diff --git a/src/widgets/toplevels/mod.rs b/src/widgets/toplevels/mod.rs
index 08a19ca..356f681 100644
--- a/src/widgets/toplevels/mod.rs
+++ b/src/widgets/toplevels/mod.rs
@@ -15,11 +15,8 @@ use toplevel_layout::{LayoutToplevel, RowColToplevelLayout, ToplevelLayout};
 
 pub fn toplevels<Msg>(children: Vec<cosmic::Element<Msg>>) -> Toplevels<Msg> {
     Toplevels {
-        layout: RowColToplevelLayout {
-            // TODO configurable
-            spacing: 16,
-            axis: Axis::Horizontal,
-        },
+        // TODO configurable
+        layout: RowColToplevelLayout::new(Axis::Horizontal, 16),
         children,
         _msg: PhantomData,
     }
diff --git a/src/widgets/toplevels/toplevel_layout/row_col_toplevel_layout.rs b/src/widgets/toplevels/toplevel_layout/row_col_toplevel_layout.rs
index d9e176f..6557ee2 100644
--- a/src/widgets/toplevels/toplevel_layout/row_col_toplevel_layout.rs
+++ b/src/widgets/toplevels/toplevel_layout/row_col_toplevel_layout.rs
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ pub(crate) struct RowColToplevelLayout {
 }
 
 impl RowColToplevelLayout {
+    pub fn new(axis: Axis, spacing: u32) -> Self {
+        Self { axis, spacing }
+    }
+
     // Get total requested main axis length if widget could have all the space
     pub fn requested_main_total(&self, toplevels: &[LayoutToplevel<'_, AxisSize>]) -> f32 {
         let total_spacing = self.spacing as usize * (toplevels.len().saturating_sub(1)).max(0);