diff --git a/packages/dockview/src/groupview/panel/hostedPanel.ts b/packages/dockview/src/groupview/panel/hostedPanel.ts
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--- a/packages/dockview/src/groupview/panel/hostedPanel.ts
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@@ -1,71 +0,0 @@
-import { IDisposable } from '../../lifecycle';
-import { IGroupPanel } from '../groupPanel';
-import { IRenderable } from '../types';
-
-export interface HostedPanelOptions {
-    id: string;
-    parent?: HTMLElement;
-}
-
-export class HostedPanel implements IRenderable, IDisposable {
-    private readonly _element: HTMLElement;
-
-    get element() {
-        return this._element;
-    }
-
-    get id() {
-        return this.panel.id;
-    }
-
-    constructor(
-        private readonly panel: IGroupPanel,
-        private readonly options: HostedPanelOptions
-    ) {
-        if (!options.parent) {
-            options.parent = document.getElementById('app') as HTMLElement;
-            options.parent.style.position = 'relative';
-        }
-
-        this._element = document.createElement('div');
-        this._element.style.visibility = 'hidden';
-        this._element.style.overflow = 'hidden';
-        // this._element.style.pointerEvents = 'none';
-        this._element.id = `webivew-${options.id}`;
-
-        options.parent.appendChild(this._element);
-    }
-
-    hide() {
-        this._element.style.visibility = 'hidden';
-    }
-
-    show() {
-        this._element.style.visibility = 'visible';
-    }
-
-    layout(
-        element: HTMLElement,
-        dimension?: { width: number; height: number }
-    ) {
-        if (!this.element || !this.element.parentElement) {
-            return;
-        }
-        const frameRect = element.getBoundingClientRect();
-        const containerRect =
-            this.element.parentElement.getBoundingClientRect();
-        this.element.style.position = 'absolute';
-        this.element.style.top = `${frameRect.top - containerRect.top}px`;
-        this.element.style.left = `${frameRect.left - containerRect.left}px`;
-        this.element.style.width = `${
-            dimension ? dimension.width : frameRect.width
-        }px`;
-        this.element.style.height = `${
-            dimension ? dimension.height : frameRect.height
-        }px`;
-    }
-
-    dispose() {
-        this._element.remove();
-    }
-}