diff --git a/src/config/Config.zig b/src/config/Config.zig
index d32740783..facbdb21d 100644
--- a/src/config/Config.zig
+++ b/src/config/Config.zig
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ pub const Path = @import("path.zig").Path;
 pub const RepeatablePath = @import("path.zig").RepeatablePath;
 const ClipboardCodepointMap = @import("ClipboardCodepointMap.zig");
 const KeyRemapSet = @import("../input/key_mods.zig").RemapSet;
+pub const WindowPaddingBalance = @import("../renderer/size.zig").PaddingBalance;
 const string = @import("string.zig");
 
 // We do this instead of importing all of terminal/main.zig to
@@ -5245,12 +5246,6 @@ pub const Fullscreen = enum(c_int) {
     @"non-native-padded-notch",
 };
 
-pub const WindowPaddingBalance = enum {
-    false,
-    true,
-    equal,
-};
-
 pub const WindowPaddingColor = enum {
     background,
     extend,
diff --git a/src/renderer/size.zig b/src/renderer/size.zig
index 7a022cdb4..6cf05f58a 100644
--- a/src/renderer/size.zig
+++ b/src/renderer/size.zig
@@ -1,10 +1,22 @@
 const std = @import("std");
 const Allocator = std.mem.Allocator;
-const configpkg = @import("../config.zig");
 const terminal_size = @import("../terminal/size.zig");
 
 const log = std.log.scoped(.renderer_size);
 
+/// Controls how extra whitespace around the terminal grid is distributed.
+pub const PaddingBalance = enum {
+    /// No balancing; padding is applied as specified explicitly.
+    false,
+    /// Balances padding but caps the top padding so the first row doesn't
+    /// drift too far from the top of the window. Excess vertical space is
+    /// shifted to the bottom.
+    true,
+    /// Distributes leftover space equally on all sides so the grid is
+    /// centered within the screen.
+    equal,
+};
+
 /// All relevant sizes for a rendered terminal. These are all the sizes that
 /// any functionality should need to know about the terminal in order to
 /// convert between any coordinate systems.
@@ -37,7 +49,7 @@ pub const Size = struct {
     pub fn balancePadding(
         self: *Size,
         explicit: Padding,
-        mode: configpkg.Config.WindowPaddingBalance,
+        mode: PaddingBalance,
     ) void {
         // This ensure grid() does the right thing
         self.padding = explicit;