style(dashboards-v2): format getSwitchedPluginSpec test with oxfmt

Wrap the long getSwitchedPluginSpec(...) calls so the file passes
`oxfmt --check` (the fmt / js CI gate). Formatting only, no behavior change.

frontend/src/pages/DashboardPageV2/DashboardContainer/PanelEditor/ConfigPane/ConfigPane.tsx

@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ interface ConfigPaneProps {
 	/** The panel spec — the single editing surface (title/description + section slices). */
 	spec: DashboardtypesPanelSpecDTO;
 	onChangeSpec: (next: DashboardtypesPanelSpecDTO) => void;
+	/** Switch the panel to another visualization kind. */
+	onChangePanelKind: (kind: PanelKind) => void;
 	/** Panel's resolved series, provided to sections that need them (legend colors). */
 	legendSeries: LegendSeries[];
 	/** Table panel's resolved value columns, for the table-only editors. */
@@ -36,6 +38,7 @@ function ConfigPane({
 	panelKind,
 	spec,
 	onChangeSpec,
+	onChangePanelKind,
 	legendSeries,
 	tableColumns,
 }: ConfigPaneProps): JSX.Element {
@@ -95,6 +98,8 @@ function ConfigPane({
 									legendSeries={legendSeries}
 									tableColumns={tableColumns}
 									signal={signal}
+									panelKind={panelKind}
+									onChangePanelKind={onChangePanelKind}
 								/>
 							))}
 						</div>

frontend/src/pages/DashboardPageV2/DashboardContainer/PanelEditor/ConfigPane/PanelTypeSwitcher/PanelTypeSwitcher.module.scss

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+// Matches ConfigPane's `.field` so the switcher lines up with the title/description fields.
+.field {
+	display: flex;
+	flex-direction: column;
+	gap: 8px;
+}

frontend/src/pages/DashboardPageV2/DashboardContainer/PanelEditor/ConfigPane/PanelTypeSwitcher/PanelTypeSwitcher.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+import { Typography } from '@signozhq/ui/typography';
+import type { TelemetrytypesSignalDTO } from 'api/generated/services/sigNoz.schemas';
+
+import { getPanelDefinition } from '../../../Panels/registry';
+import type { PanelKind } from '../../../Panels/types/panelKind';
+import { PANEL_TYPES } from '../../../PanelsAndSectionsLayout/Panel/PanelTypeSelectionModal/constants';
+import ConfigSelect from '../controls/ConfigSelect/ConfigSelect';
+
+import styles from './PanelTypeSwitcher.module.scss';
+
+interface PanelTypeSwitcherProps {
+	/** The current panel kind (selected value). */
+	panelKind: PanelKind;
+	/** Panel's current datasource — drives the disabled rule. */
+	signal?: TelemetrytypesSignalDTO;
+	onChange: (kind: PanelKind) => void;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Visualization-type selector (rendered inside the Visualization section). Types whose
+ * supported signals exclude the panel's current datasource are disabled (V1 parity —
+ * e.g. List needs logs/traces, not metrics). The datasource is unknown for
+ * PromQL/ClickHouse queries, in which case no type is disabled.
+ */
+function PanelTypeSwitcher({
+	panelKind,
+	signal,
+	onChange,
+}: PanelTypeSwitcherProps): JSX.Element {
+	const items = PANEL_TYPES.map(({ panelKind, label, Icon }) => {
+		const definition = getPanelDefinition(panelKind as PanelKind);
+		return {
+			value: panelKind,
+			label,
+			icon: <Icon size={14} />,
+			disabled:
+				!!signal && !!definition && !definition.supportedSignals.includes(signal),
+		};
+	});
+
+	return (
+		<div className={styles.field}>
+			<Typography.Text>Panel Type</Typography.Text>
+			<ConfigSelect
+				testId="panel-editor-v2-type-switcher"
+				value={panelKind}
+				items={items}
+				onChange={(value): void => onChange(value as PanelKind)}
+			/>
+		</div>
+	);
+}
+
+export default PanelTypeSwitcher;

