diff --git a/frontend/src/features/projects/ProjectsView.docking.test.tsx b/frontend/src/features/projects/ProjectsView.docking.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b53f6be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/features/projects/ProjectsView.docking.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,122 @@
+/**
+ * #22 — view anchoring/docking in `ProjectsView`. A view opened from the menu
+ * starts floating (modal window); its header controls move it into the in-flow
+ * left/right {@link DockRegion} and back, and the one-slot-per-view invariant
+ * holds (docking a floating view removes the modal window).
+ */
+import { describe, it, expect } from "vitest";
+import { render, screen, within, waitFor, fireEvent } from "@testing-library/react";
+
+import {
+  MockAgentGateway,
+  MockGitGateway,
+  MockProfileGateway,
+  MockProjectGateway,
+  MockSystemGateway,
+  MockTemplateGateway,
+  MockWorkStateGateway,
+} from "@/adapters/mock";
+import type { Gateways } from "@/ports";
+import { DIProvider } from "@/app/di";
+import { ProjectsView } from "./ProjectsView";
+
+async function renderWithProject() {
+  const project = new MockProjectGateway();
+  await project.createProject("alpha", "/p/a");
+  const agentGateway = new MockAgentGateway();
+  const gateways = {
+    system: new MockSystemGateway(),
+    project,
+    agent: agentGateway,
+    profile: new MockProfileGateway(),
+    template: new MockTemplateGateway(agentGateway),
+    git: new MockGitGateway(),
+    workState: new MockWorkStateGateway(),
+  } as unknown as Gateways;
+  render(
+    <DIProvider gateways={gateways}>
+      <ProjectsView />
+    </DIProvider>,
+  );
+  // Open the seeded project so panels have an active project to render for.
+  fireEvent.click(await screen.findByRole("button", { name: "Open" }));
+  await waitFor(() =>
+    expect(within(screen.getByRole("tablist")).getAllByRole("tab")).toHaveLength(1),
+  );
+}
+
+/** Opens a menu-bar dropdown item. */
+function openMenuItem(menu: string, item: string) {
+  fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole("button", { name: menu }));
+  fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole("button", { name: item }));
+}
+
+describe("ProjectsView view docking (#22)", () => {
+  it("opens a view floating, then docks it left as an in-flow column", async () => {
+    await renderWithProject();
+
+    // View → Git opens a modal floating window (historical behaviour).
+    openMenuItem("View", "Git");
+    const dialog = await screen.findByRole("dialog", { name: "Git" });
+    expect(dialog).toBeTruthy();
+
+    // Dock it to the left via the header control.
+    fireEvent.click(within(dialog).getByRole("button", { name: "dock Git left" }));
+
+    // The modal window is gone; the Git view now lives in the left dock column.
+    await waitFor(() =>
+      expect(screen.queryByRole("dialog", { name: "Git" })).toBeNull(),
+    );
+    const leftDock = screen.getByRole("complementary", { name: "left dock" });
+    expect(within(leftDock).getByLabelText("Git panel")).toBeTruthy();
+    // The main surface is still present beside the dock (in-flow, not overlay).
+    expect(screen.getByRole("main")).toBeTruthy();
+  });
+
+  it("keeps one slot per view: docking right moves it off the left dock", async () => {
+    await renderWithProject();
+
+    openMenuItem("View", "Git");
+    const dialog = await screen.findByRole("dialog", { name: "Git" });
+    fireEvent.click(within(dialog).getByRole("button", { name: "dock Git left" }));
+
+    const leftDock = await screen.findByRole("complementary", { name: "left dock" });
+    const leftHeader = within(leftDock).getByLabelText("Git panel");
+    // Move it to the right dock from the docked header control.
+    fireEvent.click(
+      within(leftHeader).getByRole("button", { name: "dock Git right" }),
+    );
+
+    await waitFor(() =>
+      expect(screen.queryByRole("complementary", { name: "left dock" })).toBeNull(),
+    );
+    const rightDock = screen.getByRole("complementary", { name: "right dock" });
+    expect(within(rightDock).getByLabelText("Git panel")).toBeTruthy();
+  });
+
+  it("docks two different views side by side (left + right)", async () => {
+    await renderWithProject();
+
+    // Dock Git left.
