diff --git a/src/ui/hint_alignment.rs b/src/ui/hint_alignment.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..610bdb5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ui/hint_alignment.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+use clap::Clap;
+use std::str::FromStr;
+
+use crate::error::ParseError;
+
+/// Describes if, during rendering, a hint should aligned to the leading edge of
+/// the matched text, or to its trailing edge.
+#[derive(Debug, Clap)]
+pub enum HintAlignment {
+    Leading,
+    Trailing,
+}
+
+impl FromStr for HintAlignment {
+    type Err = ParseError;
+
+    fn from_str(s: &str) -> Result<HintAlignment, ParseError> {
+        match s {
+            "leading" => Ok(HintAlignment::Leading),
+            "trailing" => Ok(HintAlignment::Trailing),
+            _ => Err(ParseError::ExpectedString(String::from(
+                "leading or trailing",
+            ))),
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/ui/mod.rs b/src/ui/mod.rs
index 154cd0e..2db4d8d 100644
--- a/src/ui/mod.rs
+++ b/src/ui/mod.rs
@@ -18,11 +18,12 @@
 //!
 
 pub mod colors;
+pub mod hint_alignment;
 pub mod hint_style;
 mod selection;
 mod vc;
 
+pub use hint_alignment::HintAlignment;
 pub use hint_style::HintStyle;
 pub use selection::Selection;
-pub use vc::HintAlignment;
 pub use vc::ViewController;
diff --git a/src/ui/vc.rs b/src/ui/vc.rs
index c2ffca9..8ec32be 100644
--- a/src/ui/vc.rs
+++ b/src/ui/vc.rs
@@ -1,16 +1,13 @@
 use std::char;
 use std::cmp;
 use std::io;
-use std::str::FromStr;
 
-use clap::Clap;
 use sequence_trie::SequenceTrie;
 use termion::{self, color, cursor, event, style};
 
 use super::colors::UiColors;
-use super::HintStyle;
 use super::Selection;
-use crate::error::ParseError;
+use super::{HintAlignment, HintStyle};
 use crate::{output_destination::OutputDestination, textbuf};
 
 pub struct ViewController<'a> {
@@ -608,28 +605,6 @@ fn get_line_offsets(lines: &[&str], term_width: u16) -> Vec<usize> {
         .collect()
 }
 
-/// Describes if, during rendering, a hint should aligned to the leading edge of
-/// the matched text, or to its trailing edge.
-#[derive(Debug, Clap)]
-pub enum HintAlignment {
-    Leading,
-    Trailing,
-}
-
-impl FromStr for HintAlignment {
-    type Err = ParseError;
-
-    fn from_str(s: &str) -> Result<HintAlignment, ParseError> {
-        match s {
-            "leading" => Ok(HintAlignment::Leading),
-            "trailing" => Ok(HintAlignment::Trailing),
-            _ => Err(ParseError::ExpectedString(String::from(
-                "leading or trailing",
-            ))),
-        }
-    }
-}
-
 /// Returned value after the `Ui` has finished listening to events.
 enum Event {
     /// Exit with no selected matches,