diff --git a/crates/ui/src/docking/command.rs b/crates/ui/src/docking/command.rs
index 3ae6d2ae..7a146f95 100644
--- a/crates/ui/src/docking/command.rs
+++ b/crates/ui/src/docking/command.rs
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ impl Unit {
         let panel = panel.clone();
         Ok(match (self, to) {
             (Self::Panel, Target::At { anchor, placement }) => Action::Move { panel, anchor, placement },
-            (Self::Panel, _) => return Err(DockError::InvalidPlacement),
+            (Self::Panel, to) => Action::MovePanel { panel, to },
             (Self::Group, to) => Action::MoveGroup { panel, to },
             (Self::Column, to) if floating => Action::MoveWindow { panel, to },
             (Self::Column, to) => Action::MoveColumn { panel, to },
diff --git a/crates/ui/src/docking/command_tests.rs b/crates/ui/src/docking/command_tests.rs
index e109a08c..905e1452 100644
--- a/crates/ui/src/docking/command_tests.rs
+++ b/crates/ui/src/docking/command_tests.rs
@@ -371,3 +371,13 @@ fn float_without_a_rect_takes_the_drag_size_inside_the_dock_area() {
 fn float_with(space: &FloatSpace<P>, panel: &str) -> Vec<Action<P>> {
     parse(json!({"command": "window.panel.float", "panel": panel})).unwrap().to_actions(&workspace(), false, space).unwrap()
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn dock_to_a_side_without_a_dock_takes_one_panel_out_of_a_shared_group() {
+    let params = json!({"command": "window.panel.dock", "panel": "layers", "side": "End"});
+    assert_eq!(actions(params.clone()), vec![Action::MovePanel { panel: s("layers"), to: Target::NewDock { side: Side::End } }]);
+    let (workspace, _) = applied(params);
+    let side = |panel: &str| workspace.layout.location(&s(panel)).unwrap().group.and_then(|g| g.column).map(|c| c.side);
+    assert_eq!(side("layers"), Some(Side::End));
+    assert_eq!(side("channels"), Some(Side::Start));
+}
diff --git a/crates/ui/src/docking/model.rs b/crates/ui/src/docking/model.rs
index 75391f6e..690137bb 100644
--- a/crates/ui/src/docking/model.rs
+++ b/crates/ui/src/docking/model.rs
@@ -310,6 +310,12 @@ pub enum Action<P> {
         panel: P,
         rect: Option<[f32; 4]>,
     },
+    /// Move one panel, without the rest of its group. `Target::At` is [`Action::Move`];
+    /// `NewDock` and `Float` give the panel a group of its own.
+    MovePanel {
+        panel: P,
+        to: Target<P>,
+    },
 }
 
 /// What may happen to a panel. [`Layout::apply_with_permissions`] enforces these for every
@@ -726,6 +732,18 @@ impl<P: Clone + Eq + Hash> Layout<P> {
             Action::Close { panel } if !permissions(panel).closable => return Err(DockError::NotAllowed),
             Action::MoveFloating { panel, .. } if !permissions(panel).movable => return Err(DockError::NotAllowed),
             Action::Open { anchor: Some(anchor), .. } if !permissions(anchor).accepts_tabs => return Err(DockError::NotAllowed),
+            Action::MovePanel { panel, to } => {
+                let policy = permissions(panel);
+                let allowed = policy.movable
+                    && match to {
+                        Target::Float { .. } => policy.floatable,
+                        Target::At { anchor, placement } => placement_allowed(placement, permissions(anchor)),
+                        Target::NewDock { .. } => true,
+                    };
+                if !allowed {
+                    return Err(DockError::NotAllowed);
+                }
+            }
             Action::MoveGroup { panel, to } | Action::MoveColumn { panel, to } | Action::MoveWindow { panel, to } => {
                 let members = self.members(panel, unit_of(&action))?;
                 if members.iter().any(|p| !permissions(p).movable) {
@@ -899,6 +917,13 @@ impl<P: Clone + Eq + Hash> Layout<P> {
                 let moving = self.take_unit(panel, unit)?;
                 self.insert_moving(moving, to.clone())
             }
+            Action::MovePanel { panel, to } => match to {
+                Target::At { anchor, placement } => self.apply_inner(Action::Move { panel, anchor, placement }),
+                to => {
+                    let entry = self.take(&panel).ok_or(DockError::MissingPanel)?;
+                    self.insert_moving(Moving::group(Group::new(vec![entry.panel], 0)), to)
+                }
+            },
             Action::CloseGroup { ref panel } | Action::CloseWindow { ref panel } => self.take_unit(panel, unit_of(&action)).map(|_| ()),
             Action::CloseOthers { panel } => {
                 for other in self.members(&panel, Unit::Group)? {
diff --git a/docs/ui-docking.md b/docs/ui-docking.md
index 9705a620..336367e7 100644
--- a/docs/ui-docking.md
+++ b/docs/ui-docking.md
@@ -57,8 +57,8 @@ layout.apply(Action::Move {
 # Ok::<(), craft_ui::docking::DockError>(())
 ```
 
-- `Move`, `Float` and `Close` act on one panel. `MoveGroup`, `MoveColumn` and `MoveWindow` move a
-  group, a dock column or a floating window, named by any panel in it.
+- `Move`, `MovePanel`, `Float` and `Close` act on one panel. `MoveGroup`, `MoveColumn` and
+  `MoveWindow` move a group, a dock column or a floating window, named by any panel in it.
 - A `Target` is `At { anchor, placement }`, `Float { rect }` or `NewDock { side }`.
 - A `Placement` is a tab position, a split zone, a new group above or below (with an optional
   preferred `height`), a new column, or a new frame on an outer edge.