+    openMenuItem("View", "Git");
+    fireEvent.click(
+      within(await screen.findByRole("dialog", { name: "Git" })).getByRole(
+        "button",
+        { name: "dock Git left" },
+      ),
+    );
+    // Dock Agents right.
+    openMenuItem("View", "Agents");
+    fireEvent.click(
+      within(await screen.findByRole("dialog", { name: "Agents" })).getByRole(
+        "button",
+        { name: "dock Agents right" },
+      ),
+    );
+
+    const leftDock = await screen.findByRole("complementary", { name: "left dock" });
+    const rightDock = await screen.findByRole("complementary", { name: "right dock" });
+    expect(within(leftDock).getByLabelText("Git panel")).toBeTruthy();
+    expect(within(rightDock).getByLabelText("Agents panel")).toBeTruthy();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/frontend/src/features/projects/ProjectsView.tsx b/frontend/src/features/projects/ProjectsView.tsx
index ed5ff68..e274730 100644
--- a/frontend/src/features/projects/ProjectsView.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/features/projects/ProjectsView.tsx
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ import { ProfilesSettings } from "@/features/first-run";
 import { GitPanel, GitGraphView } from "@/features/git";
 import {
   Button,
+  DockRegion,
   FloatingWindow,
   Input,
   MenuBar,
@@ -56,33 +57,16 @@ import {
 import { useGateways } from "@/app/di";
 import { ProjectContextPanel } from "./ProjectContextPanel";
 import { useProjects } from "./useProjects";
-
-/** A panel reachable from the menu bar; each opens in a floating window. */
-type PanelId =
-  | "projects"
-  | "context"
-  | "work"
-  | "tickets"
-  | "agents"
-  | "templates"
-  | "skills"
-  | "permissions"
-  | "memory"
-  | "git";
-
-/** Human titles for each panel's floating window (also its aria-label). */
-const PANEL_TITLE: Record<PanelId, string> = {
-  projects: "Projects",
-  context: "Project context",
-  work: "Work state",
-  tickets: "Tickets",
-  agents: "Agents",
-  templates: "Templates",
-  skills: "Skills",
-  permissions: "Permissions",
-  memory: "Memory",
-  git: "Git",
-};
+import {
+  PANEL_TITLE,
+  floatingPanels,
+  isDockedTo,
+  panelsDockedTo,
+  placementOf,
+  type PanelId,
+  type ViewPlacement,
+  type ViewPlacements,
+} from "./viewPlacement";
 
 /** Window width preset per panel (content-heavy panels get more room). */
 const PANEL_SIZE: Record<PanelId, FloatingWindowSize> = {
@@ -123,8 +107,14 @@ export function ProjectsView() {
   const { system } = useGateways();
   const [name, setName] = useState("");
   const [root, setRoot] = useState("");
-  // Which panel's floating window is open (null = none). Replaces the sidebar.
-  const [openPanel, setOpenPanel] = useState<PanelId | null>(null);
+  // Placement of every open view (#22): each panel is "closed" (absent),
+  // "floating" (modal window), or docked left/right. One view = exactly one
+  // slot. Ephemeral local state in V1 — restore-at-restart is a deferred
+  // backend follow-up.
+  const [placements, setPlacements] = useState<ViewPlacements>({});
+  // Width (px) of each dock column, driven by the DockRegion resize handle.
+  const [leftDockWidth, setLeftDockWidth] = useState(340);
+  const [rightDockWidth, setRightDockWidth] = useState(340);
   // Top-level view switch (#16): when true, the main area shows the AI Profiles
   // settings instead of the project surface. The single menu bar stays visible
   // so the user can toggle back from Settings → AI Profiles.
@@ -196,11 +186,62 @@ export function ProjectsView() {
     if (picked !== null) setRoot(picked);
   }
 
-  // Opening a conversation viewer takes over the main area — close any panel
-  // window so it doesn't obscure the viewer (LS7).
