diff --git a/.betterer.results b/.betterer.results
index 96c73913a71..cc2d71fb109 100644
--- a/.betterer.results
+++ b/.betterer.results
@@ -1965,6 +1965,11 @@ exports[`better eslint`] = {
       [0, 0, 0, "No untranslated strings. Wrap text with <Trans />", "1"],
       [0, 0, 0, "No untranslated strings. Wrap text with <Trans />", "2"]
     ],
+    "public/app/features/dashboard-scene/edit-pane/VizPanelEditPaneBehavior.tsx:5381": [
+      [0, 0, 0, "No untranslated strings. Wrap text with <Trans />", "0"],
+      [0, 0, 0, "No untranslated strings. Wrap text with <Trans />", "1"],
+      [0, 0, 0, "No untranslated strings. Wrap text with <Trans />", "2"]
+    ],
     "public/app/features/dashboard-scene/embedding/EmbeddedDashboardTestPage.tsx:5381": [
       [0, 0, 0, "No untranslated strings. Wrap text with <Trans />", "0"]
     ],
@@ -2088,7 +2093,10 @@ exports[`better eslint`] = {
       [0, 0, 0, "No untranslated strings. Wrap text with <Trans />", "9"],
       [0, 0, 0, "No untranslated strings. Wrap text with <Trans />", "10"],
       [0, 0, 0, "No untranslated strings. Wrap text with <Trans />", "11"],
-      [0, 0, 0, "No untranslated strings. Wrap text with <Trans />", "12"]
+      [0, 0, 0, "No untranslated strings. Wrap text with <Trans />", "12"],
+      [0, 0, 0, "No untranslated strings. Wrap text with <Trans />", "13"],
+      [0, 0, 0, "No untranslated strings. Wrap text with <Trans />", "14"],
+      [0, 0, 0, "No untranslated strings. Wrap text with <Trans />", "15"]
     ],
     "public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/PanelMenuBehavior.tsx:5381": [
       [0, 0, 0, "Do not use any type assertions.", "0"]
@@ -2096,6 +2104,11 @@ exports[`better eslint`] = {
     "public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/PanelSearchLayout.tsx:5381": [
       [0, 0, 0, "Do not use any type assertions.", "0"]
     ],
+    "public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/layout-rows/RowItem.tsx:5381": [
+      [0, 0, 0, "No untranslated strings. Wrap text with <Trans />", "0"],
+      [0, 0, 0, "No untranslated strings. Wrap text with <Trans />", "1"],
+      [0, 0, 0, "No untranslated strings. Wrap text with <Trans />", "2"]
+    ],
     "public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/row-actions/RowActions.tsx:5381": [
       [0, 0, 0, "No untranslated strings. Wrap text with <Trans />", "0"],
       [0, 0, 0, "No untranslated strings. Wrap text with <Trans />", "1"],
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/edit-pane/DashboardEditPane.tsx b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/edit-pane/DashboardEditPane.tsx
index b0959584c68..745782546c7 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/edit-pane/DashboardEditPane.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/edit-pane/DashboardEditPane.tsx
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { GrafanaTheme2 } from '@grafana/data';
 import { SceneObjectState, SceneObjectBase, SceneObject, SceneObjectRef } from '@grafana/scenes';
 import { ToolbarButton, useStyles2 } from '@grafana/ui';
 
+import { EditableDashboardElement, isEditableDashboardElement } from '../scene/types';
 import { getDashboardSceneFor } from '../utils/utils';
 
 import { ElementEditPane } from './ElementEditPane';
@@ -13,7 +14,17 @@ export interface DashboardEditPaneState extends SceneObjectState {
   selectedObject?: SceneObjectRef<SceneObject>;
 }
 
-export class DashboardEditPane extends SceneObjectBase<DashboardEditPaneState> {}
+export class DashboardEditPane extends SceneObjectBase<DashboardEditPaneState> {
+  public selectObject(obj: SceneObject) {
+    const currentSelection = this.state.selectedObject?.resolve();
+    if (currentSelection === obj) {
+      const dashboard = getDashboardSceneFor(this);
+      this.setState({ selectedObject: dashboard.getRef() });
+    } else {
+      this.setState({ selectedObject: obj.getRef() });
+    }
+  }
+}
 
 export interface Props {
   editPane: DashboardEditPane;
@@ -57,13 +68,29 @@ export function DashboardEditPaneRenderer({ editPane, isCollapsed, onToggleColla
     );
   }
 
+  const element = getEditableElementFor(selectedObject.resolve());
+
   return (
     <div className={styles.wrapper} ref={paneRef}>
-      <ElementEditPane obj={selectedObject.resolve()} />
+      <ElementEditPane element={element} key={element.getTypeName()} />
     </div>
   );
 }
 
+function getEditableElementFor(obj: SceneObject): EditableDashboardElement {
+  if (isEditableDashboardElement(obj)) {
+    return obj;
+  }
+
+  for (const behavior of obj.state.$behaviors ?? []) {
+    if (isEditableDashboardElement(behavior)) {
+      return behavior;
+    }
+  }
+
+  throw new Error("Can't find editable element for selected object");
+}
+
 function getStyles(theme: GrafanaTheme2) {
   return {
     wrapper: css({
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/edit-pane/DummySelectedObject.tsx b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/edit-pane/DashboardEditPaneBehavior.tsx
similarity index 77%
rename from public/app/features/dashboard-scene/edit-pane/DummySelectedObject.tsx
rename to public/app/features/dashboard-scene/edit-pane/DashboardEditPaneBehavior.tsx
index 0be2f6511af..5e195498da2 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/edit-pane/DummySelectedObject.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/edit-pane/DashboardEditPaneBehavior.tsx
@@ -1,19 +1,23 @@
 import { useMemo } from 'react';
 
+import { SceneObjectBase } from '@grafana/scenes';
 import { Input, TextArea } from '@grafana/ui';
 import { OptionsPaneCategoryDescriptor } from 'app/features/dashboard/components/PanelEditor/OptionsPaneCategoryDescriptor';
 import { OptionsPaneItemDescriptor } from 'app/features/dashboard/components/PanelEditor/OptionsPaneItemDescriptor';
 
 import { DashboardScene } from '../scene/DashboardScene';
+import { useLayoutCategory } from '../scene/layouts-shared/DashboardLayoutSelector';
 import { EditableDashboardElement } from '../scene/types';
+import { getDashboardSceneFor } from '../utils/utils';
 
-export class DummySelectedObject implements EditableDashboardElement {
+export class DashboardEditPaneBehavior extends SceneObjectBase implements EditableDashboardElement {
   public isEditableDashboardElement: true = true;
 
-  constructor(private dashboard: DashboardScene) {}
-
   public useEditPaneOptions(): OptionsPaneCategoryDescriptor[] {
-    const dashboard = this.dashboard;
+    const dashboard = getDashboardSceneFor(this);
+
+    // When layout changes we need to update options list
+    const { body } = dashboard.useState();
 
     const dashboardOptions = useMemo(() => {
       return new OptionsPaneCategoryDescriptor({
@@ -39,7 +43,9 @@ export class DummySelectedObject implements EditableDashboardElement {
         );
     }, [dashboard]);
 
-    return [dashboardOptions];
+    const layoutCategory = useLayoutCategory(body);
+
+    return [dashboardOptions, layoutCategory];
   }
 
   public getTypeName(): string {
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/edit-pane/ElementEditPane.tsx b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/edit-pane/ElementEditPane.tsx
index cfb472342ea..ff2ef751086 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/edit-pane/ElementEditPane.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/edit-pane/ElementEditPane.tsx
@@ -1,21 +1,16 @@
 import { css } from '@emotion/css';
 
 import { GrafanaTheme2 } from '@grafana/data';
-import { SceneObject } from '@grafana/scenes';
 import { Stack, useStyles2 } from '@grafana/ui';
 import { OptionsPaneCategory } from 'app/features/dashboard/components/PanelEditor/OptionsPaneCategory';
 
-import { DashboardScene } from '../scene/DashboardScene';
-import { EditableDashboardElement, isEditableDashboardElement } from '../scene/types';
-
-import { DummySelectedObject } from './DummySelectedObject';
+import { EditableDashboardElement } from '../scene/types';
 
 export interface Props {
-  obj: SceneObject;
+  element: EditableDashboardElement;
 }
 
