diff --git a/pkg/gui/quitting.go b/pkg/gui/quitting.go
index a2dee1a2a..24b92efc2 100644
--- a/pkg/gui/quitting.go
+++ b/pkg/gui/quitting.go
@@ -29,18 +29,6 @@ func (gui *Gui) handleQuitWithoutChangingDirectory() error {
 	return gui.quit()
 }
 
-func (gui *Gui) toggleWhitespaceInDiffView() error {
-	gui.State.IgnoreWhitespaceInDiffView = !gui.State.IgnoreWhitespaceInDiffView
-
-	toastMessage := gui.Tr.ShowingWhitespaceInDiffView
-	if gui.State.IgnoreWhitespaceInDiffView {
-		toastMessage = gui.Tr.IgnoringWhitespaceInDiffView
-	}
-	gui.raiseToast(toastMessage)
-
-	return gui.refreshFilesAndSubmodules()
-}
-
 func (gui *Gui) handleQuit() error {
 	gui.State.RetainOriginalDir = false
 	return gui.quit()
diff --git a/pkg/gui/whitespace-toggle.go b/pkg/gui/whitespace-toggle.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e7df9d879
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/gui/whitespace-toggle.go
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+package gui
+
+func (gui *Gui) toggleWhitespaceInDiffView() error {
+	gui.State.IgnoreWhitespaceInDiffView = !gui.State.IgnoreWhitespaceInDiffView
+
+	toastMessage := gui.Tr.ShowingWhitespaceInDiffView
+	if gui.State.IgnoreWhitespaceInDiffView {
+		toastMessage = gui.Tr.IgnoringWhitespaceInDiffView
+	}
+	gui.raiseToast(toastMessage)
+
+	return gui.refreshFilesAndSubmodules()
+}