frontend/src/pages/DashboardPageV2/DashboardContainer/PanelEditor/ConfigPane/PanelTypeSwitcher/__tests__/PanelTypeSwitcher.test.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+import { fireEvent, render, screen } from '@testing-library/react';
+import { getPanelDefinition } from 'pages/DashboardPageV2/DashboardContainer/Panels/registry';
+
+import PanelTypeSwitcher from '../PanelTypeSwitcher';
+import { TelemetrytypesSignalDTO } from 'api/generated/services/sigNoz.schemas';
+
+jest.mock('pages/DashboardPageV2/DashboardContainer/Panels/registry', () => ({
+	getPanelDefinition: jest.fn(),
+}));
+
+const mockGetPanelDefinition = getPanelDefinition as unknown as jest.Mock;
+
+function openDropdown(): void {
+	fireEvent.mouseDown(screen.getByRole('combobox'));
+}
+
+describe('PanelTypeSwitcher', () => {
+	beforeEach(() => {
+		jest.clearAllMocks();
+		// List supports only logs/traces; every other kind also supports metrics.
+		mockGetPanelDefinition.mockImplementation((kind: string) => ({
+			supportedSignals:
+				kind === 'signoz/ListPanel'
+					? ['logs', 'traces']
+					: ['metrics', 'logs', 'traces'],
+		}));
+	});
+
+	it('fires onChange with the chosen plugin kind', () => {
+		const onChange = jest.fn();
+		render(
+			<PanelTypeSwitcher panelKind="signoz/TimeSeriesPanel" onChange={onChange} />,
+		);
+
+		openDropdown();
+		fireEvent.click(screen.getByText('List'));
+
+		expect(onChange).toHaveBeenCalledWith('signoz/ListPanel');
+	});
+
+	it('disables types whose supported signals exclude the current datasource', () => {
+		render(
+			<PanelTypeSwitcher
+				panelKind="signoz/TimeSeriesPanel"
+				signal={TelemetrytypesSignalDTO.metrics}
+				onChange={jest.fn()}
+			/>,
+		);
+
+		openDropdown();
+		const disabled = Array.from(
+			document.querySelectorAll('.ant-select-item-option-disabled'),
+		).map((el) => el.textContent);
+
+		// List can't render a metrics query, so it's disabled; Time Series stays enabled.
+		expect(disabled).toContain('List');
+		expect(disabled).not.toContain('Time Series');
+	});
+
+	it('does not disable any type when the datasource is unknown', () => {
+		render(
+			<PanelTypeSwitcher
+				panelKind="signoz/TimeSeriesPanel"
+				onChange={jest.fn()}
+			/>,
+		);
+
+		openDropdown();
+		expect(
+			document.querySelectorAll('.ant-select-item-option-disabled'),
+		).toHaveLength(0);
+	});
+});

frontend/src/pages/DashboardPageV2/DashboardContainer/PanelEditor/ConfigPane/SectionSlot/SectionSlot.tsx

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import {
 	type SectionConfig,
 } from 'pages/DashboardPageV2/DashboardContainer/Panels/types/sections';
 
+import type { PanelKind } from '../../../Panels/types/panelKind';
 import type { LegendSeries } from '../../hooks/useLegendSeries';
 import type { TableColumnOption } from '../../hooks/useTableColumns';
 import { resolveSectionEditor } from '../sectionRegistry';
@@ -23,6 +24,9 @@ interface SectionSlotProps {
 	tableColumns: TableColumnOption[];
 	/** Panel's telemetry signal, for editors that fetch field suggestions (List columns). */
 	signal?: TelemetrytypesSignalDTO;
+	/** Current panel kind + switch handler, for the visualization section's type switcher. */
+	panelKind: PanelKind;
+	onChangePanelKind: (kind: PanelKind) => void;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -38,6 +42,8 @@ function SectionSlot({
 	legendSeries,
 	tableColumns,
 	signal,
+	panelKind,
+	onChangePanelKind,
 }: SectionSlotProps): JSX.Element | null {
 	// A kind can hide a section based on current spec state (e.g. Histogram legend once
 	// queries are merged) — skip it before resolving the editor.
@@ -60,7 +66,12 @@ function SectionSlot({
 		.formatting?.unit;
 
