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Layout

Feature	Dockview	Dockview Enterprise
Dockable grid	✓	✓
Nested layouts	✓	✓
Watermark	✓	✓

Tabs and headers

Feature	Dockview	Dockview Enterprise
Tab strip position	✓	✓
Headerless groups	✓	✓
Full-width single tab	✓	✓
Custom tab components	✓	✓
Header action slots	✓	✓
Tab overflow menu	✓	✓
Advanced overflow: search and recent-first ordering		✓
Animated tab dragging	✓	✓
Multi-row tabs		✓
Pinned tabs		✓
Tab group chips	✓	✓
Custom chip renderer	✓	✓
Tab context menus	✓	✓
Chip context menus	✓	✓

Drag and drop

Feature	Dockview	Dockview Enterprise
Tab drag and drop	✓	✓
Group drag and drop	✓	✓
External drag and drop	✓	✓
Touch and pen support	✓	✓
Per-feature opt-out	✓	✓
Edge drop zones	✓	✓
DnD backend strategy	✓	✓
Custom drop overlay	✓	✓
Custom group drag preview	✓	✓
DnD compass		✓
Smart guides		✓

Groups and windows

Feature	Dockview	Dockview Enterprise
Maximize and restore	✓	✓
Floating groups	✓	✓
Floating group bounds	✓	✓
Floating group drag handle	✓	✓
Popout windows	✓	✓
Custom popout URL	✓	✓
Edge groups	✓	✓
Auto-hide edge groups		✓
Dock to edge groups		✓
Locked groups and panels	✓	✓

Sizing

Feature	Dockview	Dockview Enterprise
Drag-to-resize splitters	✓	✓
Size constraints	✓	✓
Auto-resize	✓	✓
Borderless mode	✓	✓

Rendering

Feature	Dockview	Dockview Enterprise
Render modes	✓	✓
Custom scrollbars	✓	✓
Strict CSP support	✓	✓

State and persistence

Feature	Dockview	Dockview Enterprise
Save and restore layouts	✓	✓
Full state capture	✓	✓
Custom panel state	✓	✓
Empty state behaviour	✓	✓
Layout history		✓

Theming

Feature	Dockview	Dockview Enterprise
Built-in themes	✓	✓
CSS variable theming	✓	✓
Tab group colour palette	✓	✓

API and events

Feature	Dockview	Dockview Enterprise
Programmatic layout control	✓	✓
Directional placement	✓	✓
Panel and group APIs	✓	✓
Active panel tracking	✓	✓
Panel lifecycle events	✓	✓
Runtime option updates	✓	✓
Custom UI messages	✓	✓
Full event surface	✓	✓
Keyboard focus navigation	✓	✓

Accessibility

Feature	Dockview	Dockview Enterprise
ARIA roles and labels	✓	✓
Screen-reader announcements	✓	✓
Focus indicators	✓	✓
Spatial keyboard navigation		✓
Keyboard docking		✓

Framework support

Feature	Dockview	Dockview Enterprise
React	✓	✓
Vue 3	✓	✓
Angular	✓	✓
TypeScript	✓	✓

See also

• Quickstart: get a layout on screen in a few lines
• Theming: built-in themes and CSS-variable customisation