diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/panel_docking.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/panel_docking.rs
index 2b12d673d..e3492f7a8 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/panel_docking.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/panel_docking.rs
@@ -92,30 +92,55 @@ impl Placed {
 
     /// A group of the unplaced registered panels of `panels`, with the one at `active` in front
     /// when it is among them.
-    fn group(&mut self, panels: &[String], active: usize) -> Option<Group<String>> {
-        let front = panels.get(active).and_then(|p| normalize(p));
-        let kept: Vec<String> = panels.iter().filter_map(|p| self.take(p)).collect();
+    fn group(&mut self, panels: &[impl AsRef<str>], active: usize) -> Option<Group<String>> {
+        let front = panels.get(active).and_then(|p| normalize(p.as_ref()));
+        let kept: Vec<String> = panels.iter().filter_map(|p| self.take(p.as_ref())).collect();
         let active = front.and_then(|f| kept.iter().position(|p| p == f)).unwrap_or(0);
         (!kept.is_empty()).then(|| Group::new(kept, active))
     }
 }
 
-/// A workspace's iconic column: its named `icon_groups` (Essentials Classic, Typography), or
-/// one group per panel not placed yet. Window › Styles opens the style panels as a floating
-/// group, so they start outside it.
+/// The iconic column's groups, top to bottom, in a workspace without its own `icon_groups`:
+/// InDesign's panel families, with a separator only between families.
+const ICON_GROUPS: &[&[&str]] = &[
+    &["stroke", "color", "swatches", "gradient"],
+    &["effects"],
+    &["character", "paragraph", "typography"],
+    &["glyphs"],
+    &["table"],
+    &["textWrap"],
+    &["align", "pathfinder"],
+    &["flexLayout", "liquid"],
+    &["links", "library"],
+    &["info"],
+    &["attributes", "preflight"],
+    &["notes", "trackChanges", "conditions"],
+    &["hyperlinks", "bookmarks"],
+    &["buttons", "states"],
+    &["media", "transitions"],
+    &["articles", "tags"],
+    &["book", "dataMerge", "scripts"],
+];
+
+/// A workspace's iconic column of the panels not placed yet: its named `icon_groups`
+/// (Essentials Classic, Typography), or [`ICON_GROUPS`] followed by any other dock panel as a
+/// group of its own. Window › Styles opens the style panels as a floating group, so they start
+/// outside it.
 fn icon_column(icon_groups: Option<&[Vec<String>]>, placed: &mut Placed) -> Option<Column<String>> {
     let (groups, width): (Vec<Group<String>>, f32) = match icon_groups {
         Some(groups) => (groups.iter().filter_map(|g| placed.group(g, 0)).collect(), NAMED_ICON_WIDTH),
-        None => (
-            crate::dock::DOCK_TABS
-                .iter()
-                .chain(crate::dock::ICON_PANELS)
-                .filter(|p| !FLOATING_GROUPS.iter().any(|g| g.contains(&p.0)))
-                .filter_map(|p| placed.take(p.0))
-                .map(|id| Group::new(vec![id], 0))
-                .collect(),
-            ICON_WIDTH,
-        ),
+        None => {
+            let mut groups: Vec<Group<String>> = ICON_GROUPS.iter().filter_map(|g| placed.group(g, 0)).collect();
+            groups.extend(
+                crate::dock::DOCK_TABS
+                    .iter()
+                    .chain(crate::dock::ICON_PANELS)
+                    .filter(|p| !FLOATING_GROUPS.iter().any(|g| g.contains(&p.0)))
+                    .filter_map(|p| placed.take(p.0))
+                    .map(|id| Group::new(vec![id], 0)),
+            );
+            (groups, ICON_WIDTH)
+        }
     };
     (!groups.is_empty()).then_some(Column { groups, width: COLUMN_WIDTH, iconic: true, iconic_width: Some(width) })
 }
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/panel_docking_tests.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/panel_docking_tests.rs
index 0b37fb33e..9d272eb3c 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/panel_docking_tests.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/panel_docking_tests.rs
@@ -811,7 +811,9 @@ fn default_workspaces_are_the_canvas_beside_an_end_dock() {
     assert_eq!(outer.groups.len(), 1);
     assert_eq!(outer.groups[0].panels, ["properties", "pages", "layers"]);
     assert!(icons.iconic);
-    assert!(icons.groups.iter().all(|g| g.panels.len() == 1));
+    let groups: Vec<Vec<&str>> = icons.groups.iter().map(|g| g.panels.iter().map(String::as_str).collect()).collect();
+    let expected: Vec<Vec<&str>> = ICON_GROUPS.iter().map(|g| g.to_vec()).collect();
+    assert_eq!(groups, expected, "the iconic column groups InDesign's panel families");
     assert!(!layout.contains(&"paragraphStyles".to_string()), "Window › Styles opens the styles floating");
     // Essentials Classic: only its named icon groups, in one iconic column.
     app.run("window.workspace", json!({"name": "Essentials Classic"})).unwrap();
@@ -826,6 +828,32 @@ fn default_workspaces_are_the_canvas_beside_an_end_dock() {
     assert!(groups.iter().flatten().all(|p| expected.iter().flatten().any(|e| e == p)));
 }
 