+  // ── View placement (#22) ────────────────────────────────────────────────
+  // Move a view to a specific slot (floating or docked). Enforces the
+  // one-slot-per-view invariant implicitly (a panel has a single entry) and the
+  // floating surface stays single-window (the #16 modal contract): promoting a
+  // view to floating demotes any other floating view to closed. Docks hold as
+  // many views as fit — that's the multi-view surface.
+  function setPlacement(panel: PanelId, placement: ViewPlacement) {
+    setPlacements((prev) => {
+      const next: ViewPlacements = { ...prev };
+      if (placement === "floating") {
+        for (const other of Object.keys(next) as PanelId[]) {
+          if (other !== panel && next[other] === "floating") delete next[other];
+        }
+      }
+      next[panel] = placement;
+      return next;
+    });
+  }
+  // Close a view (remove its slot → "closed").
+  function closePanel(panel: PanelId) {
+    setPlacements((prev) => {
+      if (!(panel in prev)) return prev;
+      const next = { ...prev };
+      delete next[panel];
+      return next;
+    });
+  }
+  // Menu toggle: open floating when closed, otherwise close (whatever the slot).
+  function toggleFloating(panel: PanelId) {
+    if (placementOf(placements, panel) === "closed") {
+      setPlacement(panel, "floating");
+    } else {
+      closePanel(panel);
+    }
+  }
+  // Dismiss every floating view (docked views stay put). Used when a full-main
+  // surface takes over so a modal window doesn't obscure it.
+  function dismissFloating() {
+    setPlacements((prev) => {
+      let changed = false;
+      const next = { ...prev };
+      for (const panel of Object.keys(next) as PanelId[]) {
+        if (next[panel] === "floating") {
+          delete next[panel];
+          changed = true;
+        }
+      }
+      return changed ? next : prev;
+    });
+  }
+
+  // Opening a conversation viewer takes over the main area — dismiss floating
+  // windows so they don't obscure the viewer (LS7). Docked views stay beside it.
   function openConversation(conversationId: string) {
     setViewerConversationId(conversationId);
-    setOpenPanel(null);
+    dismissFloating();
   }
 
   // Switch the active project from the always-visible selector: activate its
@@ -259,8 +300,8 @@ export function ProjectsView() {
         {
           id: "projects",
           label: "Projects…",
-          active: openPanel === "projects",
-          onSelect: () => setOpenPanel("projects"),
+          active: placementOf(placements, "projects") !== "closed",
+          onSelect: () => toggleFloating("projects"),
         },
       ],
     },
@@ -270,8 +311,8 @@ export function ProjectsView() {
       items: viewItems.map((it) => ({
         id: it.id,
         label: it.label,
-        active: openPanel === it.id,
-        onSelect: () => setOpenPanel(it.id),
+        active: placementOf(placements, it.id) !== "closed",
+        onSelect: () => toggleFloating(it.id),
       })),
     },
     {
@@ -284,7 +325,7 @@ export function ProjectsView() {
           active: showSettings,
           onSelect: () => {
             setShowSettings((v) => !v);
-            setOpenPanel(null);
+            dismissFloating();
           },
         },
       ],
@@ -407,8 +448,83 @@ export function ProjectsView() {
   }
 
   // Projects manager renders inline in the welcome area only when it is not
-  // already shown in the floating window (avoids duplicate form inputs).
-  const showInlineProjects = !active && openPanel !== "projects";
+  // already shown as a panel (avoids duplicate form inputs).
+  const showInlineProjects =
+    !active && placementOf(placements, "projects") === "closed";
+
+  // Views by slot, in stable declaration order.
+  const leftPanels = panelsDockedTo(placements, "left");
+  const rightPanels = panelsDockedTo(placements, "right");
+  const floatingList = floatingPanels(placements);
+
+  // Placement toggle buttons for a view's header — the "flottant ↔ ancré
+  // (gauche/droite)" control from the contract. The button for the current slot
+  // is disabled so the active placement reads at a glance.