-export function ElementEditPane({ obj }: Props) {
-  const element = getEditableElementFor(obj);
+export function ElementEditPane({ element }: Props) {
   const categories = element.useEditPaneOptions();
   const styles = useStyles2(getStyles);
 
@@ -36,25 +31,6 @@ export function ElementEditPane({ obj }: Props) {
   );
 }
 
-function getEditableElementFor(obj: SceneObject): EditableDashboardElement {
-  if (isEditableDashboardElement(obj)) {
-    return obj;
-  }
-
-  for (const behavior of obj.state.$behaviors ?? []) {
-    if (isEditableDashboardElement(behavior)) {
-      return behavior;
-    }
-  }
-
-  // Temp thing to show somethin in edit pane
-  if (obj instanceof DashboardScene) {
-    return new DummySelectedObject(obj);
-  }
-
-  throw new Error("Can't find editable element for selected object");
-}
-
 function getStyles(theme: GrafanaTheme2) {
   return {
     noBorderTop: css({
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/edit-pane/VizPanelEditPaneBehavior.tsx b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/edit-pane/VizPanelEditPaneBehavior.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..16ba425515d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/edit-pane/VizPanelEditPaneBehavior.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,130 @@
+import { useMemo } from 'react';
+
+import { sceneGraph, SceneObjectBase, VizPanel } from '@grafana/scenes';
+import { Button } from '@grafana/ui';
+import { OptionsPaneCategoryDescriptor } from 'app/features/dashboard/components/PanelEditor/OptionsPaneCategoryDescriptor';
+import { OptionsPaneItemDescriptor } from 'app/features/dashboard/components/PanelEditor/OptionsPaneItemDescriptor';
+import { getVisualizationOptions2 } from 'app/features/dashboard/components/PanelEditor/getVisualizationOptions';
+
+import {
+  PanelBackgroundSwitch,
+  PanelDescriptionTextArea,
+  PanelFrameTitleInput,
+} from '../panel-edit/getPanelFrameOptions';
+import { EditableDashboardElement, isDashboardLayoutItem } from '../scene/types';
+import { dashboardSceneGraph } from '../utils/dashboardSceneGraph';
+
+export class VizPanelEditPaneBehavior extends SceneObjectBase implements EditableDashboardElement {
+  public isEditableDashboardElement: true = true;
+
+  private getPanel(): VizPanel {
+    const panel = this.parent;
+
+    if (!(panel instanceof VizPanel)) {
+      throw new Error('VizPanelEditPaneBehavior must have a VizPanel parent');
+    }
+
+    return panel;
+  }
+
+  public useEditPaneOptions(): OptionsPaneCategoryDescriptor[] {
+    const panel = this.getPanel();
+    const layoutElement = panel.parent!;
+
+    const panelOptions = useMemo(() => {
+      return new OptionsPaneCategoryDescriptor({
+        title: 'Panel options',
+        id: 'panel-options',
+        isOpenDefault: true,
+      })
+        .addItem(
+          new OptionsPaneItemDescriptor({
+            title: 'Title',
+            value: panel.state.title,
+            popularRank: 1,
+            render: function renderTitle() {
+              return <PanelFrameTitleInput panel={panel} />;
+            },
+          })
+        )
+        .addItem(
+          new OptionsPaneItemDescriptor({
+            title: 'Description',
+            value: panel.state.description,
+            render: function renderDescription() {
+              return <PanelDescriptionTextArea panel={panel} />;
+            },
+          })
+        )
+        .addItem(
+          new OptionsPaneItemDescriptor({
+            title: 'Transparent background',
+            render: function renderTransparent() {
+              return <PanelBackgroundSwitch panel={panel} />;
+            },
+          })
+        );
+    }, [panel]);
+
+    const layoutCategory = useMemo(() => {
+      if (isDashboardLayoutItem(layoutElement) && layoutElement.getOptions) {
+        return layoutElement.getOptions();
+      }
+      return undefined;
+    }, [layoutElement]);
+
+    const { options, fieldConfig, _pluginInstanceState } = panel.useState();
+    const dataProvider = sceneGraph.getData(panel);
+    const { data } = dataProvider.useState();
+
+    const visualizationOptions = useMemo(() => {
+      const plugin = panel.getPlugin();
+      if (!plugin) {
+        return [];
+      }
+
+      return getVisualizationOptions2({
+        panel,
+        data,
+        plugin: plugin,
+        eventBus: panel.getPanelContext().eventBus,
+        instanceState: _pluginInstanceState,
+      });
+      // eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
+    }, [data, panel, options, fieldConfig, _pluginInstanceState]);
+
+    const categories = [panelOptions];
+    if (layoutCategory) {
+      categories.push(layoutCategory);
+    }
+
+    categories.push(...visualizationOptions);
+
+    return categories;
+  }
+
+  public getTypeName(): string {
+    return 'Panel';
+  }
+
+  public onDelete = () => {
+    const layout = dashboardSceneGraph.getLayoutManagerFor(this);
+    layout.removePanel(this.getPanel());
+  };
+
+  public renderActions(): React.ReactNode {
+    return (
+      <>
+        <Button size="sm" variant="secondary">
+          Edit
+        </Button>
+        <Button size="sm" variant="secondary">
+          Copy
+        </Button>
+        <Button size="sm" variant="destructive" fill="outline" onClick={this.onDelete}>
+          Delete
+        </Button>
+      </>
+    );
+  }
+}
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/panel-edit/getPanelFrameOptions.tsx b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/panel-edit/getPanelFrameOptions.tsx
index a75b82a2531..98c93b0635e 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/panel-edit/getPanelFrameOptions.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/panel-edit/getPanelFrameOptions.tsx
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ export function getPanelFrameOptions(panel: VizPanel): OptionsPaneCategoryDescri
         value: panel.state.title,
         popularRank: 1,
         render: function renderTitle() {
-          return <PanelFrameTitle panel={panel} />;
+          return <PanelFrameTitleInput panel={panel} />;
         },
         addon: config.featureToggles.dashgpt && (
           <GenAIPanelTitleButton
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ export function getPanelFrameOptions(panel: VizPanel): OptionsPaneCategoryDescri
         title: 'Description',
         value: panel.state.description,
         render: function renderDescription() {
-          return <DescriptionTextArea panel={panel} />;
+          return <PanelDescriptionTextArea panel={panel} />;
         },
         addon: config.featureToggles.dashgpt && (
           <GenAIPanelDescriptionButton
@@ -64,17 +64,7 @@ export function getPanelFrameOptions(panel: VizPanel): OptionsPaneCategoryDescri
       new OptionsPaneItemDescriptor({
         title: 'Transparent background',
         render: function renderTransparent() {
-          return (
-            <Switch
-              value={panel.state.displayMode === 'transparent'}
-              id="transparent-background"
-              onChange={() => {
-                panel.setState({
-                  displayMode: panel.state.displayMode === 'transparent' ? 'default' : 'transparent',
-                });
-              }}
-            />
-          );
+          return <PanelBackgroundSwitch panel={panel} />;
         },
       })
     )
@@ -116,7 +106,7 @@ function ScenePanelLinksEditor({ panelLinks }: ScenePanelLinksEditorProps) {
   );
 }
 
-function PanelFrameTitle({ panel }: { panel: VizPanel }) {
+export function PanelFrameTitleInput({ panel }: { panel: VizPanel }) {
   const { title } = panel.useState();
 
   return (
@@ -128,7 +118,7 @@ function PanelFrameTitle({ panel }: { panel: VizPanel }) {
   );
 }
 
-function DescriptionTextArea({ panel }: { panel: VizPanel }) {
+export function PanelDescriptionTextArea({ panel }: { panel: VizPanel }) {
   const { description } = panel.useState();
 
   return (
@@ -140,6 +130,22 @@ function DescriptionTextArea({ panel }: { panel: VizPanel }) {
   );
 }
 