 	return (
-		<SettingsSection title={title} icon={<Icon size={15} />}>
+		<SettingsSection
+			title={title}
+			icon={<Icon size={15} />}
+			// Open Visualization by default so the type switcher is visible.
+			defaultOpen={config.kind === 'visualization'}
+		>
 			<Component
 				value={get(spec)}
 				controls={controls}
@@ -69,6 +80,8 @@ function SectionSlot({
 				yAxisUnit={yAxisUnit}
 				tableColumns={tableColumns}
 				signal={signal}
+				panelKind={panelKind}
+				onChangePanelKind={onChangePanelKind}
 			/>
 		</SettingsSection>
 	);

frontend/src/pages/DashboardPageV2/DashboardContainer/PanelEditor/ConfigPane/__tests__/ConfigPane.test.tsx

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ function renderConfigPane(
 		panelKind: 'signoz/TimeSeriesPanel',
 		spec: spec(),
 		onChangeSpec: jest.fn(),
+		onChangePanelKind: jest.fn(),
 		legendSeries: [],
 		tableColumns: [],
 		...overrides,

frontend/src/pages/DashboardPageV2/DashboardContainer/PanelEditor/ConfigPane/controls/ConfigSegmented/ConfigSegmented.module.scss

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .group {
-	width: min(350px, 100%);
+	width: 100%;
 }
 
 .segment {

frontend/src/pages/DashboardPageV2/DashboardContainer/PanelEditor/ConfigPane/controls/ConfigSelect/ConfigSelect.tsx

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import type { ReactNode } from 'react';
 import { Select } from 'antd';
 
 import { SegmentIcon, type SegmentIconName } from '../segmentIcons';
@@ -7,7 +8,9 @@ import styles from './ConfigSelect.module.scss';
 export interface ConfigSelectItem {
 	value: string;
 	label: string;
-	icon?: SegmentIconName;
+	/** A `SegmentIconName` string (resolved to a glyph), or an arbitrary icon node. */
+	icon?: ReactNode;
+	disabled?: boolean;
 }
 
 interface ConfigSelectProps {
@@ -40,9 +43,14 @@ function ConfigSelect({
 			virtual={false}
 			options={items.map((item) => ({
 				value: item.value,
+				disabled: item.disabled,
 				label: item.icon ? (
 					<span className={styles.item}>
-						<SegmentIcon name={item.icon} />
+						{typeof item.icon === 'string' ? (
+							<SegmentIcon name={item.icon as SegmentIconName} />
+						) : (
+							item.icon
+						)}
 						{item.label}
 					</span>
 				) : (

frontend/src/pages/DashboardPageV2/DashboardContainer/PanelEditor/ConfigPane/sectionRegistry.tsx

@@ -157,6 +157,10 @@ export interface ErasedSectionDescriptor {
 		// The panel's telemetry signal; read by editors that fetch field-key
 		// suggestions scoped to it (List column picker).
 		signal?: unknown;
+		// Current panel kind + switch handler; read by the visualization section's
+		// type switcher.
+		panelKind?: unknown;
+		onChangePanelKind?: unknown;
 	}>;
 	get: (spec: PanelSpec) => unknown;
 	update: (spec: PanelSpec, value: unknown) => PanelSpec;

frontend/src/pages/DashboardPageV2/DashboardContainer/PanelEditor/ConfigPane/sections/VisualizationSection/VisualizationSection.tsx

@@ -1,26 +1,50 @@
 import { Typography } from '@signozhq/ui/typography';
-import { DashboardtypesTimePreferenceDTO } from 'api/generated/services/sigNoz.schemas';
+import {
+	DashboardtypesTimePreferenceDTO,
+	TelemetrytypesSignalDTO,
+} from 'api/generated/services/sigNoz.schemas';
 import type { SectionEditorProps } from 'pages/DashboardPageV2/DashboardContainer/Panels/types/sections';
 