+  function DockControls({ panel }: { panel: PanelId }) {
+    const placement = placementOf(placements, panel);
+    const title = PANEL_TITLE[panel];
+    return (
+      <div className="flex shrink-0 items-center gap-1">
+        <Button
+          size="sm"
+          variant="ghost"
+          aria-label={`dock ${title} left`}
+          disabled={isDockedTo(placement, "left")}
+          onClick={() => setPlacement(panel, { dock: "left" })}
+        >
+          ◧
+        </Button>
+        <Button
+          size="sm"
+          variant="ghost"
+          aria-label={`dock ${title} right`}
+          disabled={isDockedTo(placement, "right")}
+          onClick={() => setPlacement(panel, { dock: "right" })}
+        >
+          ◨
+        </Button>
+        <Button
+          size="sm"
+          variant="ghost"
+          aria-label={`float ${title}`}
+          disabled={placement === "floating"}
+          onClick={() => setPlacement(panel, "floating")}
+        >
+          ⧉
+        </Button>
+        <Button
+          size="sm"
+          variant="ghost"
+          aria-label={`close ${title}`}
+          onClick={() => closePanel(panel)}
+        >
+          ✕
+        </Button>
+      </div>
+    );
+  }
+
+  // A single docked view inside a DockRegion column: header (title + placement
+  // controls) over the existing view component, reused as-is.
+  function renderDockedView(panel: PanelId): ReactNode {
+    return (
+      <section
+        key={panel}
+        aria-label={`${PANEL_TITLE[panel]} panel`}
+        className="flex min-h-0 flex-1 flex-col border-b border-border last:border-b-0"
+      >
+        <header className="flex shrink-0 items-center justify-between gap-2 border-b border-border px-3 py-2">
+          <span className="truncate text-sm font-medium text-content">
+            {PANEL_TITLE[panel]}
+          </span>
+          <DockControls panel={panel} />
+        </header>
+        <div className="min-h-0 flex-1 overflow-auto p-3">
+          {renderPanel(panel)}
+        </div>
+      </section>
+    );
+  }
 
   return (
     <div className="flex flex-1 flex-col overflow-hidden">
@@ -440,8 +556,22 @@ export function ProjectsView() {
       {/* ── Menu bar (replaces the former left sidebar) ── */}
       <MenuBar menus={menus} />
 
-      {/* ── Main: AI Profiles / terminal grid / git graph / welcome ── */}
-      <main className="flex flex-1 flex-col overflow-hidden">
+      {/* ── Chrome row: left dock │ main │ right dock (#22). Docks are in-flow
+          resizable columns, not overlays — they sit beside the main surface. */}
+      <div className="flex min-h-0 flex-1 overflow-hidden">
+        {leftPanels.length > 0 && (
+          <DockRegion
+            side="left"
+            width={leftDockWidth}
+            onResize={setLeftDockWidth}
+            aria-label="left dock"
+          >
+            {leftPanels.map(renderDockedView)}
+          </DockRegion>
+        )}
+
+        {/* ── Main: AI Profiles / terminal grid / git graph / welcome ── */}
+        <main className="flex min-w-0 flex-1 flex-col overflow-hidden">
         {showSettings ? (
           // Top-level view switch (#16): AI Profiles settings takes over the main
           // area while the menu bar above stays visible to toggle back.
