From d7685db438f66e9e75e3aa8ebbce43a3d2bb49c6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: mathuo <6710312+mathuo@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2025 22:35:37 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] chore: fix

---
 .../src/dockview/dockviewComponent.ts              | 14 ++++++++------
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/dockview-core/src/dockview/dockviewComponent.ts b/packages/dockview-core/src/dockview/dockviewComponent.ts
index d83ed7923..3ff0f2cca 100644
--- a/packages/dockview-core/src/dockview/dockviewComponent.ts
+++ b/packages/dockview-core/src/dockview/dockviewComponent.ts
@@ -720,10 +720,13 @@ export class DockviewComponent
                     return false;
                 }
 
-                const referenceGroup =
-                    itemToPopout instanceof DockviewPanel
-                        ? itemToPopout.group
-                        : itemToPopout;
+                const referenceGroup = options?.referenceGroup
+                    ? options.referenceGroup
+                    : itemToPopout instanceof DockviewPanel
+                    ? itemToPopout.group
+                    : itemToPopout;
+
+                const referenceLocation = itemToPopout.api.location.type;
 
                 /**
                  * The group that is being added doesn't already exist within the DOM, the most likely occurrence
@@ -740,6 +743,7 @@ export class DockviewComponent
                     group = options.overridePopoutGroup;
                 } else {
                     group = this.createGroup({ id: groupId });
+
                     if (popoutContainer) {
                         this._onDidAddGroup.fire(group);
                     }
@@ -777,8 +781,6 @@ export class DockviewComponent
                     this
                 );
 
-                const referenceLocation = itemToPopout.api.location.type;
-
                 group.model.renderContainer = overlayRenderContainer;
                 group.layout(
                     _window.window!.innerWidth,