diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index ea00f1fb..e9ae6cc1 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -126,6 +126,12 @@ version = "0.7.8"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d3fb67a6e08acf24fdeccbac2cb6ac4305825bd1f117462e0e6f2f193345ad56"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "as-raw-xcb-connection"
+version = "1.0.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "175571dd1d178ced59193a6fc02dde1b972eb0bc56c892cde9beeceac5bf0f6b"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "ash"
 version = "0.38.0+1.3.281"
@@ -557,6 +563,15 @@ version = "0.2.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "f079e83a288787bcd14a6aea84cee5c87a67c5a3e660c30f557a3d24761b3527"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "cgl"
+version = "0.3.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0ced0551234e87afee12411d535648dd89d2e7f34c78b753395567aff3d447ff"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "chacha20"
 version = "0.10.2"
@@ -874,6 +889,7 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "craft-ui"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
+ "eframe",
  "egui",
  "egui_extras",
  "egui_kittest",
@@ -1121,6 +1137,9 @@ dependencies = [
  "egui",
  "egui-wgpu",
  "egui-winit",
+ "egui_glow",
+ "glutin",
+ "glutin-winit",
  "image",
  "js-sys",
  "log",
@@ -1216,6 +1235,20 @@ dependencies = [
  "resvg",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "egui_glow"
+version = "0.36.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "606ed4167daf341e5753d703285c4c1d562324b2c07aa8f405cd7d066fe58f3b"
+dependencies = [
+ "bytemuck",
+ "egui",
+ "glow",
+ "log",
+ "profiling",
+ "winit",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "egui_kittest"
 version = "0.36.2"
@@ -1730,6 +1763,62 @@ dependencies = [
  "web-sys",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "glutin"
+version = "0.32.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "12124de845cacfebedff80e877bb37b5b75c34c5a4c89e47e1cdd67fb6041325"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags 2.13.2",
+ "cfg_aliases",
+ "cgl",
+ "dispatch2",
+ "glutin_egl_sys",
+ "glutin_glx_sys",
+ "glutin_wgl_sys",
+ "libloading",
+ "objc2 0.6.5",
+ "objc2-app-kit 0.3.2",
+ "objc2-core-foundation",
+ "objc2-foundation 0.3.2",
+ "once_cell",
+ "raw-window-handle",
+ "windows-sys 0.52.0",
+ "x11-dl",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "glutin-winit"
+version = "0.5.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "85edca7075f8fc728f28cb8fbb111a96c3b89e930574369e3e9c27eb75d3788f"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg_aliases",
+ "glutin",
+ "raw-window-handle",
+ "winit",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "glutin_egl_sys"
+version = "0.7.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4c4680ba6195f424febdc3ba46e7a42a0e58743f2edb115297b86d7f8ecc02d2"
+dependencies = [
+ "gl_generator",
+ "windows-sys 0.52.0",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "glutin_glx_sys"
+version = "0.6.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8a7bb2938045a88b612499fbcba375a77198e01306f52272e692f8c1f3751185"
+dependencies = [
+ "gl_generator",
+ "x11-dl",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "glutin_wgl_sys"
 version = "0.6.1"
@@ -5999,6 +6088,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "atomic-waker",
  "bitflags 2.13.2",
  "block2 0.5.1",
+ "bytemuck",
  "calloop 0.13.0",
  "cfg_aliases",
  "concurrent-queue",
@@ -6014,6 +6104,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "objc2-foundation 0.2.2",
  "objc2-ui-kit 0.2.2",
  "orbclient",
+ "percent-encoding",
  "pin-project",
  "raw-window-handle",
  "redox_syscall 0.4.1",
@@ -6026,6 +6117,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "web-sys",
  "web-time",
  "windows-sys 0.52.0",
+ "x11-dl",
+ "x11rb",
  "xkbcommon-dl",
 ]
 
