diff --git a/src/main.tsx b/src/main.tsx
index 5f96a4b4..b21bb29a 100644
--- a/src/main.tsx
+++ b/src/main.tsx
@@ -1256,6 +1256,10 @@ class MainSideBar extends React.Component<{}, {}> {
         return (<span>{remote.remotecanonicalname}</span>);
     }
 
+    clickRemote(remote : RemoteType) {
+        GlobalCommandRunner.showRemote(remote.remoteid);
+    }
+
     render() {
         let model = GlobalModel;
         let activeSessionId = model.activeSessionId.get();
@@ -1338,7 +1342,7 @@ class MainSideBar extends React.Component<{}, {}> {
                     </p>
                     <ul className="menu-list remotes-menu-list">
                         <For each="remote" of={remotes}>
-                            <li key={remote.remoteid} className="remote-menu-item"><a>
+                            <li key={remote.remoteid} className="remote-menu-item"><a onClick={() => this.clickRemote(remote)}>
                                 <i className={cn("remote-status fa fa-circle", "status-" + remote.status)}/>
                                 {this.remoteDisplayName(remote)}
                             </a></li>
diff --git a/src/model.ts b/src/model.ts
index f47b36d8..3c5ad9cc 100644
--- a/src/model.ts
+++ b/src/model.ts
@@ -1780,6 +1780,10 @@ class CommandRunner {
     resizeWindow(windowId : string, cols : number) {
         GlobalModel.submitCommand("window", "resize", null, {"nohist": "1", "window": windowId, "cols": String(cols)}, false);
     }
+
+    showRemote(remoteid : string) {
+        GlobalModel.submitCommand("remote", "show", null, {"nohist": "1", "remote": remoteid}, true);
+    }
 };
 
 let GlobalModel : Model = null;