@@ -491,19 +621,35 @@ export function ProjectsView() {
             </div>
           </div>
         )}
-      </main>
+        </main>
 
-      {/* ── Panel floating window ── */}
-      {openPanel && (
+        {rightPanels.length > 0 && (
+          <DockRegion
+            side="right"
+            width={rightDockWidth}
+            onResize={setRightDockWidth}
+            aria-label="right dock"
+          >
+            {rightPanels.map(renderDockedView)}
+          </DockRegion>
+        )}
+      </div>
+
+      {/* ── Floating panel windows (modal overlays) ── */}
+      {floatingList.map((panel) => (
         <FloatingWindow
+          key={panel}
           open
-          title={PANEL_TITLE[openPanel]}
-          size={PANEL_SIZE[openPanel]}
-          onClose={() => setOpenPanel(null)}
+          title={PANEL_TITLE[panel]}
+          size={PANEL_SIZE[panel]}
+          onClose={() => closePanel(panel)}
         >
-          {renderPanel(openPanel)}
+          <div className="mb-3 flex justify-end border-b border-border pb-3">
+            <DockControls panel={panel} />
+          </div>
+          {renderPanel(panel)}
         </FloatingWindow>
-      )}
+      ))}
 
       {/* ── Background-task toasts (above floating windows) ── */}
       {taskToasts.length > 0 && (
@@ -523,7 +669,7 @@ export function ProjectsView() {
                 if (projectOpen) vm.activateTab(toast.projectId);
                 setShowSettings(false);
                 setViewerConversationId(null);
-                setOpenPanel("work");
+                setPlacement("work", "floating");
                 setTaskToasts((prev) =>
                   prev.filter((item) => item.id !== toast.id),
                 );
diff --git a/frontend/src/features/projects/viewPlacement.ts b/frontend/src/features/projects/viewPlacement.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a05b114
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/features/projects/viewPlacement.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+/**
+ * View placement model (ticket #22) — generalises the former single
+ * `openPanel: PanelId | null` state into a per-view *slot* assignment.
+ *
+ * Each view (context/work/tickets/agents/…) is in exactly one placement at a
+ * time — the core invariant. V1 supports:
+ *   - `"closed"`   — not shown anywhere,
+ *   - `"floating"` — shown in a modal {@link FloatingWindow} (the historical
+ *                    behaviour),
+ *   - `{ dock }`   — anchored in-flow in the left/right {@link DockRegion}.
+ *
+ * The union is **deliberately extensible**: ticket #23 adds `"detached"` (an OS
+ * window) as a further mutually-exclusive slot without touching the invariant.
+ * Absent from the map ≡ `"closed"`, so the default (nothing open) is the empty
+ * map.
+ */
+
+import type { DockSide } from "@/shared";
+
+/** A panel reachable from the menu bar. */
+export type PanelId =
+  | "projects"
+  | "context"
+  | "work"
+  | "tickets"
+  | "agents"
+  | "templates"
+  | "skills"
+  | "permissions"
+  | "memory"
+  | "git";
+
+/**
+ * Where a view currently lives. Exactly one slot per view (the invariant).
+ * `{ dock }` carries the side; #23 will extend this union with `"detached"`.
+ */
+export type ViewPlacement = "closed" | "floating" | { dock: DockSide };
+
+/** The placement of every open view (absent key ≡ `"closed"`). */
+export type ViewPlacements = Partial<Record<PanelId, ViewPlacement>>;
+
+/** Human titles for each panel (window title, dock header, aria-label). */
+export const PANEL_TITLE: Record<PanelId, string> = {
+  projects: "Projects",
+  context: "Project context",
+  work: "Work state",
+  tickets: "Tickets",
+  agents: "Agents",
+  templates: "Templates",
+  skills: "Skills",
+  permissions: "Permissions",
+  memory: "Memory",
+  git: "Git",
+};
+
+/** Resolve a view's placement, treating an absent entry as `"closed"`. */
+export function placementOf(
+  placements: ViewPlacements,
+  panel: PanelId,
+): ViewPlacement {
+  return placements[panel] ?? "closed";
+}
+
+/** True when the view is docked to the given side. */
+export function isDockedTo(
+  placement: ViewPlacement,
+  side: DockSide,
+): boolean {
+  return typeof placement === "object" && placement.dock === side;
+}
+
+/** Every panel currently docked to `side`, in stable declaration order. */
+export function panelsDockedTo(
+  placements: ViewPlacements,
+  side: DockSide,
+): PanelId[] {
+  return (Object.keys(PANEL_TITLE) as PanelId[]).filter((panel) =>
+    isDockedTo(placementOf(placements, panel), side),
+  );
+}
+
+/** Every panel currently floating, in stable declaration order. */
+export function floatingPanels(placements: ViewPlacements): PanelId[] {
+  return (Object.keys(PANEL_TITLE) as PanelId[]).filter(
+    (panel) => placementOf(placements, panel) === "floating",
+  );
+}
diff --git a/frontend/src/shared/index.ts b/frontend/src/shared/index.ts
index b410e6d..3e95840 100644
--- a/frontend/src/shared/index.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/shared/index.ts
@@ -40,3 +40,6 @@ export type { FloatingWindowProps, FloatingWindowSize } from "./ui/FloatingWindo
 
 export { MenuBar } from "./ui/MenuBar";
 export type { MenuBarProps, MenuBarMenu, MenuBarItem } from "./ui/MenuBar";
+
+export { DockRegion } from "./ui/DockRegion";
+export type { DockRegionProps, DockSide } from "./ui/DockRegion";
diff --git a/frontend/src/shared/ui/DockRegion.test.tsx b/frontend/src/shared/ui/DockRegion.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..181dd46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/shared/ui/DockRegion.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+/**
+ * DockRegion (#22) — the in-flow resizable side column. Covers: it renders its
+ * children beside a resize handle, the handle carries the right a11y role, and a
+ * pointer drag maps to a clamped width delta whose sign depends on the side
+ * (left grows moving right, right grows moving left).