@@ -6084,13 +6177,28 @@ version = "0.6.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "3ad82d2a33cdc9674dc7465672f271e096168fcdbe0f799d9e6db8c5892679dc"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "x11-dl"
+version = "2.21.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "38735924fedd5314a6e548792904ed8c6de6636285cb9fec04d5b1db85c1516f"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "once_cell",
+ "pkg-config",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "x11rb"
 version = "0.13.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "9993aa5be5a26815fe2c3eacfc1fde061fc1a1f094bf1ad2a18bf9c495dd7414"
 dependencies = [
+ "as-raw-xcb-connection",
  "gethostname",
+ "libc",
+ "libloading",
+ "once_cell",
  "rustix 1.1.5",
  "x11rb-protocol",
 ]
diff --git a/crates/ui/Cargo.toml b/crates/ui/Cargo.toml
index b5fc3bbd..554ed27f 100644
--- a/crates/ui/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/ui/Cargo.toml
@@ -26,4 +26,9 @@ egui = { workspace = true, features = ["default_fonts"] }
 serde_json = "1"
 egui_extras = { version = "0.36", default-features = false, features = ["svg"] }
 egui_kittest = { version = "0.36", features = ["wgpu"] }
+eframe = { version = "0.36", default-features = false, features = ["wgpu", "x11", "default_fonts"] }
 image = { version = "0.25", default-features = false, features = ["png"] }
+
+[[example]]
+name = "docking_native"
+required-features = ["native-windows"]
diff --git a/crates/ui/examples/docking_native.rs b/crates/ui/examples/docking_native.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6a6940ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/ui/examples/docking_native.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+//! Docking with floating panels in their own OS windows. Run with
+//! `cargo run -p craft-ui --example docking_native --features native-windows`.
+//!
+//! Prints every action it applies and every native window's place, for checking moves by
+//! hand or under a headless X server.
+
+use craft_ui::docking::{DockArea, DockContent, DockStyle, Floating, Layout, Node};
+use craft_ui::layout::{SplitAxis, SplitSize};
+
+struct Panels;
+
+impl DockContent<u32> for Panels {
+    fn body(&mut self, ui: &mut egui::Ui, panel: &u32) {
+        ui.label(format!("Body of panel {panel}"));
+    }
+
+    fn logical_label(&self, panel: &u32) -> String {
+        format!("Panel {panel}")
+    }
+}
+
+struct App {
+    layout: Layout<u32>,
+}
+
+impl eframe::App for App {
+    fn ui(&mut self, ui: &mut egui::Ui, _frame: &mut eframe::Frame) {
+        let style = DockStyle::from_ui(ui);
+        let out = DockArea::new(egui::Id::new("dock")).show_content(ui, &self.layout, &style, &mut Panels);
+        if !out.actions.is_empty() {
+            println!("actions {:?}", out.actions);
+            if let Err(error) = self.layout.apply_all(out.actions, |_| Default::default()) {
+                println!("rejected {error:?}");
+            }
+            for window in &self.layout.floating {
+                println!("window {} panels {:?} native {:?}", window.id, window.panels().collect::<Vec<_>>(), window.native);
+            }
+        }
+        if !out.forwarded_events.is_empty() {
+            println!("forwarded {:?} {:?}", out.forwarded_events, out.forwarded_modifiers);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+fn main() -> eframe::Result {
+    let tabs = |panels: &[u32]| Node::Tabs { panels: panels.to_vec(), active: 0 };
+    let layout = Layout {
+        root: Some(Node::Split { axis: SplitAxis::Horizontal, size: SplitSize::Ratio(0.5), first: Box::new(tabs(&[1, 2])), second: Box::new(tabs(&[3, 4])) }),
+        floating: vec![Floating::single(vec![5, 6], 0, [300.0, 200.0, 320.0, 260.0]), Floating::single(vec![7], 0, [700.0, 300.0, 260.0, 200.0])],
+    };
+    let options = eframe::NativeOptions { viewport: egui::ViewportBuilder::default().with_inner_size([1000.0, 700.0]).with_position([0.0, 0.0]), ..Default::default() };
+    eframe::run_native("Docking", options, Box::new(|_| Ok(Box::new(App { layout }))))
+}