+import type { PanelKind } from '../../../../Panels/types/panelKind';
 import ConfigSelect from '../../controls/ConfigSelect/ConfigSelect';
 import ConfigSwitch from '../../controls/ConfigSwitch/ConfigSwitch';
+import PanelTypeSwitcher from '../../PanelTypeSwitcher/PanelTypeSwitcher';
 import { TIME_PREFERENCE_OPTIONS } from './timePreferenceOptions';
 
 import styles from './VisualizationSection.module.scss';
 
+type VisualizationSectionProps = SectionEditorProps<'visualization'> & {
+	/** Current panel kind + switch handler, forwarded by SectionSlot for the type switcher. */
+	panelKind?: PanelKind;
+	onChangePanelKind?: (kind: PanelKind) => void;
+	/** Panel's datasource, forwarded by SectionSlot — scopes the switcher's disabled types. */
+	signal?: TelemetrytypesSignalDTO;
+};
+
 /**
- * Edits the `visualization` slice: the per-panel time preference (all kinds), bar
- * stacking (`stackedBarChart`, Bar only), and gap filling (`fillSpans`, TimeSeries
- * only). Each control is gated by its `controls` flag, so a kind only renders — and only
- * writes — the visualization fields its spec actually supports.
+ * Edits the `visualization` slice: the panel-type switcher (`switchPanelKind`, every
+ * kind), the per-panel time preference, bar stacking (`stackedBarChart`, Bar only), and
+ * gap filling (`fillSpans`, TimeSeries only). Each control is gated by its `controls`
+ * flag, so a kind only renders — and only writes — the fields its spec supports.
  */
 function VisualizationSection({
 	value,
 	controls,
 	onChange,
-}: SectionEditorProps<'visualization'>): JSX.Element {
+	panelKind,
+	onChangePanelKind,
+	signal,
+}: VisualizationSectionProps): JSX.Element {
 	return (
 		<>
+			{controls.switchPanelKind && panelKind && onChangePanelKind && (
+				<PanelTypeSwitcher
+					panelKind={panelKind}
+					signal={signal}
+					onChange={onChangePanelKind}
+				/>
+			)}
+
 			{controls.timePreference && (
 				<div className={styles.field}>
 					<Typography.Text>Panel time preference</Typography.Text>

frontend/src/pages/DashboardPageV2/DashboardContainer/PanelEditor/ConfigPane/sections/VisualizationSection/__tests__/VisualizationSection.test.tsx

@@ -4,6 +4,14 @@ import { DashboardtypesTimePreferenceDTO } from 'api/generated/services/sigNoz.s
 
 import VisualizationSection from '../VisualizationSection';
 
+// The type switcher resolves each kind's supported signals; stub it so the test
+// doesn't pull the whole panel registry (renderers, chart libs).
+jest.mock('pages/DashboardPageV2/DashboardContainer/Panels/registry', () => ({
+	getPanelDefinition: jest.fn(() => ({
+		supportedSignals: ['metrics', 'logs', 'traces'],
+	})),
+}));
+
 // Open the antd Select by clicking its selector, then pick the option by label.
 async function pickOption(triggerTestId: string, label: string): Promise<void> {
 	const user = userEvent.setup();
@@ -17,7 +25,12 @@ describe('VisualizationSection', () => {
 		render(
 			<VisualizationSection
 				value={undefined}
-				controls={{ timePreference: true, stacking: true, fillSpans: true }}
+				controls={{
+					switchPanelKind: true,
+					timePreference: true,
+					stacking: true,
+					fillSpans: true,
+				}}
 				onChange={jest.fn()}
 			/>,
 		);
@@ -35,7 +48,10 @@ describe('VisualizationSection', () => {
 		render(
 			<VisualizationSection
 				value={undefined}
-				controls={{ timePreference: true }}
+				controls={{
+					switchPanelKind: true,
+					timePreference: true,
+				}}
 				onChange={jest.fn()}
 			/>,
 		);
@@ -56,7 +72,10 @@ describe('VisualizationSection', () => {
 		render(
 			<VisualizationSection
 				value={undefined}
-				controls={{ timePreference: true }}
+				controls={{
+					switchPanelKind: true,
+					timePreference: true,
+				}}
 				onChange={onChange}
 			/>,
 		);
@@ -74,7 +93,10 @@ describe('VisualizationSection', () => {
 					timePreference: DashboardtypesTimePreferenceDTO.global_time,
 					stackedBarChart: false,
 				}}
-				controls={{ stacking: true }}
+				controls={{
+					switchPanelKind: true,
+					stacking: true,
+				}}
 				onChange={onChange}
 			/>,
 		);
@@ -92,7 +114,10 @@ describe('VisualizationSection', () => {
 		render(
 			<VisualizationSection
 				value={{ fillSpans: false }}
-				controls={{ fillSpans: true }}
+				controls={{
+					switchPanelKind: true,
+					fillSpans: true,
+				}}
 				onChange={onChange}
 			/>,
 		);
@@ -101,4 +126,43 @@ describe('VisualizationSection', () => {
 