+ */
+import { describe, it, expect, vi } from "vitest";
+import { render, screen, fireEvent } from "@testing-library/react";
+
+import { DockRegion } from "./DockRegion";
+
+describe("DockRegion", () => {
+  it("renders its children and an inner-edge resize separator", () => {
+    render(
+      <DockRegion side="left" width={300} onResize={() => {}}>
+        <p>docked body</p>
+      </DockRegion>,
+    );
+    expect(screen.getByText("docked body")).toBeTruthy();
+    const handle = screen.getByRole("separator", { name: "resize left dock" });
+    expect(handle.getAttribute("aria-orientation")).toBe("vertical");
+  });
+
+  it("a left dock grows when the pointer drags right", () => {
+    const onResize = vi.fn();
+    render(
+      <DockRegion side="left" width={300} onResize={onResize}>
+        <p>body</p>
+      </DockRegion>,
+    );
+    const handle = screen.getByRole("separator", { name: "resize left dock" });
+    fireEvent.pointerDown(handle, { pointerId: 1, clientX: 100 });
+    fireEvent.pointerMove(handle, { pointerId: 1, clientX: 160 });
+    expect(onResize).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith(360);
+  });
+
+  it("a right dock grows when the pointer drags left, and width is clamped", () => {
+    const onResize = vi.fn();
+    render(
+      <DockRegion
+        side="right"
+        width={300}
+        onResize={onResize}
+        minWidth={240}
+        maxWidth={500}
+      >
+        <p>body</p>
+      </DockRegion>,
+    );
+    const handle = screen.getByRole("separator", { name: "resize right dock" });
+    // Dragging left (negative delta) grows a right dock.
+    fireEvent.pointerDown(handle, { pointerId: 1, clientX: 400 });
+    fireEvent.pointerMove(handle, { pointerId: 1, clientX: 320 });
+    expect(onResize).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith(380);
+    // A large leftward drag is clamped to maxWidth.
+    fireEvent.pointerMove(handle, { pointerId: 1, clientX: 0 });
+    expect(onResize).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith(500);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/frontend/src/shared/ui/DockRegion.tsx b/frontend/src/shared/ui/DockRegion.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..887a92d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/shared/ui/DockRegion.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,125 @@
+/**
+ * DockRegion — a resizable, **in-flow** vertical column docked to the left or
+ * right of the main area (ticket #22, gate G5).
+ *
+ * Unlike {@link FloatingWindow} (a modal overlay), a DockRegion is *not* an
+ * overlay: it lives in the normal flex flow beside `<main>`, so docked views and
+ * the terminal grid are visible at once (VS Code / JetBrains side-panel feel).
+ * It therefore needs no z-index token — it never stacks over the main surface.
+ *
+ * Purely presentational: it owns only the drag mechanics of its width. The
+ * caller controls `width` and commits new values via `onResize`, and supplies
+ * the docked view(s) as children (each typically its own header + body). The
+ * resize handle sits on the column's *inner* edge — the right edge for a
+ * left-docked column, the left edge for a right-docked one — so dragging toward
+ * the main area shrinks the column and away from it grows the column.
