diff --git a/packages/app-desktop/gui/ResizableLayout/utils/movements.test.ts b/packages/app-desktop/gui/ResizableLayout/utils/movements.test.ts
index 805464982d..6ce421ce6d 100644
--- a/packages/app-desktop/gui/ResizableLayout/utils/movements.test.ts
+++ b/packages/app-desktop/gui/ResizableLayout/utils/movements.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { LayoutItem, LayoutItemDirection } from './types';
 import validateLayout from './validateLayout';
-import { canMove, MoveDirection, moveHorizontal, moveVertical } from './movements';
+import { canMove, ItemSide, MoveDirection, moveHorizontal, moveItemNear, moveVertical } from './movements';
 import findItemByKey from './findItemByKey';
 
 describe('movements', () => {
@@ -225,4 +225,37 @@ describe('movements', () => {
 		expect(layout.children[1].width).toBe(undefined);
 	});
 
+	test('should move an item near another one', () => {
+		let layout: LayoutItem = validateLayout({
+			key: 'root',
+			width: 200,
+			height: 100,
+			direction: LayoutItemDirection.Row,
+			children: [
+				{
+					key: 'col1',
+					resizableRight: true,
+					direction: LayoutItemDirection.Column,
+					children: [
+						{ key: 'item1' },
+						{ key: 'item2' },
+					],
+				},
+				{
+					key: 'col2',
+				},
+			],
+		});
+
+		// If parent is a ROW and putting item on top of sibling - first move to
+		// the left, then move right so that item goes inside new container
+
+		layout = moveItemNear(layout, 'item1', 'col2', ItemSide.Top);
+
+		console.info(layout);
+
+		// expect(layout.children[0].width).toBe(20);
+		// expect(layout.children[1].width).toBe(undefined);
+	});
+
 });
diff --git a/packages/app-desktop/gui/ResizableLayout/utils/movements.ts b/packages/app-desktop/gui/ResizableLayout/utils/movements.ts
index eee79ca20d..0f4e0cee3c 100644
--- a/packages/app-desktop/gui/ResizableLayout/utils/movements.ts
+++ b/packages/app-desktop/gui/ResizableLayout/utils/movements.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ import { LayoutItem, LayoutItemDirection, tempContainerPrefix } from './types';
 import produce from 'immer';
 import uuid from '@joplin/lib/uuid';
 import validateLayout from './validateLayout';
+import findItemByKey from './findItemByKey';
+import removeItem from './removeItem';
 
 export enum MoveDirection {
 	Up = 'up',
@@ -11,6 +13,13 @@ export enum MoveDirection {
 	Right = 'right',
 }
 
+export enum ItemSide {
+	Top = 'top',
+	Bottom = 'bottom',
+	Left = 'left',
+	Right = 'right',
+}
+
 enum MovementDirection {
 	Horizontal = 1,
 	Vertical = 2,
@@ -188,3 +197,42 @@ export function move(layout: LayoutItem, key: string, direction: MoveDirection):
 	if (direction === MoveDirection.Right) return moveHorizontal(layout, key, +1);
 	throw new Error('Unreachable');
 }
+
+export function moveItemNear(layout:LayoutItem, itemKey:string, nearItemKey:string, side: ItemSide): LayoutItem {
+	const itemToInsert = findItemByKey(layout, itemKey);
+	const layoutWithoutItem = removeItem(layout, itemKey);
+
+	let moveDirection:MoveDirection = null;
+
+	const sideToDirectionMap = {
+		[ItemSide.Top]: MoveDirection.Up,
+		[ItemSide.Bottom]: MoveDirection.Down,
+		[ItemSide.Left]: MoveDirection.Left,
+		[ItemSide.Right]: MoveDirection.Right,
+	};
+
+	const layoutWithInsertedItem = produce(layoutWithoutItem, (draft: any) => {
+		iterateItems(draft, (itemIndex: number, item: LayoutItem, parent: LayoutItem) => {
+			if (item.key !== nearItemKey) return true;
+			parent.children.splice(itemIndex, 0, itemToInsert);
+
+			if (
+				parent.direction === LayoutItemDirection.Column && side === ItemSide.Top ||
+				parent.direction === LayoutItemDirection.Row && side === ItemSide.Left
+			) {
+				// Nothing to do - already in position
+			} else {
+				moveDirection = sideToDirectionMap[side];
+			}
+
+			return false;
+		});
+	});
+
+	console.info(JSON.stringify(layoutWithInsertedItem, null, 4));
+
+	console.info('MOVE', moveDirection);
+
+	const updatedLayout = moveDirection ? move(layoutWithInsertedItem, itemKey, moveDirection) : layoutWithInsertedItem;
+	return validateLayout(updatedLayout);
+}
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diff --git a/packages/lib/services/plugins/api/JoplinViewsPanels.ts b/packages/lib/services/plugins/api/JoplinViewsPanels.ts
index 60395b4a78..62bdf323a7 100644
--- a/packages/lib/services/plugins/api/JoplinViewsPanels.ts
+++ b/packages/lib/services/plugins/api/JoplinViewsPanels.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,20 @@ import createViewHandle from '../utils/createViewHandle';
 import WebviewController, { ContainerType } from '../WebviewController';
 import { ViewHandle } from './types';
 
+interface InitialPosition {
+	nextTo: string,
+}
+
+// initialPosition: {
+// 	nextTo: 'editor',
+// 	side: '',top, right, bottom , left
+// 	size: 100,
+// }
+
+interface CreateOptions {
+	initialPosition: InitialPosition,
+}
+
 /**
  * Allows creating and managing view panels. View panels currently are
  * displayed at the right of the sidebar and allows displaying any HTML
@@ -29,7 +43,7 @@ export default class JoplinViewsPanels {
 	/**
 	 * Creates a new panel
 	 */
-	async create(id: string): Promise<ViewHandle> {
+	async create(id: string, options:CreateOptions = null): Promise<ViewHandle> {
 		if (!id) {
 			this.plugin.deprecationNotice('1.5', 'Creating a view without an ID is deprecated. To fix it, change your call to `joplin.views.panels.create("my-unique-id")`');
 			id = `${this.plugin.viewCount}`;