 		expect(onChange).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ fillSpans: true });
 	});
+
+	it('renders the type switcher and switches kind when switchPanelKind is set', async () => {
+		const onChangePanelKind = jest.fn();
+		render(
+			<VisualizationSection
+				value={undefined}
+				controls={{ switchPanelKind: true }}
+				onChange={jest.fn()}
+				panelKind="signoz/TimeSeriesPanel"
+				onChangePanelKind={onChangePanelKind}
+			/>,
+		);
+
+		expect(
+			screen.getByTestId('panel-editor-v2-type-switcher'),
+		).toBeInTheDocument();
+
+		await pickOption('panel-editor-v2-type-switcher', 'Table');
+		expect(onChangePanelKind).toHaveBeenCalledWith('signoz/TablePanel');
+	});
+
+	it('hides the type switcher when switchPanelKind is not set', () => {
+		render(
+			<VisualizationSection
+				value={undefined}
+				controls={{
+					switchPanelKind: false,
+					timePreference: true,
+				}}
+				onChange={jest.fn()}
+				panelKind="signoz/TimeSeriesPanel"
+				onChangePanelKind={jest.fn()}
+			/>,
+		);
+
+		expect(
+			screen.queryByTestId('panel-editor-v2-type-switcher'),
+		).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+	});
 });