+export function PanelBackgroundSwitch({ panel }: { panel: VizPanel }) {
+  const { displayMode } = panel.useState();
+
+  return (
+    <Switch
+      value={displayMode === 'transparent'}
+      id="transparent-background"
+      onChange={() => {
+        panel.setState({
+          displayMode: panel.state.displayMode === 'transparent' ? 'default' : 'transparent',
+        });
+      }}
+    />
+  );
+}
+
 function setPanelTitle(panel: VizPanel, title: string) {
   panel.setState({ title: title, hoverHeader: getUpdatedHoverHeader(title, panel.state.$timeRange) });
 }
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/NavToolbarActions.tsx b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/NavToolbarActions.tsx
index 80cf335232e..f72c9d30db7 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/NavToolbarActions.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/NavToolbarActions.tsx
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ export function ToolbarActions({ dashboard }: Props) {
 
   const canSaveAs = contextSrv.hasEditPermissionInFolders;
   const toolbarActions: ToolbarAction[] = [];
+  const leftActions: ToolbarAction[] = [];
   const styles = useStyles2(getStyles);
   const isEditingPanel = Boolean(editPanel);
   const isViewingPanel = Boolean(viewPanelScene);
@@ -69,7 +70,8 @@ export function ToolbarActions({ dashboard }: Props) {
   // Means we are not in settings view, fullscreen panel or edit panel
   const isShowingDashboard = !editview && !isViewingPanel && !isEditingPanel;
   const isEditingAndShowingDashboard = isEditing && isShowingDashboard;
-  const showScopesSelector = config.featureToggles.singleTopNav && config.featureToggles.scopeFilters;
+  const showScopesSelector = config.featureToggles.singleTopNav && config.featureToggles.scopeFilters && !isEditing;
+  const dashboardNewLayouts = config.featureToggles.dashboardNewLayouts;
 
   if (!isEditingPanel) {
     // This adds the precence indicators in enterprise
@@ -151,74 +153,135 @@ export function ToolbarActions({ dashboard }: Props) {
     addDynamicActions(toolbarActions, dynamicDashNavActions.right, 'icon-actions');
   }
 
-  toolbarActions.push({
-    group: 'add-panel',
-    condition: isEditingAndShowingDashboard,
-    render: () => (
-      <Dropdown
-        key="add-panel-dropdown"
-        onVisibleChange={(isOpen) => {
-          setIsAddPanelMenuOpen(isOpen);
-          DashboardInteractions.toolbarAddClick();
-        }}
-        overlay={() => (
-          <Menu>
-            <Menu.Item
-              key="add-visualization"
-              testId={selectors.pages.AddDashboard.itemButton('Add new visualization menu item')}
-              label={t('dashboard.add-menu.visualization', 'Visualization')}
-              onClick={() => {
-                const vizPanel = dashboard.onCreateNewPanel();
-                DashboardInteractions.toolbarAddButtonClicked({ item: 'add_visualization' });
-                dashboard.setState({ editPanel: buildPanelEditScene(vizPanel, true) });
-              }}
-            />
-            <Menu.Item
-              key="add-panel-lib"
-              testId={selectors.pages.AddDashboard.itemButton('Add new panel from panel library menu item')}
-              label={t('dashboard.add-menu.import', 'Import from library')}
-              onClick={() => {
-                dashboard.onShowAddLibraryPanelDrawer();
-                DashboardInteractions.toolbarAddButtonClicked({ item: 'add_library_panel' });
-              }}
-            />
-            <Menu.Item
-              key="add-row"
-              testId={selectors.pages.AddDashboard.itemButton('Add new row menu item')}
-              label={t('dashboard.add-menu.row', 'Row')}
-              onClick={() => {
-                dashboard.onCreateNewRow();
-                DashboardInteractions.toolbarAddButtonClicked({ item: 'add_row' });
-              }}
-            />
-            <Menu.Item
-              key="paste-panel"
-              disabled={!hasCopiedPanel}
-              testId={selectors.pages.AddDashboard.itemButton('Add new panel from clipboard menu item')}
-              label={t('dashboard.add-menu.paste-panel', 'Paste panel')}
-              onClick={() => {
-                dashboard.pastePanel();
-                DashboardInteractions.toolbarAddButtonClicked({ item: 'paste_panel' });
-              }}
-            />
-          </Menu>
-        )}
-        placement="bottom"
-        offset={[0, 6]}
-      >
+  if (dashboardNewLayouts) {
+    leftActions.push({
+      group: 'add-panel',
+      condition: isEditingAndShowingDashboard,
+      render: () => (
         <Button
           key="add-panel-button"
-          variant="primary"
+          variant="secondary"
           size="sm"
-          fill="outline"
-          data-testid={selectors.components.PageToolbar.itemButton('Add button')}
+          icon="plus"
+          fill="text"
+          onClick={() => {
+            dashboard.onCreateNewPanel();
+          }}
+          data-testid={selectors.components.PageToolbar.itemButton('add_visualization')}
         >
-          <Trans i18nKey="dashboard.toolbar.add">Add</Trans>
-          <Icon name={isAddPanelMenuOpen ? 'angle-up' : 'angle-down'} size="lg" />
+          Panel
         </Button>
-      </Dropdown>
-    ),
-  });
+      ),
+    });
+    leftActions.push({
+      group: 'add-panel',
+      condition: isEditingAndShowingDashboard,
+      render: () => (
+        <Button
+          key="add-panel-button"
+          variant="secondary"
+          size="sm"
+          icon="plus"
+          fill="text"
+          onClick={() => {
+            dashboard.onCreateNewRow();
+          }}
+          data-testid={selectors.components.PageToolbar.itemButton('add_row')}
+        >
+          Row
+        </Button>
+      ),
+    });
+    leftActions.push({
+      group: 'add-panel',
+      condition: isEditingAndShowingDashboard,
+      render: () => (
+        <Button
+          key="add-panel-lib"
+          variant="secondary"
+          size="sm"
+          icon="plus"
+          fill="text"
+          data-testid={selectors.pages.AddDashboard.itemButton('Add new panel from panel library menu item')}
+          onClick={() => {
+            dashboard.onShowAddLibraryPanelDrawer();
+            DashboardInteractions.toolbarAddButtonClicked({ item: 'add_library_panel' });
+          }}
+        >
+          Import
+        </Button>
+      ),
+    });
+  } else {
+    toolbarActions.push({
+      group: 'add-panel',
+      condition: isEditingAndShowingDashboard,
+      render: () => (
+        <Dropdown
+          key="add-panel-dropdown"
+          onVisibleChange={(isOpen) => {
+            setIsAddPanelMenuOpen(isOpen);
+            DashboardInteractions.toolbarAddClick();
+          }}
+          overlay={() => (
+            <Menu>
+              <Menu.Item
+                key="add-visualization"
+                testId={selectors.pages.AddDashboard.itemButton('Add new visualization menu item')}
+                label={t('dashboard.add-menu.visualization', 'Visualization')}
+                onClick={() => {
+                  const vizPanel = dashboard.onCreateNewPanel();
+                  DashboardInteractions.toolbarAddButtonClicked({ item: 'add_visualization' });
+                  dashboard.setState({ editPanel: buildPanelEditScene(vizPanel, true) });
+                }}
+              />
+              <Menu.Item
+                key="add-panel-lib"
+                testId={selectors.pages.AddDashboard.itemButton('Add new panel from panel library menu item')}
+                label={t('dashboard.add-menu.import', 'Import from library')}
+                onClick={() => {
+                  dashboard.onShowAddLibraryPanelDrawer();
+                  DashboardInteractions.toolbarAddButtonClicked({ item: 'add_library_panel' });
+                }}
+              />
+              <Menu.Item
+                key="add-row"
+                testId={selectors.pages.AddDashboard.itemButton('Add new row menu item')}
+                label={t('dashboard.add-menu.row', 'Row')}
+                onClick={() => {
+                  dashboard.onCreateNewRow();
+                  DashboardInteractions.toolbarAddButtonClicked({ item: 'add_row' });
+                }}
+              />
+              <Menu.Item
+                key="paste-panel"
+                disabled={!hasCopiedPanel}
+                testId={selectors.pages.AddDashboard.itemButton('Add new panel from clipboard menu item')}
+                label={t('dashboard.add-menu.paste-panel', 'Paste panel')}
+                onClick={() => {
+                  dashboard.pastePanel();
+                  DashboardInteractions.toolbarAddButtonClicked({ item: 'paste_panel' });
+                }}
+              />
+            </Menu>
+          )}
+          placement="bottom"
+          offset={[0, 6]}
+        >
+          <Button
+            key="add-panel-button"
+            variant="primary"
+            size="sm"
+            fill="outline"
+            data-testid={selectors.components.PageToolbar.itemButton('Add button')}
+          >
+            <Trans i18nKey="dashboard.toolbar.add">Add</Trans>
+            <Icon name={isAddPanelMenuOpen ? 'angle-up' : 'angle-down'} size="lg" />
+          </Button>
+        </Dropdown>
+      ),
+    });
+  }
 
   toolbarActions.push({
     group: 'playlist-actions',
@@ -595,6 +658,20 @@ export function ToolbarActions({ dashboard }: Props) {
     },
   });
 
