diff --git a/components/src/main/kotlin/de/jeanlucmakiola/floret/components/GroupedList.kt b/components/src/main/kotlin/de/jeanlucmakiola/floret/components/GroupedList.kt
index f11b6d6..0cb7535 100644
--- a/components/src/main/kotlin/de/jeanlucmakiola/floret/components/GroupedList.kt
+++ b/components/src/main/kotlin/de/jeanlucmakiola/floret/components/GroupedList.kt
@@ -37,6 +37,16 @@ fun positionOf(index: Int, count: Int): Position = when {
     else -> Position.Middle
 }
 
+/**
+ * The inset a grouped list keeps from the screen edge.
+ *
+ * Exported because it is a *shared* line, not a private detail of [GroupedRow]:
+ * everything that sits outside the cards but belongs to them — section headers,
+ * hints, picker descriptions — has to start on the same edge, or the page reads
+ * as two ragged columns. Take this value rather than writing 16.dp again.
+ */
+val GroupedListInset = 16.dp
+
 /** Corner radii for a grouped segment: full at the group's outer edges, small between. */
 fun groupedShape(position: Position, full: Dp, small: Dp): Shape = when (position) {
     Position.Alone -> RoundedCornerShape(full)
@@ -140,7 +150,7 @@ fun GroupedRow(
     }
     GroupedSurface(
         position = position,
-        modifier = modifier.padding(horizontal = 16.dp),
+        modifier = modifier.padding(horizontal = GroupedListInset),
         onClick = onClick,
         color = containerColor,
         gapBelow = gapBelow,