diff --git a/src/state/CallViewModel/CallViewModel.ts b/src/state/CallViewModel/CallViewModel.ts
index 1ab4ea134..831dd0b0e 100644
--- a/src/state/CallViewModel/CallViewModel.ts
+++ b/src/state/CallViewModel/CallViewModel.ts
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ import {
   type SpotlightExpandedLayoutMedia,
   type SpotlightLandscapeLayoutMedia,
   type SpotlightPortraitLayoutMedia,
+  type WindowMode,
 } from "../layout-types.ts";
 import { ElementCallError, UnknownCallError } from "../../utils/errors.ts";
 import { type Epoch, type ObservableScope } from "../ObservableScope.ts";
@@ -271,13 +272,6 @@ const smallMobileCallThreshold = 3;
 // with the interface
 const showFooterMs = 4000;
 
-/**
- * The general shape of the space the call is drawn in. Called a window because
- * that is what it is in the standalone app; for a component it is the container
- * the host gave us, which may be a small corner of a large window.
- */
-export type WindowMode = "normal" | "narrow" | "flat" | "pip";
-
 interface LayoutScanState {
   layout: Layout | null;
   overflowing: boolean;
diff --git a/src/state/LayoutSwitchViewModel.ts b/src/state/LayoutSwitchViewModel.ts
index 6e61abaaa..f495c6275 100644
--- a/src/state/LayoutSwitchViewModel.ts
+++ b/src/state/LayoutSwitchViewModel.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import {
   switchAll,
 } from "rxjs";
 
-import { type WindowMode } from "./CallViewModel/CallViewModel.ts";
+import { type WindowMode } from "./layout-types.ts";
 import { constant, type Behavior } from "./Behavior.ts";
 import { type ObservableScope } from "./ObservableScope.ts";
 
diff --git a/src/state/layout-types.ts b/src/state/layout-types.ts
index be86f2a36..2d526617b 100644
--- a/src/state/layout-types.ts
+++ b/src/state/layout-types.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,13 @@ import {
 import { type Behavior } from "./Behavior.ts";
 import { shallowEquals as arrayShallowEquals } from "../utils/array.ts";
 
+/**
+ * The general shape of the space the call is drawn in. Called a window because
+ * that is what it is in the standalone app; for a component it is the container
+ * the host gave us, which may be a small corner of a large window.
+ */
+export type WindowMode = "normal" | "narrow" | "flat" | "pip";
+
 export interface GridLayoutMedia {
   type: "grid";
   edgeToEdge: false;