+  const rigthActionsElements: React.ReactNode[] = renderActionElements(toolbarActions);
+  const leftActionsElements: React.ReactNode[] = renderActionElements(leftActions);
+  const hasActionsToLeftAndRight = showScopesSelector || leftActionsElements.length > 0;
+
+  return (
+    <Stack flex={1} minWidth={0} justifyContent={hasActionsToLeftAndRight ? 'space-between' : 'flex-end'}>
+      {showScopesSelector && <ScopesSelector />}
+      {leftActionsElements.length > 0 && <ToolbarButtonRow alignment="left">{leftActionsElements}</ToolbarButtonRow>}
+      <ToolbarButtonRow alignment="right">{rigthActionsElements}</ToolbarButtonRow>
+    </Stack>
+  );
+}
+
+function renderActionElements(toolbarActions: ToolbarAction[]) {
   const actionElements: React.ReactNode[] = [];
   let lastGroup = '';
 
@@ -610,13 +687,7 @@ export function ToolbarActions({ dashboard }: Props) {
     actionElements.push(action.render());
     lastGroup = action.group;
   }
-
-  return (
-    <Stack flex={1} minWidth={0} justifyContent={showScopesSelector ? 'space-between' : 'flex-end'}>
-      {showScopesSelector && <ScopesSelector />}
-      <ToolbarButtonRow alignment="right">{actionElements}</ToolbarButtonRow>
-    </Stack>
-  );
+  return actionElements;
 }
 
 function addDynamicActions(
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/layout-default/DefaultGridLayoutManager.tsx b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/layout-default/DefaultGridLayoutManager.tsx
index 35a59a600c8..914b852d8e6 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/layout-default/DefaultGridLayoutManager.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/layout-default/DefaultGridLayoutManager.tsx
@@ -9,23 +9,18 @@ import {
   sceneUtils,
   SceneComponentProps,
 } from '@grafana/scenes';
-import { Button } from '@grafana/ui';
 import { GRID_COLUMN_COUNT } from 'app/core/constants';
-import { Trans } from 'app/core/internationalization';
 
-import { DashboardInteractions } from '../../utils/interactions';
 import {
   forceRenderChildren,
   getPanelIdForVizPanel,
   NEW_PANEL_HEIGHT,
   NEW_PANEL_WIDTH,
   getVizPanelKeyForPanelId,
-  getDefaultVizPanel,
 } from '../../utils/utils';
 import { RowRepeaterBehavior } from '../RowRepeaterBehavior';
-import { LayoutEditChrome } from '../layouts-shared/LayoutEditChrome';
 import { RowActions } from '../row-actions/RowActions';
-import { DashboardLayoutManager, LayoutEditorProps, LayoutRegistryItem } from '../types';
+import { DashboardLayoutManager, LayoutRegistryItem } from '../types';
 
 import { DashboardGridItem } from './DashboardGridItem';
 
@@ -40,6 +35,8 @@ export class DefaultGridLayoutManager
   extends SceneObjectBase<DefaultGridLayoutManagerState>
   implements DashboardLayoutManager
 {
+  public isDashboardLayoutManager: true = true;
+
   public editModeChanged(isEditing: boolean): void {
     const updateResizeAndDragging = () => {
       this.state.grid.setState({ isDraggable: isEditing, isResizable: isEditing });
@@ -387,48 +384,7 @@ export class DefaultGridLayoutManager
     });
   }
 
-  public renderEditor() {
-    return <DefaultGridLayoutEditor layoutManager={this} />;
-  }
-
   public static Component = ({ model }: SceneComponentProps<DefaultGridLayoutManager>) => {
-    if (!config.featureToggles.dashboardNewLayouts) {
-      return <model.state.grid.Component model={model.state.grid} />;
-    }
-
-    return (
-      <LayoutEditChrome layoutManager={model}>
-        <model.state.grid.Component model={model.state.grid} />
-      </LayoutEditChrome>
-    );
+    return <model.state.grid.Component model={model.state.grid} />;
   };
 }
-
-function DefaultGridLayoutEditor({ layoutManager }: LayoutEditorProps<DefaultGridLayoutManager>) {
-  return (
-    <>
-      <Button
-        fill="outline"
-        icon="plus"
-        onClick={() => {
-          const vizPanel = getDefaultVizPanel();
-          layoutManager.addPanel(vizPanel);
-          DashboardInteractions.toolbarAddButtonClicked({ item: 'add_visualization' });
-        }}
-      >
-        <Trans i18nKey="dashboard.add-menu.visualization">Visualization</Trans>
-      </Button>
-
-      <Button
-        fill="outline"
-        icon="plus"
-        onClick={() => {
-          layoutManager.addNewRow!();
-          DashboardInteractions.toolbarAddButtonClicked({ item: 'add_row' });
-        }}
-      >
-        <Trans i18nKey="dashboard.add-menu.row">Row</Trans>
-      </Button>
-    </>
-  );
-}
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/layout-responsive-grid/ResponsiveGridItem.tsx b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/layout-responsive-grid/ResponsiveGridItem.tsx
index d1671c3cb23..342d23b42de 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/layout-responsive-grid/ResponsiveGridItem.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/layout-responsive-grid/ResponsiveGridItem.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
+import { css, cx } from '@emotion/css';
+
+import { GrafanaTheme2 } from '@grafana/data';
 import { SceneObjectState, VizPanel, SceneObjectBase, SceneObject, SceneComponentProps } from '@grafana/scenes';
-import { Switch } from '@grafana/ui';
+import { Switch, useStyles2 } from '@grafana/ui';
 import { OptionsPaneCategoryDescriptor } from 'app/features/dashboard/components/PanelEditor/OptionsPaneCategoryDescriptor';
 import { OptionsPaneItemDescriptor } from 'app/features/dashboard/components/PanelEditor/OptionsPaneItemDescriptor';
 
@@ -65,7 +68,22 @@ export class ResponsiveGridItem extends SceneObjectBase<ResponsiveGridItemState>
 
   public static Component = ({ model }: SceneComponentProps<ResponsiveGridItem>) => {
     const { body } = model.useState();
+    const style = useStyles2(getStyles);
 
-    return <body.Component model={body} />;
+    return (
+      <div className={cx(style.wrapper)}>
+        <body.Component model={body} />
+      </div>
+    );
+  };
+}
+
+function getStyles(theme: GrafanaTheme2) {
+  return {
+    wrapper: css({
+      width: '100%',
+      height: '100%',
+      position: 'relative',
+    }),
   };
 }
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/layout-responsive-grid/ResponsiveGridLayoutManager.tsx b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/layout-responsive-grid/ResponsiveGridLayoutManager.tsx
index 25ac031c34f..51219ae9178 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/layout-responsive-grid/ResponsiveGridLayoutManager.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/layout-responsive-grid/ResponsiveGridLayoutManager.tsx
@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
 import { SelectableValue } from '@grafana/data';
 import { SceneComponentProps, SceneCSSGridLayout, SceneObjectBase, SceneObjectState, VizPanel } from '@grafana/scenes';
-import { Button, Field, Select } from '@grafana/ui';
-import { Trans } from 'app/core/internationalization';
+import { Select } from '@grafana/ui';
+import { OptionsPaneItemDescriptor } from 'app/features/dashboard/components/PanelEditor/OptionsPaneItemDescriptor';
 
-import { DashboardInteractions } from '../../utils/interactions';
-import { getDefaultVizPanel, getPanelIdForVizPanel, getVizPanelKeyForPanelId } from '../../utils/utils';
-import { LayoutEditChrome } from '../layouts-shared/LayoutEditChrome';
-import { DashboardLayoutManager, LayoutRegistryItem, LayoutEditorProps } from '../types';
+import { getPanelIdForVizPanel, getVizPanelKeyForPanelId } from '../../utils/utils';
+import { DashboardLayoutManager, LayoutRegistryItem } from '../types';
 
 import { ResponsiveGridItem } from './ResponsiveGridItem';
 