frontend/src/pages/DashboardPageV2/DashboardContainer/PanelEditor/__tests__/getSwitchedPluginSpec.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+import {
+	TelemetrytypesSignalDTO,
+	type DashboardtypesPanelSpecDTO,
+} from 'api/generated/services/sigNoz.schemas';
+import { getPanelDefinition } from 'pages/DashboardPageV2/DashboardContainer/Panels/registry';
+
+import { defaultColumnsForSignal } from '../ListColumnsEditor/selectFields';
+import { getSwitchedPluginSpec } from '../getSwitchedPluginSpec';
+
+jest.mock('pages/DashboardPageV2/DashboardContainer/Panels/registry', () => ({
+	getPanelDefinition: jest.fn(),
+}));
+jest.mock('../ListColumnsEditor/selectFields', () => ({
+	defaultColumnsForSignal: jest.fn(),
+}));
+
+const mockGetPanelDefinition = getPanelDefinition as unknown as jest.Mock;
+const mockDefaultColumnsForSignal =
+	defaultColumnsForSignal as unknown as jest.Mock;
+
+function specWith(pluginSpec: unknown): DashboardtypesPanelSpecDTO {
+	return {
+		display: { name: 'Panel' },
+		plugin: { kind: 'signoz/TablePanel', spec: pluginSpec },
+		queries: [],
+	} as unknown as DashboardtypesPanelSpecDTO;
+}
+
+describe('getSwitchedPluginSpec', () => {
+	beforeEach(() => {
+		jest.clearAllMocks();
+		mockDefaultColumnsForSignal.mockReturnValue([]);
+	});
+
+	it('carries only unit + decimalPrecision when the new kind has a formatting section', () => {
+		mockGetPanelDefinition.mockReturnValue({
+			sections: [{ kind: 'formatting', controls: { unit: true, decimals: true } }],
+		});
+		const old = specWith({
+			formatting: { unit: 'ms', decimalPrecision: 2, columnUnits: { A: 'bytes' } },
+			axes: { logScale: true },
+		});
+
+		const result = getSwitchedPluginSpec(
+			old,
+			'signoz/TimeSeriesPanel',
+			TelemetrytypesSignalDTO.logs,
+		);
+
+		expect(result.formatting).toStrictEqual({ unit: 'ms', decimalPrecision: 2 });
+		// Type-specific config from the old kind is dropped.
+		expect((result as { axes?: unknown }).axes).toBeUndefined();
+	});
+
+	it('does not carry formatting when the new kind has no formatting section', () => {
+		mockGetPanelDefinition.mockReturnValue({ sections: [{ kind: 'columns' }] });
+		const old = specWith({ formatting: { unit: 'ms' } });
+
+		const result = getSwitchedPluginSpec(
+			old,
+			'signoz/ListPanel',
+			TelemetrytypesSignalDTO.logs,
+		);
+
+		expect(result.formatting).toBeUndefined();
+	});
+
+	it('seeds List columns from the signal when switching into a List', () => {
+		const columns = [{ name: 'body' }];
+		mockDefaultColumnsForSignal.mockReturnValue(columns);
+		mockGetPanelDefinition.mockReturnValue({ sections: [{ kind: 'columns' }] });
+
+		const result = getSwitchedPluginSpec(
+			specWith({}),
+			'signoz/ListPanel',
+			TelemetrytypesSignalDTO.logs,
+		);
+
+		expect(mockDefaultColumnsForSignal).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+			TelemetrytypesSignalDTO.logs,
+		);
+		expect(result.selectFields).toBe(columns);
+	});
+
+	it('includes the kind section defaults (e.g. legend position)', () => {
+		mockGetPanelDefinition.mockReturnValue({
+			sections: [{ kind: 'legend', controls: { position: true } }],
+		});
+
+		const result = getSwitchedPluginSpec(
+			specWith({}),
+			'signoz/PieChartPanel',
+			TelemetrytypesSignalDTO.logs,
+		);
+
+		expect(result.legend?.position).toBe('bottom');
+	});
+});

frontend/src/pages/DashboardPageV2/DashboardContainer/PanelEditor/getSwitchedPluginSpec.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+import type {
+	DashboardtypesPanelSpecDTO,
+	TelemetrytypesSignalDTO,
+	TelemetrytypesTelemetryFieldKeyDTO,
+} from 'api/generated/services/sigNoz.schemas';
+import { getPanelDefinition } from 'pages/DashboardPageV2/DashboardContainer/Panels/registry';
+import type { PanelKind } from 'pages/DashboardPageV2/DashboardContainer/Panels/types/panelKind';
+import type { PanelFormattingSlice } from 'pages/DashboardPageV2/DashboardContainer/Panels/types/sections';
+import {
+	buildDefaultPluginSpec,
+	type DefaultPluginSpec,
+} from 'pages/DashboardPageV2/DashboardContainer/Panels/utils/buildDefaultPluginSpec';
+
+import { defaultColumnsForSignal } from './ListColumnsEditor/selectFields';
+
+/**
+ * Plugin spec produced on a first-time switch to a new kind. A partial cross-section
+ * of the per-kind spec union; the caller assigns it to `plugin.spec` (typed `unknown`)
+ * at the boundary.
+ */
+export interface SwitchedPluginSpec extends DefaultPluginSpec {
+	formatting?: Pick<PanelFormattingSlice, 'unit' | 'decimalPrecision'>;
+	selectFields?: TelemetrytypesTelemetryFieldKeyDTO[];
+}
+
+/**
+ * Builds the plugin spec for a first-visit switch to `newKind`: the kind's declared
+ * section defaults (so the config pane opens populated, matching new-panel seeding) plus
+ * the only cross-kind config worth keeping — unit + decimal precision. Switching into a
+ * List seeds the current signal's default columns so the columns control isn't empty.
+ *
+ * Revisiting a kind restores its stashed spec instead, so this runs only on first visit.
+ */
+export function getSwitchedPluginSpec(
+	oldSpec: DashboardtypesPanelSpecDTO,
+	newKind: PanelKind,
+	signal: TelemetrytypesSignalDTO,
+): SwitchedPluginSpec {
+	const sections = getPanelDefinition(newKind)?.sections ?? [];
+	const result: SwitchedPluginSpec = buildDefaultPluginSpec(sections);
+
+	if (sections.some((section) => section.kind === 'formatting')) {
+		const oldFormatting = (
+			oldSpec.plugin.spec as {
+				formatting?: PanelFormattingSlice;
+			}
+		).formatting;
+		const carried: Pick<PanelFormattingSlice, 'unit' | 'decimalPrecision'> = {
+			...(oldFormatting?.unit !== undefined && { unit: oldFormatting.unit }),
+			...(oldFormatting?.decimalPrecision !== undefined && {
+				decimalPrecision: oldFormatting.decimalPrecision,
+			}),
+		};
+		if (Object.keys(carried).length > 0) {
+			result.formatting = carried;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (sections.some((section) => section.kind === 'columns')) {
+		const columns = defaultColumnsForSignal(signal);
+		if (columns.length > 0) {
+			result.selectFields = columns;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return result;
+}

