGE LambdaCase #-}
-
 module Mtlstats.Util
   ( nth
   , modifyNth
@@ -29,9 +27,11 @@ module Mtlstats.Util
   , slice
   , capitalizeName
   , linesToWidget
+  , linesToWidgetC
   ) where
 
 import Brick.Types (Widget)
+import Brick.Widgets.Center (hCenter)
 import Brick.Widgets.Core (str, vBox)
 import Data.Char (isSpace, toUpper)
 import qualified Data.Map as M
@@ -124,9 +124,15 @@ capitalizeName ch s = s ++ [ch']
       | isSpace c = lockFlag' cs
       | otherwise = False
 
+-- | Converts a list of lines to a widget
 linesToWidget :: [String] -> Widget ()
-linesToWidget = vBox . map
+linesToWidget = vBox . map (str . keepBlank)
-  ( str . \case
+
-    "" -> " "
+-- | Converts a list of lines to a widget with each line horizontally
-    s  -> s
+-- centered
-  )
+linesToWidgetC :: [String] -> Widget ()
+linesToWidgetC = vBox . map (hCenter . str . keepBlank)
+
+keepBlank :: String -> String
+keepBlank "" = " "
+keepBlank s = s