+ *
+ * Mounted at the chrome level (ProjectsView), never inside LayoutGrid/LeafView.
+ */
+
+import { useRef, type ReactNode } from "react";
+
+import { cn } from "../lib/cn";
+
+/** Which side of `<main>` the column is docked to. */
+export type DockSide = "left" | "right";
+
+/** Default clamp for the column width, in CSS pixels. */
+const DEFAULT_MIN_WIDTH = 240;
+const DEFAULT_MAX_WIDTH = 720;
+
+export interface DockRegionProps {
+  /** Side of the main area this column is docked to. */
+  side: DockSide;
+  /** Current column width in pixels (controlled by the caller). */
+  width: number;
+  /** Called live during the drag and on release with the clamped next width. */
+  onResize: (nextWidth: number) => void;
+  /** Minimum width in pixels (default 240). */
+  minWidth?: number;
+  /** Maximum width in pixels (default 720). */
+  maxWidth?: number;
+  /** Accessible label for the column region. */
+  "aria-label"?: string;
+  /** The docked view(s), stacked vertically. */
+  children: ReactNode;
+}
+
+/**
+ * A resizable docked column. The width is driven from a pointer drag on the
+ * inner-edge handle, reported back through `onResize`; the caller holds the
+ * value in state (ephemeral in V1 — persistence is a deferred follow-up).
+ */
+export function DockRegion({
+  side,
+  width,
+  onResize,
+  minWidth = DEFAULT_MIN_WIDTH,
+  maxWidth = DEFAULT_MAX_WIDTH,
+  "aria-label": ariaLabel,
+  children,
+}: DockRegionProps) {
+  // Anchor the drag on pointer-down: remember where the pointer and the column
+  // width started, then map the signed pointer delta to a width delta. A
+  // left-docked column grows as the pointer moves right; a right-docked one
+  // grows as it moves left (the handle is on the opposite, inner edge).
+  const dragRef = useRef<{ startX: number; startWidth: number } | null>(null);
+
+  function clamp(next: number): number {
+    return Math.min(maxWidth, Math.max(minWidth, next));
+  }
+
+  function onPointerDown(e: React.PointerEvent<HTMLDivElement>) {
+    e.preventDefault();
+    // `setPointerCapture` is absent under jsdom; guard so tests can drive drags.
+    e.currentTarget.setPointerCapture?.(e.pointerId);
+    dragRef.current = { startX: e.clientX, startWidth: width };
+  }
+  function onPointerMove(e: React.PointerEvent<HTMLDivElement>) {
+    const drag = dragRef.current;
+    if (!drag) return;
+    const delta = e.clientX - drag.startX;
+    const signed = side === "left" ? delta : -delta;
+    onResize(clamp(drag.startWidth + signed));
+  }
+  function onPointerUp(e: React.PointerEvent<HTMLDivElement>) {
+    if (!dragRef.current) return;
+    const delta = e.clientX - dragRef.current.startX;
+    const signed = side === "left" ? delta : -delta;
+    dragRef.current = null;
+    onResize(clamp(width + signed));
+  }
+
+  const handle = (
+    <div
+      role="separator"
+      aria-orientation="vertical"
+      aria-label={`resize ${side} dock`}
+      onPointerDown={onPointerDown}
+      onPointerMove={onPointerMove}
+      onPointerUp={onPointerUp}
+      className="shrink-0 cursor-col-resize bg-border hover:bg-border-strong"
+      style={{ flex: "0 0 4px", touchAction: "none" }}
+    />
+  );
+
+  return (
+    <aside
+      aria-label={ariaLabel ?? `${side} dock`}
+      className={cn(
+        "flex h-full shrink-0 bg-surface",
+        // Children come first in the DOM; the flex direction places the handle
+        // on the inner edge: right of a left dock, left of a right dock.
+        side === "left"
+          ? "flex-row border-r border-border"
+          : "flex-row-reverse border-l border-border",
+      )}
+      style={{ width }}
+    >
+      <div className="flex min-w-0 flex-1 flex-col overflow-hidden">
+        {children}
+      </div>
+      {handle}
+    </aside>
+  );
+}