@@ -18,6 +16,8 @@ export class ResponsiveGridLayoutManager
   extends SceneObjectBase<ResponsiveGridLayoutManagerState>
   implements DashboardLayoutManager
 {
+  public isDashboardLayoutManager: true = true;
+
   public editModeChanged(isEditing: boolean): void {}
 
   public addPanel(vizPanel: VizPanel): void {
@@ -72,8 +72,8 @@ export class ResponsiveGridLayoutManager
     return panels;
   }
 
-  public renderEditor() {
-    return <AutomaticGridEditor layoutManager={this} />;
+  public getOptions(): OptionsPaneItemDescriptor[] {
+    return getOptions(this);
   }
 
   public getDescriptor(): LayoutRegistryItem {
@@ -90,7 +90,13 @@ export class ResponsiveGridLayoutManager
   }
 
   public static createEmpty() {
-    return new ResponsiveGridLayoutManager({ layout: new SceneCSSGridLayout({ children: [] }) });
+    return new ResponsiveGridLayoutManager({
+      layout: new SceneCSSGridLayout({
+        children: [],
+        templateColumns: 'repeat(auto-fit, minmax(400px, auto))',
+        autoRows: 'minmax(300px, auto)',
+      }),
+    });
   }
 
   public static createFromLayout(layout: DashboardLayoutManager): ResponsiveGridLayoutManager {
@@ -110,18 +116,22 @@ export class ResponsiveGridLayoutManager
     });
   }
 
+  toSaveModel?() {
+    throw new Error('Method not implemented.');
+  }
+
+  activateRepeaters?(): void {
+    throw new Error('Method not implemented.');
+  }
   public static Component = ({ model }: SceneComponentProps<ResponsiveGridLayoutManager>) => {
-    return (
-      <LayoutEditChrome layoutManager={model}>
-        <model.state.layout.Component model={model.state.layout} />
-      </LayoutEditChrome>
-    );
+    return <model.state.layout.Component model={model.state.layout} />;
   };
 }
 
-function AutomaticGridEditor({ layoutManager }: LayoutEditorProps<ResponsiveGridLayoutManager>) {
+function getOptions(layoutManager: ResponsiveGridLayoutManager): OptionsPaneItemDescriptor[] {
+  const options: OptionsPaneItemDescriptor[] = [];
+
   const cssLayout = layoutManager.state.layout;
-  const { templateColumns, autoRows } = cssLayout.useState();
 
   const rowOptions: Array<SelectableValue<string>> = [];
   const sizes = [100, 150, 200, 250, 300, 350, 400, 450, 500, 550, 650];
@@ -143,39 +153,43 @@ function AutomaticGridEditor({ layoutManager }: LayoutEditorProps<ResponsiveGrid
     rowOptions.push({ label: `Fixed: ${size}px`, value: `${size}px` });
   }
 