+/// Every dock panel that starts in the iconic column has one place in [`ICON_GROUPS`], so a new
+/// panel is not left as a group of its own.
+#[test]
+fn every_icon_panel_is_in_one_default_icon_group() {
+    for (id, _, _) in crate::dock::ICON_PANELS.iter().filter(|p| !FLOATING_GROUPS.iter().any(|g| g.contains(&p.0))) {
+        assert_eq!(ICON_GROUPS.iter().flat_map(|g| g.iter()).filter(|p| *p == id).count(), 1, "{id}");
+    }
+    for id in ICON_GROUPS.iter().flat_map(|g| g.iter()) {
+        assert!(crate::dock::ICON_PANELS.iter().any(|p| p.0 == *id), "{id} is not a dock panel");
+    }
+}
+
+/// A panel the workspace places elsewhere leaves its icon group; a group it empties goes.
+#[test]
+fn placed_panels_leave_their_icon_groups() {
+    let mut placed = Placed::default();
+    for id in ["properties", "pages", "layers", "swatches", "effects"] {
+        placed.take(id);
+    }
+    let column = icon_column(None, &mut placed).unwrap();
+    let groups: Vec<Vec<&str>> = column.groups.iter().map(|g| g.panels.iter().map(String::as_str).collect()).collect();
+    assert_eq!(groups.first().unwrap(), &["stroke", "color", "gradient"]);
+    assert_eq!(groups.get(1).unwrap(), &["character", "paragraph", "typography"]);
+    assert_eq!(groups.len(), ICON_GROUPS.len() - 1);
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn the_dock_is_at_the_right_in_english_and_the_left_in_arabic() {
     let tab = |h: &Harness<'static, DesignApp>| h.ctx.read_response(tab_id("properties")).map(|r| r.rect).unwrap();
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/prefs.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/prefs.rs
index cdc822c4f..0e7273a00 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/prefs.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/prefs.rs
@@ -228,8 +228,8 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(columns[0].groups[0].active, 3);
         assert!(!columns[0].iconic);
         let icons = &columns[1];
-        assert!(icons.iconic && icons.groups.iter().any(|g| g.panels == ["stroke"]));
-        assert!(icons.groups.iter().all(|g| g.panels != ["swatches"]), "each panel appears once");
+        assert!(icons.iconic && icons.groups.iter().any(|g| g.panels == ["stroke", "color", "gradient"]));
+        assert!(icons.groups.iter().all(|g| !g.panels.iter().any(|p| p == "swatches")), "each panel appears once");
 
         // Splits: a vertical split stacks groups in one column, a horizontal one adds a column
         // (the dock lists columns from the window edge inwards).