diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 43391513..e0dd618c 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -485,6 +485,8 @@ if(ENABLE_QT_GUI)
         PREFIX "/"
         FILES
             docs/img/rsob_icon.png docs/img/rstarstruck_icon.png
+            docs/img/settings_icon.png docs/img/display_icon.png docs/img/speaker_icon.png
+            docs/img/sparkling_icon.png
     )
 else()
     target_compile_definitions(Alber PUBLIC "PANDA3DS_FRONTEND_SDL=1")
diff --git a/docs/img/display_icon.png b/docs/img/display_icon.png
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..dd88a7f3
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diff --git a/docs/img/settings_icon.png b/docs/img/settings_icon.png
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bf21c417
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diff --git a/docs/img/sparkling_icon.png b/docs/img/sparkling_icon.png
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..db32c077
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diff --git a/docs/img/speaker_icon.png b/docs/img/speaker_icon.png
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a0c5f607
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diff --git a/include/panda_qt/config_window.hpp b/include/panda_qt/config_window.hpp
index 1c16711a..9f0d3479 100644
--- a/include/panda_qt/config_window.hpp
+++ b/include/panda_qt/config_window.hpp
@@ -4,9 +4,13 @@
 #include <QCheckBox>
 #include <QComboBox>
 #include <QDialog>
+#include <QListWidget>
 #include <QPalette>
+#include <QStackedWidget>
+#include <QTextEdit>
 #include <QWidget>
 #include <QtWidgets>
+#include <array>
 #include <functional>
 #include <utility>
 
@@ -27,11 +31,19 @@ class ConfigWindow : public QDialog {
 
 	Theme currentTheme;
 	QComboBox* themeSelect = nullptr;
+	QTextEdit* helpText = nullptr;
+	QListWidget* widgetList = nullptr;
+	QStackedWidget* widgetContainer = nullptr;
+
+	static constexpr size_t settingWidgetCount = 4;
+	std::array<QString, settingWidgetCount> helpTexts;
 
 	// The config class holds a copy of the emulator config which it edits and sends
 	// over to the emulator
 	EmulatorConfig config;
 	ConfigCallback updateConfig;
+
+	void addWidget(QWidget* widget, QString title, QString icon, QString helpText);
 	void setTheme(Theme theme);
 
   public:
diff --git a/src/panda_qt/about_window.cpp b/src/panda_qt/about_window.cpp
index 67767198..d614a14c 100644
--- a/src/panda_qt/about_window.cpp
+++ b/src/panda_qt/about_window.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #include "panda_qt/about_window.hpp"
 
+#include <QHBoxLayout>
 #include <QLabel>
 #include <QTextEdit>
 #include <QVBoxLayout>
diff --git a/src/panda_qt/config_window.cpp b/src/panda_qt/config_window.cpp
index c9efcbb0..7abf90a7 100644
--- a/src/panda_qt/config_window.cpp
+++ b/src/panda_qt/config_window.cpp
@@ -1,12 +1,50 @@
 #include "panda_qt/config_window.hpp"
 
+#include <QHBoxLayout>
+#include <QSizePolicy>
+#include <QVBoxLayout>
+
 ConfigWindow::ConfigWindow(ConfigCallback callback, const EmulatorConfig& emuConfig, QWidget* parent) : QDialog(parent), config(emuConfig) {
 	setWindowTitle(tr("Configuration"));
 	updateConfig = std::move(callback);
 
+	// Initialize the widget list and the widget container widgets
+	widgetList = new QListWidget(this);
+	widgetContainer = new QStackedWidget(this);
+
+	helpText = new QTextEdit(this);
+	helpText->setReadOnly(true);
+
+	helpText->setSizePolicy(QSizePolicy::Expanding, QSizePolicy::Fixed);
+	helpText->setFixedHeight(50);
+
+	widgetList->setMinimumWidth(100);
+	widgetList->setMaximumWidth(100);
+	widgetList->setSizePolicy(QSizePolicy::MinimumExpanding, QSizePolicy::MinimumExpanding);
+
+	widgetList->setCurrentRow(0);
+	widgetContainer->setCurrentIndex(0);
+
+	connect(widgetList, &QListWidget::currentRowChanged, this, [&](int row) {
+		widgetContainer->setCurrentIndex(row);
+		helpText->setText(helpTexts[row]);
+	});
+
+	QVBoxLayout* mainLayout = new QVBoxLayout;
+	QHBoxLayout* hLayout = new QHBoxLayout;
+
+	// Set up widget layouts
+	setLayout(mainLayout);
+	mainLayout->addLayout(hLayout);
+	mainLayout->addWidget(helpText);
+
+	hLayout->setAlignment(Qt::AlignLeft);
+	hLayout->addWidget(widgetList);
+	hLayout->addWidget(widgetContainer);
+
 	// Set up theme selection
 	setTheme(Theme::Dark);
-	themeSelect = new QComboBox(this);
+	themeSelect = new QComboBox(widgetContainer);
 	themeSelect->addItem(tr("System"));
 	themeSelect->addItem(tr("Light"));
 	themeSelect->addItem(tr("Dark"));
@@ -17,8 +55,17 @@ ConfigWindow::ConfigWindow(ConfigCallback callback, const EmulatorConfig& emuCon
 	themeSelect->show();
 	connect(themeSelect, &QComboBox::currentIndexChanged, this, [&](int index) { setTheme(static_cast<Theme>(index)); });
 
-	QCheckBox* useShaderJIT = new QCheckBox(tr("Enable Shader recompiler"), this);
+	QCheckBox* useShaderJIT = new QCheckBox(tr("Enable shader recompiler"), widgetContainer);
 	useShaderJIT->setChecked(config.shaderJitEnabled);
+	useShaderJIT->setSizePolicy(QSizePolicy::MinimumExpanding, QSizePolicy::MinimumExpanding);
+
+	// Add all our settings widgets to our widget list
+	addWidget(themeSelect, tr("General"), ":/docs/img/settings_icon.png", tr("General emulator settings"));
+	addWidget(useShaderJIT, tr("UI"), ":/docs/img/sparkling_icon.png", tr("User Interface (UI) settings"));
+	addWidget(useShaderJIT, tr("Graphics"), ":/docs/img/display_icon.png", tr("Graphics emulation and output settings"));
+	addWidget(useShaderJIT, tr("Audio"), ":/docs/img/speaker_icon.png", tr("Audio emulation and output settings"));
+	
+	helpText->setText(helpTexts[0]);
 
 	connect(useShaderJIT, &QCheckBox::toggled, this, [this, useShaderJIT]() {
 		config.shaderJitEnabled = useShaderJIT->isChecked();
@@ -105,4 +152,21 @@ void ConfigWindow::setTheme(Theme theme) {
 	}
 }
 
+void ConfigWindow::addWidget(QWidget* widget, QString title, QString icon, QString helpText) {
+	const int index = widgetList->count();
+
+	QListWidgetItem* item = new QListWidgetItem(widgetList);
+	item->setText(title);
+	if (!icon.isEmpty()) {
+		item->setIcon(QIcon::fromTheme(icon));
+	}
+
+	widgetContainer->addWidget(widget);
+
+	if (index >= settingWidgetCount) {
+		Helpers::panic("Qt: ConfigWindow::settingWidgetCount has not been updated correctly!");
+	}
+	helpTexts[index] = std::move(helpText);
+}
+
 ConfigWindow::~ConfigWindow() { delete themeSelect; }
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