-  const onColumnsChange = (value: SelectableValue<string>) => {
-    cssLayout.setState({ templateColumns: value.value });
-  };
-
-  const onRowsChange = (value: SelectableValue<string>) => {
-    cssLayout.setState({ autoRows: value.value });
-  };
-
-  return (
-    <>
-      <Field label="Columns">
-        <Select
-          options={colOptions}
-          value={String(templateColumns)}
-          onChange={onColumnsChange}
-          allowCustomValue={true}
-        />
-      </Field>
-
-      <Field label="Row height">
-        <Select options={rowOptions} value={String(autoRows)} onChange={onRowsChange} />
-      </Field>
-      <Button
-        fill="outline"
-        icon="plus"
-        onClick={() => {
-          const vizPanel = getDefaultVizPanel();
-          layoutManager.addPanel(vizPanel);
-          DashboardInteractions.toolbarAddButtonClicked({ item: 'add_visualization' });
-        }}
-      >
-        <Trans i18nKey="dashboard.add-menu.visualization">Visualization</Trans>
-      </Button>
-    </>
+  options.push(
+    new OptionsPaneItemDescriptor({
+      title: 'Columns',
+      render: () => {
+        const { templateColumns } = cssLayout.useState();
+        return (
+          <Select
+            options={colOptions}
+            value={String(templateColumns)}
+            onChange={(value) => {
+              cssLayout.setState({ templateColumns: value.value });
+            }}
+            allowCustomValue={true}
+          />
+        );
+      },
+    })
   );
+
+  options.push(
+    new OptionsPaneItemDescriptor({
+      title: 'Rows',
+      render: () => {
+        const { autoRows } = cssLayout.useState();
+        return (
+          <Select
+            options={rowOptions}
+            value={String(autoRows)}
+            onChange={(value) => {
+              cssLayout.setState({ autoRows: value.value });
+            }}
+            allowCustomValue={true}
+          />
+        );
+      },
+    })
+  );
+
+  return options;
 }
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/layout-rows/RowItem.tsx b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/layout-rows/RowItem.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1a224fadb0c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/layout-rows/RowItem.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,242 @@
+import { css, cx } from '@emotion/css';
+import { useMemo, useRef } from 'react';
+
+import { GrafanaTheme2 } from '@grafana/data';
+import { selectors } from '@grafana/e2e-selectors';
+import { SceneObjectState, SceneObjectBase, SceneComponentProps, sceneGraph } from '@grafana/scenes';
+import { Button, Icon, Input, RadioButtonGroup, Switch, useStyles2 } from '@grafana/ui';
+import { OptionsPaneCategoryDescriptor } from 'app/features/dashboard/components/PanelEditor/OptionsPaneCategoryDescriptor';
+import { OptionsPaneItemDescriptor } from 'app/features/dashboard/components/PanelEditor/OptionsPaneItemDescriptor';
+
+import { getDashboardSceneFor, getDefaultVizPanel } from '../../utils/utils';
+import { useLayoutCategory } from '../layouts-shared/DashboardLayoutSelector';
+import { DashboardLayoutManager, EditableDashboardElement, LayoutParent } from '../types';
+
+import { RowsLayoutManager } from './RowsLayoutManager';
+
+export interface RowItemState extends SceneObjectState {
+  layout: DashboardLayoutManager;
+  title?: string;
+  isCollapsed?: boolean;
+  isHeaderHidden?: boolean;
+  height?: 'expand' | 'min';
+}
+
+export class RowItem extends SceneObjectBase<RowItemState> implements LayoutParent, EditableDashboardElement {
+  public isEditableDashboardElement: true = true;
+
+  public useEditPaneOptions(): OptionsPaneCategoryDescriptor[] {
+    const row = this;
+
+    const rowOptions = useMemo(() => {
+      return new OptionsPaneCategoryDescriptor({
+        title: 'Row options',
+        id: 'row-options',
+        isOpenDefault: true,
+      })
+        .addItem(
+          new OptionsPaneItemDescriptor({
+            title: 'Title',
+            render: () => <RowTitleInput row={row} />,
+          })
+        )
+        .addItem(
+          new OptionsPaneItemDescriptor({
+            title: 'Height',
+            render: () => <RowHeightSelect row={row} />,
+          })
+        )
+        .addItem(
+          new OptionsPaneItemDescriptor({
+            title: 'Hide row header',
+            render: () => <RowHeaderSwitch row={row} />,
+          })
+        );
+    }, [row]);
+
+    const { layout } = this.useState();
+    const layoutOptions = useLayoutCategory(layout);
+
+    return [rowOptions, layoutOptions];
+  }
+
+  public getTypeName(): string {
+    return 'Row';
+  }
+
+  public onDelete = () => {
+    const layout = sceneGraph.getAncestor(this, RowsLayoutManager);
+    layout.removeRow(this);
+  };
+
+  public renderActions(): React.ReactNode {
+    return (
+      <>
+        <Button size="sm" variant="secondary">
+          Copy
+        </Button>
+        <Button size="sm" variant="primary" onClick={this.onAddPanel} fill="outline">
+          Add panel
+        </Button>
+        <Button size="sm" variant="destructive" fill="outline" onClick={this.onDelete}>
+          Delete
+        </Button>
+      </>
+    );
+  }
+
+  public getLayout(): DashboardLayoutManager {
+    return this.state.layout;
+  }
+
+  public switchLayout(layout: DashboardLayoutManager): void {
+    this.setState({ layout });
+  }
+
+  public onCollapseToggle = () => {
+    this.setState({ isCollapsed: !this.state.isCollapsed });
+  };
+
+  public onAddPanel = () => {
+    const vizPanel = getDefaultVizPanel();
+    this.state.layout.addPanel(vizPanel);
+  };
+
+  public onEdit = () => {
+    const dashboard = getDashboardSceneFor(this);
+    dashboard.state.editPane.selectObject(this);
+  };
+
+  public static Component = ({ model }: SceneComponentProps<RowItem>) => {
+    const { layout, title, isCollapsed, height = 'expand' } = model.useState();
+    const { isEditing } = getDashboardSceneFor(model).useState();
+    const styles = useStyles2(getStyles);
+    const titleInterpolated = sceneGraph.interpolate(model, title, undefined, 'text');
+    const ref = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
+    const shouldGrow = !isCollapsed && height === 'expand';
+
+    return (
+      <div
+        className={cx(styles.wrapper, isCollapsed && styles.wrapperCollapsed, shouldGrow && styles.wrapperGrow)}
+        ref={ref}
+      >
+        <div className={styles.rowHeader}>
+          <button
+            onClick={model.onCollapseToggle}
+            className={styles.rowTitleButton}
+            aria-label={isCollapsed ? 'Expand row' : 'Collapse row'}
+            data-testid={selectors.components.DashboardRow.title(titleInterpolated)}
+          >
+            <Icon name={isCollapsed ? 'angle-right' : 'angle-down'} />
+            <span className={styles.rowTitle} role="heading">
+              {titleInterpolated}
+            </span>
+          </button>
+          {isEditing && <Button icon="pen" variant="secondary" size="sm" fill="text" onClick={() => model.onEdit()} />}
+        </div>
+        {!isCollapsed && <layout.Component model={layout} />}
+      </div>
+    );
+  };
+}
+
+function getStyles(theme: GrafanaTheme2) {
+  return {
+    rowHeader: css({
+      width: '100%',
+      display: 'flex',
+      gap: theme.spacing(1),
+      padding: theme.spacing(0, 0, 0.5, 0),
+      margin: theme.spacing(0, 0, 1, 0),
+      alignItems: 'center',
+
+      '&:hover, &:focus-within': {
+        '& > div': {
+          opacity: 1,
+        },
+      },
+
+      '& > div': {
+        marginBottom: 0,
+        marginRight: theme.spacing(1),
+      },
+    }),
+    rowTitleButton: css({
+      display: 'flex',
+      alignItems: 'center',
+      cursor: 'pointer',
+      background: 'transparent',
+      border: 'none',
+      minWidth: 0,
+      gap: theme.spacing(1),
+    }),
+    rowTitle: css({
+      fontSize: theme.typography.h5.fontSize,
+      fontWeight: theme.typography.fontWeightMedium,
+      whiteSpace: 'nowrap',
+      overflow: 'hidden',
+      textOverflow: 'ellipsis',
+      maxWidth: '100%',
+      flexGrow: 1,
+      minWidth: 0,
+    }),
+    wrapper: css({
+      display: 'flex',
+      flexDirection: 'column',
+      width: '100%',
+    }),
+    wrapperGrow: css({
+      flexGrow: 1,
+    }),
+    wrapperCollapsed: css({
+      flexGrow: 0,
+      borderBottom: `1px solid ${theme.colors.border.weak}`,
+    }),
+    rowActions: css({
+      display: 'flex',
+      opacity: 0,
+    }),
+  };
+}
+
+export function RowTitleInput({ row }: { row: RowItem }) {
+  const { title } = row.useState();
+
+  return <Input value={title} onChange={(e) => row.setState({ title: e.currentTarget.value })} />;
+}
+
+export function RowHeaderSwitch({ row }: { row: RowItem }) {
+  const { isHeaderHidden } = row.useState();
+
+  return (
+    <Switch
+      value={isHeaderHidden}
+      onChange={() => {
+        row.setState({
+          isHeaderHidden: !row.state.isHeaderHidden,
+        });
+      }}
+    />
+  );
+}
+
+export function RowHeightSelect({ row }: { row: RowItem }) {
+  const { height = 'expand' } = row.useState();
+
+  const options = [
+    { label: 'Expand', value: 'expand' as const },
+    { label: 'Min', value: 'min' as const },
+  ];
+
+  return (
+    <RadioButtonGroup
+      options={options}
+      value={height}
+      onChange={(option) =>
+        row.setState({
+          height: option,
+        })
+      }
+    />
+  );
+}
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/layout-rows/RowsLayoutManager.tsx b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/layout-rows/RowsLayoutManager.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1fa3e29bdf2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/layout-rows/RowsLayoutManager.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+import { css } from '@emotion/css';
+
+import { GrafanaTheme2 } from '@grafana/data';
+import { SceneComponentProps, SceneObjectBase, SceneObjectState, VizPanel } from '@grafana/scenes';
+import { useStyles2 } from '@grafana/ui';
+
+import { ResponsiveGridLayoutManager } from '../layout-responsive-grid/ResponsiveGridLayoutManager';
+import { DashboardLayoutManager, LayoutRegistryItem } from '../types';
+
+import { RowItem } from './RowItem';
+
+interface RowsLayoutManagerState extends SceneObjectState {
+  rows: RowItem[];
+}
+
+export class RowsLayoutManager extends SceneObjectBase<RowsLayoutManagerState> implements DashboardLayoutManager {
+  public isDashboardLayoutManager: true = true;
+
+  public editModeChanged(isEditing: boolean): void {}
+
+  public addPanel(vizPanel: VizPanel): void {}
+
+  public addNewRow(): void {
+    this.setState({
+      rows: [
+        ...this.state.rows,
+        new RowItem({
+          title: 'New row',
+          layout: ResponsiveGridLayoutManager.createEmpty(),
+        }),
+      ],
+    });
+  }
+
+  public getNextPanelId(): number {
+    return 0;
+  }
+
+  public removePanel(panel: VizPanel) {}
+
+  public removeRow(row: RowItem) {
+    this.setState({
+      rows: this.state.rows.filter((r) => r !== row),
+    });
+  }
+
+  public duplicatePanel(panel: VizPanel): void {
+    throw new Error('Method not implemented.');
+  }
+
+  public getVizPanels(): VizPanel[] {
+    const panels: VizPanel[] = [];
+
+    for (const row of this.state.rows) {
+      const innerPanels = row.state.layout.getVizPanels();
+      panels.push(...innerPanels);
+    }
+
+    return panels;
+  }
+
+  public getOptions() {
+    return [];
+  }
+
+  public getDescriptor(): LayoutRegistryItem {
+    return RowsLayoutManager.getDescriptor();
+  }
+
+  public static getDescriptor(): LayoutRegistryItem {
+    return {
+      name: 'Rows',
+      description: 'Rows layout',
+      id: 'rows-layout',
+      createFromLayout: RowsLayoutManager.createFromLayout,
+    };
+  }
+
+  public static createEmpty() {
+    return new RowsLayoutManager({ rows: [] });
+  }
+
+  public static createFromLayout(layout: DashboardLayoutManager): RowsLayoutManager {
+    const row = new RowItem({ layout: layout.clone(), title: 'Row title' });
+
+    return new RowsLayoutManager({ rows: [row] });
+  }
+
+  public static Component = ({ model }: SceneComponentProps<RowsLayoutManager>) => {
+    const { rows } = model.useState();
+    const styles = useStyles2(getStyles);
+
+    return (
+      <div className={styles.wrapper}>
+        {rows.map((row) => (
+          <RowItem.Component model={row} key={row.state.key!} />
+        ))}
+      </div>
+    );
+  };
+}
+
+function getStyles(theme: GrafanaTheme2) {
+  return {
+    wrapper: css({
+      display: 'flex',
+      flexDirection: 'column',
+      gap: theme.spacing(1),
+      height: '100%',
+      width: '100%',
+    }),
+  };
+}
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/layouts-shared/DashboardLayoutSelector.tsx b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/layouts-shared/DashboardLayoutSelector.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ff81e9c6ffc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/layouts-shared/DashboardLayoutSelector.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+import { useMemo } from 'react';
+
+import { Select } from '@grafana/ui';
+import { OptionsPaneCategoryDescriptor } from 'app/features/dashboard/components/PanelEditor/OptionsPaneCategoryDescriptor';
+import { OptionsPaneItemDescriptor } from 'app/features/dashboard/components/PanelEditor/OptionsPaneItemDescriptor';
+
+import { DashboardLayoutManager, isLayoutParent, LayoutRegistryItem } from '../types';
+
+import { layoutRegistry } from './layoutRegistry';
+
+export interface Props {
+  layoutManager: DashboardLayoutManager;
+}
+
+export function DashboardLayoutSelector({ layoutManager }: { layoutManager: DashboardLayoutManager }) {
+  const layouts = layoutRegistry.list();
+  const options = layouts.map((layout) => ({
+    label: layout.name,
+    value: layout,
+  }));
+
+  const currentLayoutId = layoutManager.getDescriptor().id;
+  const currentLayoutOption = options.find((option) => option.value.id === currentLayoutId);
+
+  return (
+    <Select
+      options={options}
+      value={currentLayoutOption}
+      onChange={(option) => changeLayoutTo(layoutManager, option.value!)}
+    />
+  );
+}
+
+export function useLayoutCategory(layoutManager: DashboardLayoutManager) {
+  return useMemo(() => {
+    const layoutCategory = new OptionsPaneCategoryDescriptor({
+      title: 'Layout',
+      id: 'layout-options',
+      isOpenDefault: true,
+    });
+
+    layoutCategory.addItem(
+      new OptionsPaneItemDescriptor({
+        title: 'Type',
+        render: function renderTitle() {
+          return <DashboardLayoutSelector layoutManager={layoutManager} />;
+        },
+      })
+    );
+
+    if (layoutManager.getOptions) {
+      for (const option of layoutManager.getOptions()) {
+        layoutCategory.addItem(option);
+      }
+    }
+
+    return layoutCategory;
+  }, [layoutManager]);
+}
+
+function changeLayoutTo(currentLayout: DashboardLayoutManager, newLayoutDescriptor: LayoutRegistryItem) {
+  const layoutParent = currentLayout.parent;
+  if (layoutParent && isLayoutParent(layoutParent)) {
+    layoutParent.switchLayout(newLayoutDescriptor.createFromLayout(currentLayout));
+  }
+}
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/layouts-shared/LayoutEditChrome.tsx b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/layouts-shared/LayoutEditChrome.tsx
deleted file mode 100644
index 66af065d1b1..00000000000
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/layouts-shared/LayoutEditChrome.tsx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,105 +0,0 @@
-import { css } from '@emotion/css';
-
-import { GrafanaTheme2 } from '@grafana/data';
-import { useStyles2, Field, Select } from '@grafana/ui';
-
-import { getDashboardSceneFor } from '../../utils/utils';
-import { DashboardLayoutManager, isLayoutParent, LayoutRegistryItem } from '../types';
-
-import { layoutRegistry } from './layoutRegistry';
-
-interface Props {
-  layoutManager: DashboardLayoutManager;
-  children: React.ReactNode;
-}
-
-export function LayoutEditChrome({ layoutManager, children }: Props) {
-  const styles = useStyles2(getStyles);
-  const { isEditing } = getDashboardSceneFor(layoutManager).useState();
-
-  const layouts = layoutRegistry.list();
-  const options = layouts.map((layout) => ({
-    label: layout.name,
-    value: layout,
-  }));
-
-  const currentLayoutId = layoutManager.getDescriptor().id;
-  const currentLayoutOption = options.find((option) => option.value.id === currentLayoutId);
-
-  return (
-    <div className={styles.wrapper}>
-      {isEditing && (
-        <div className={styles.editHeader}>
-          <Field label="Layout type">
-            <Select
-              options={options}
-              value={currentLayoutOption}
-              onChange={(option) => changeLayoutTo(layoutManager, option.value!)}
-            />
-          </Field>
-          {layoutManager.renderEditor?.()}
-        </div>
-      )}
-      {children}
-    </div>
-  );
-}
-
-function getStyles(theme: GrafanaTheme2) {
-  return {
-    editHeader: css({
-      width: '100%',
-      display: 'flex',
-      gap: theme.spacing(1),
-      padding: theme.spacing(0, 1, 0.5, 1),
-      margin: theme.spacing(0, 0, 1, 0),
-      alignItems: 'flex-end',
-      borderBottom: `1px solid ${theme.colors.border.weak}`,
-      paddingBottom: theme.spacing(1),
-
-      '&:hover, &:focus-within': {
-        '& > div': {
-          opacity: 1,
-        },
-      },
-
-      '& > div': {
-        marginBottom: 0,
-        marginRight: theme.spacing(1),
-      },
-    }),
-    wrapper: css({
-      display: 'flex',
-      flexDirection: 'column',
-      flex: '1 1 0',
-      width: '100%',
-    }),
-    icon: css({
-      display: 'flex',
-      alignItems: 'center',
-      cursor: 'pointer',
-      background: 'transparent',
-      border: 'none',
-      gap: theme.spacing(1),
-    }),
-    rowTitle: css({}),
-    rowActions: css({
-      display: 'flex',
-      opacity: 0,
-      [theme.transitions.handleMotion('no-preference', 'reduce')]: {
-        transition: 'opacity 200ms ease-in',
-      },
-
-      '&:hover, &:focus-within': {
-        opacity: 1,
-      },
-    }),
-  };
-}
-
-function changeLayoutTo(currentLayout: DashboardLayoutManager, newLayoutDescriptor: LayoutRegistryItem) {
-  const layoutParent = currentLayout.parent;
-  if (layoutParent && isLayoutParent(layoutParent)) {
-    layoutParent.switchLayout(newLayoutDescriptor.createFromLayout(currentLayout));
-  }
-}
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/layouts-shared/layoutRegistry.ts b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/layouts-shared/layoutRegistry.ts
index 2fbd9e9ecc2..95f345e71b9 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/layouts-shared/layoutRegistry.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/layouts-shared/layoutRegistry.ts
@@ -2,8 +2,13 @@ import { Registry } from '@grafana/data';
 
