diff --git a/.zshrc b/.zshrc
index 73733c2..e4293f8 100644
--- a/.zshrc
+++ b/.zshrc
@@ -277,6 +277,24 @@ zle -N nnn-file-widget
 bindkey -M vicmd '\en' nnn-file-widget
 bindkey -M viins '\en' nnn-file-widget
 
+# Whiptail helper
+#
+menu_choose() {
+  local res title="$1" text="$2"
+  shift 2
+
+  local -a tags
+  for tag;
+    { tags+=($tag $tag) }
+
+    # see https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1970180/whiptail-how-to-redirect-output-to-environment-variable
+  tag=$(whiptail --title $title --menu $text 25 40 15 $tags --notags 3>&1 1>&2 2>&3 3>&-)
+  res=$?
+
+  echo $tag
+  return $res
+}
+
 ###
 ### Aliases -- Global & automatic expansion
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