diff --git a/packages/dockview/src/api/component.api.ts b/packages/dockview/src/api/component.api.ts
index 60998cdbb..b8a359092 100644
--- a/packages/dockview/src/api/component.api.ts
+++ b/packages/dockview/src/api/component.api.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import {
     SerializedPaneview,
     IPaneviewComponent,
 } from '../paneview/paneviewComponent';
-import { IPaneviewPanel } from '../paneview/paneviewPanel';
+import { IPaneviewPanel, PaneviewPanel } from '../paneview/paneviewPanel';
 import {
     AddSplitviewComponentOptions,
     ISplitviewComponent,
@@ -30,8 +30,9 @@ import {
 import { Orientation, Sizing } from '../splitview/core/splitview';
 import { ISplitviewPanel } from '../splitview/splitviewPanel';
 import { GroupviewPanel } from '../groupview/groupviewPanel';
-import { Event } from '../events';
+import { Emitter, Event } from '../events';
 import { IDisposable } from '../lifecycle';
+import { PaneviewDropEvent } from '../react';
 
 export interface CommonApi {
     readonly height: number;
@@ -147,6 +148,29 @@ export class PaneviewApi implements CommonApi {
         return this.component.onDidLayoutChange;
     }
 
+    get onDidAddView(): Event<PaneviewPanel> {
+        return this.component.onDidAddView;
+    }
+
+    get onDidRemoveView(): Event<PaneviewPanel> {
+        return this.component.onDidRemoveView;
+    }
+
+    get onDidDrop(): Event<PaneviewDropEvent> {
+        const emitter = new Emitter<PaneviewDropEvent>();
+
+        const disposable = this.component.onDidDrop((e) => {
+            emitter.fire({ ...e, api: this });
+        });
+
+        emitter.dispose = () => {
+            disposable.dispose();
+            emitter.dispose();
+        };
+
+        return emitter.event;
+    }
+
     constructor(private readonly component: IPaneviewComponent) {}
 
     getPanels(): IPaneviewPanel[] {
diff --git a/packages/dockview/src/paneview/paneview.ts b/packages/dockview/src/paneview/paneview.ts
index fe4a689f8..b04ed9643 100644
--- a/packages/dockview/src/paneview/paneview.ts
+++ b/packages/dockview/src/paneview/paneview.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ export class Paneview extends CompositeDisposable implements IDisposable {
     private paneItems: PaneItem[] = [];
     private _orientation: Orientation;
     private animationTimer: any | undefined;
+    private skipAnimation = false;
 
     private readonly _onDidChange = new Emitter<void>();
     readonly onDidChange: Event<void> = this._onDidChange.event;
@@ -147,8 +148,6 @@ export class Paneview extends CompositeDisposable implements IDisposable {
         return paneItem;
     }
 
-    private skipAnimation = false;
-
     public moveView(from: number, to: number) {
         if (from === to) {
             return;
diff --git a/packages/dockview/src/paneview/paneviewComponent.ts b/packages/dockview/src/paneview/paneviewComponent.ts
index e239b649d..790b578ad 100644
--- a/packages/dockview/src/paneview/paneviewComponent.ts
+++ b/packages/dockview/src/paneview/paneviewComponent.ts
@@ -99,6 +99,8 @@ export interface IPaneviewComponent extends IDisposable {
     readonly height: number;
     readonly minimumSize: number;
     readonly maximumSize: number;
+    readonly onDidAddView: Event<PaneviewPanel>;
+    readonly onDidRemoveView: Event<PaneviewPanel>;
     readonly onDidDrop: Event<PaneviewDropEvent2>;
     readonly onDidLayoutChange: Event<void>;
     addPanel(options: AddPaneviewCompponentOptions): IDisposable;