 import { DefaultGridLayoutManager } from '../layout-default/DefaultGridLayoutManager';
 import { ResponsiveGridLayoutManager } from '../layout-responsive-grid/ResponsiveGridLayoutManager';
+import { RowsLayoutManager } from '../layout-rows/RowsLayoutManager';
 import { LayoutRegistryItem } from '../types';
 
 export const layoutRegistry: Registry<LayoutRegistryItem> = new Registry<LayoutRegistryItem>(() => {
-  return [DefaultGridLayoutManager.getDescriptor(), ResponsiveGridLayoutManager.getDescriptor()];
+  return [
+    DefaultGridLayoutManager.getDescriptor(),
+    ResponsiveGridLayoutManager.getDescriptor(),
+    RowsLayoutManager.getDescriptor(),
+  ];
 });
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/types.ts b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/types.ts
index fd50c4e2e28..a399e2d5938 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/types.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/types.ts
@@ -1,21 +1,20 @@
 import { BusEventWithPayload, RegistryItem } from '@grafana/data';
 import { SceneObject, VizPanel } from '@grafana/scenes';
 import { OptionsPaneCategoryDescriptor } from 'app/features/dashboard/components/PanelEditor/OptionsPaneCategoryDescriptor';
+import { OptionsPaneItemDescriptor } from 'app/features/dashboard/components/PanelEditor/OptionsPaneItemDescriptor';
 
 /**
  * A scene object that usually wraps an underlying layout
  * Dealing with all the state management and editing of the layout
  */
 export interface DashboardLayoutManager extends SceneObject {
+  /** Marks it as a DashboardLayoutManager */
+  isDashboardLayoutManager: true;
   /**
    * Notify the layout manager that the edit mode has changed
    * @param isEditing
    */
   editModeChanged(isEditing: boolean): void;
-  /**
-   * Not sure we will need this in the long run, we should be able to handle this inside internally
-   */
-  getNextPanelId(): number;
   /**
    * Remove an element / panel
    * @param element
@@ -54,7 +53,11 @@ export interface DashboardLayoutManager extends SceneObject {
   /**
    * Renders options and layout actions
    */
-  renderEditor?(): React.ReactNode;
+  getOptions?(): OptionsPaneItemDescriptor[];
+}
+
+export function isDashboardLayoutManager(obj: SceneObject): obj is DashboardLayoutManager {
+  return 'isDashboardLayoutManager' in obj;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -73,10 +76,6 @@ export interface LayoutRegistryItem extends RegistryItem {
   createFromSaveModel?(saveModel: any): void;
 }
 
-export interface LayoutEditorProps<T> {
-  layoutManager: T;
-}
-
 /**
  * This interface is needed to support layouts existing on different levels of the scene (DashboardScene and inside the TabsLayoutManager)
  */
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/serialization/transformSaveModelToScene.ts b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/serialization/transformSaveModelToScene.ts
index 8c421b83e34..34f10356027 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/serialization/transformSaveModelToScene.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/serialization/transformSaveModelToScene.ts
@@ -19,12 +19,14 @@ import {
   SceneDataLayerProvider,
   SceneDataLayerControls,
   UserActionEvent,
+  SceneObjectState,
 } from '@grafana/scenes';
 import { DashboardModel } from 'app/features/dashboard/state/DashboardModel';
 import { PanelModel } from 'app/features/dashboard/state/PanelModel';
 import { DashboardDTO, DashboardDataDTO } from 'app/types';
 
 import { addPanelsOnLoadBehavior } from '../addToDashboard/addPanelsOnLoadBehavior';
+import { DashboardEditPaneBehavior } from '../edit-pane/DashboardEditPaneBehavior';
 import { AlertStatesDataLayer } from '../scene/AlertStatesDataLayer';
 import { DashboardAnnotationsDataLayer } from '../scene/DashboardAnnotationsDataLayer';
 import { DashboardControls } from '../scene/DashboardControls';
@@ -214,6 +216,32 @@ export function createDashboardSceneFromDashboardModel(oldModel: DashboardModel,
     });
   }
 
+  const behaviorList: SceneObjectState['$behaviors'] = [
+    new behaviors.CursorSync({
+      sync: oldModel.graphTooltip,
+    }),
+    new behaviors.SceneQueryController(),
+    registerDashboardMacro,
+    registerPanelInteractionsReporter,
+    new DashboardEditPaneBehavior({}),
+    new behaviors.LiveNowTimer({ enabled: oldModel.liveNow }),
+    preserveDashboardSceneStateInLocalStorage,
+    addPanelsOnLoadBehavior,
+    new DashboardScopesFacade({
+      reloadOnParamsChange: config.featureToggles.reloadDashboardsOnParamsChange && oldModel.meta.reloadOnParamsChange,
+      uid: oldModel.uid,
+    }),
+    new DashboardReloadBehavior({
+      reloadOnParamsChange: config.featureToggles.reloadDashboardsOnParamsChange && oldModel.meta.reloadOnParamsChange,
+      uid: oldModel.uid,
+      version: oldModel.version,
+    }),
+  ];
+
+  if (config.featureToggles.dashboardNewLayouts) {
+    behaviorList.push(new DashboardEditPaneBehavior({}));
+  }
+
   const dashboardScene = new DashboardScene({
     description: oldModel.description,
     editable: oldModel.editable,
@@ -242,28 +270,7 @@ export function createDashboardSceneFromDashboardModel(oldModel: DashboardModel,
       UNSAFE_nowDelay: oldModel.timepicker?.nowDelay,
     }),
     $variables: variables,
-    $behaviors: [
-      new behaviors.CursorSync({
-        sync: oldModel.graphTooltip,
-      }),
-      new behaviors.SceneQueryController(),
-      registerDashboardMacro,
-      registerPanelInteractionsReporter,
-      new behaviors.LiveNowTimer({ enabled: oldModel.liveNow }),
-      preserveDashboardSceneStateInLocalStorage,
-      addPanelsOnLoadBehavior,
-      new DashboardScopesFacade({
-        reloadOnParamsChange:
-          config.featureToggles.reloadDashboardsOnParamsChange && oldModel.meta.reloadOnParamsChange,
-        uid: oldModel.uid,
-      }),
-      new DashboardReloadBehavior({
-        reloadOnParamsChange:
-          config.featureToggles.reloadDashboardsOnParamsChange && oldModel.meta.reloadOnParamsChange,
-        uid: oldModel.uid,
-        version: oldModel.version,
-      }),
-    ],
+    $behaviors: behaviorList,
     $data: new DashboardDataLayerSet({ annotationLayers, alertStatesLayer }),
     controls: new DashboardControls({
       variableControls: [new VariableValueSelectors({}), new SceneDataLayerControls()],
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/serialization/transformSceneToSaveModelSchemaV2.test.ts b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/serialization/transformSceneToSaveModelSchemaV2.test.ts
index d7a08c729d4..fd6169589f4 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/serialization/transformSceneToSaveModelSchemaV2.test.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/serialization/transformSceneToSaveModelSchemaV2.test.ts
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ import { DefaultGridLayoutManager } from '../scene/layout-default/DefaultGridLay
 
 import { transformSceneToSaveModelSchemaV2 } from './transformSceneToSaveModelSchemaV2';
 
-function setupDashboardScene(state: DashboardSceneState): DashboardScene {
+function setupDashboardScene(state: Partial<DashboardSceneState>): DashboardScene {
   return new DashboardScene(state);
 }
 
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/utils/dashboardSceneGraph.ts b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/utils/dashboardSceneGraph.ts
index 9a0a0fa8f72..10edc9904d7 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/utils/dashboardSceneGraph.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/utils/dashboardSceneGraph.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ import { DashboardDataLayerSet } from '../scene/DashboardDataLayerSet';
 import { DashboardScene } from '../scene/DashboardScene';
 import { VizPanelLinks } from '../scene/PanelLinks';
 
+import { getLayoutManagerFor } from './utils';
+
 function getTimePicker(scene: DashboardScene) {
   return scene.state.controls?.state.timePicker;
 }
@@ -53,4 +55,5 @@ export const dashboardSceneGraph = {
   getVizPanels,
   getDataLayers,
   getCursorSync,
+  getLayoutManagerFor,
 };
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/utils/utils.ts b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/utils/utils.ts
index 09792696251..3e34ec23362 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/utils/utils.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/utils/utils.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import { DashboardScene } from '../scene/DashboardScene';
 import { LibraryPanelBehavior } from '../scene/LibraryPanelBehavior';
 import { VizPanelLinks, VizPanelLinksMenu } from '../scene/PanelLinks';
 import { panelMenuBehavior } from '../scene/PanelMenuBehavior';
+import { DashboardLayoutManager, isDashboardLayoutManager } from '../scene/types';
 
 export const NEW_PANEL_HEIGHT = 8;
 export const NEW_PANEL_WIDTH = 12;
@@ -220,6 +221,7 @@ export function getDefaultVizPanel(): VizPanel {
     pluginId: 'timeseries',
     titleItems: [new VizPanelLinks({ menu: new VizPanelLinksMenu({}) })],
     hoverHeaderOffset: 0,
+    $behaviors: [],
     menu: new VizPanelMenu({
       $behaviors: [panelMenuBehavior],
     }),
@@ -279,3 +281,16 @@ export function activateSceneObjectAndParentTree(so: SceneObject): CancelActivat
  * Useful when rendering a scene object out of context of it's parent
  */
 export const activateInActiveParents = activateSceneObjectAndParentTree;
+
+export function getLayoutManagerFor(sceneObject: SceneObject): DashboardLayoutManager {
+  let parent = sceneObject.parent;
+
+  while (parent) {
+    if (isDashboardLayoutManager(parent)) {
+      return parent;
+    }
+    parent = parent.parent;
+  }
+
+  throw new Error('Could not find layout manager for scene object');
+}
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard/components/PanelEditor/OptionsPaneCategoryDescriptor.tsx b/public/app/features/dashboard/components/PanelEditor/OptionsPaneCategoryDescriptor.tsx
index debeed4e2a2..9106be64a5d 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard/components/PanelEditor/OptionsPaneCategoryDescriptor.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard/components/PanelEditor/OptionsPaneCategoryDescriptor.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 import * as React from 'react';
 
+import { Box } from '@grafana/ui';
+
 import { OptionsPaneCategory } from './OptionsPaneCategory';
 import { OptionsPaneItemDescriptor } from './OptionsPaneItemDescriptor';
 
@@ -57,6 +59,10 @@ export class OptionsPaneCategoryDescriptor {
       return this.props.customRender();
     }
 
+    if (this.props.id === '') {
+      return <Box padding={2}>{this.items.map((item) => item.render(searchQuery))}</Box>;
+    }
+
     return (
       <OptionsPaneCategory key={this.props.title} {...this.props}>
         {this.items.map((item) => item.render(searchQuery))}