frontend/src/pages/DashboardPageV2/DashboardContainer/PanelEditor/hooks/__tests__/usePanelTypeSwitch.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,190 @@
+import { act, renderHook } from '@testing-library/react';
+import type { DashboardtypesPanelSpecDTO } from 'api/generated/services/sigNoz.schemas';
+import { PANEL_TYPES } from 'constants/queryBuilder';
+import { handleQueryChange } from 'container/NewWidget/utils';
+import { useQueryBuilder } from 'hooks/queryBuilder/useQueryBuilder';
+import type { Query } from 'types/api/queryBuilder/queryBuilderData';
+
+import { getBuilderQueries } from '../../../Panels/utils/getBuilderQueries';
+import { toPerses } from '../../../queryV5/persesQueryAdapters';
+import { getSwitchedPluginSpec } from '../../getSwitchedPluginSpec';
+import { usePanelTypeSwitch } from '../usePanelTypeSwitch';
+
+jest.mock('hooks/queryBuilder/useQueryBuilder', () => ({
+	useQueryBuilder: jest.fn(),
+}));
+jest.mock('container/NewWidget/utils', () => ({
+	handleQueryChange: jest.fn(),
+	PANEL_TYPE_TO_QUERY_TYPES: {
+		graph: ['builder', 'clickhouse', 'promql'],
+		table: ['builder', 'clickhouse'],
+		list: ['builder'],
+		value: ['builder', 'clickhouse', 'promql'],
+		bar: ['builder', 'clickhouse', 'promql'],
+		pie: ['builder', 'clickhouse'],
+		histogram: ['builder', 'clickhouse', 'promql'],
+	},
+}));
+jest.mock('../../../queryV5/persesQueryAdapters', () => ({
+	toPerses: jest.fn(),
+}));
+jest.mock('../../getSwitchedPluginSpec', () => ({
+	getSwitchedPluginSpec: jest.fn(),
+}));
+jest.mock('../../../Panels/utils/getBuilderQueries', () => ({
+	getBuilderQueries: jest.fn(),
+}));
+
+const mockUseQueryBuilder = useQueryBuilder as unknown as jest.Mock;
+const mockHandleQueryChange = handleQueryChange as unknown as jest.Mock;
+const mockToPerses = toPerses as unknown as jest.Mock;
+const mockGetSwitchedPluginSpec = getSwitchedPluginSpec as unknown as jest.Mock;
+const mockGetBuilderQueries = getBuilderQueries as unknown as jest.Mock;
+
+// Opaque sentinels — the leaf utilities are mocked, so only identity matters.
+const TABLE_PLUGIN_SPEC = { table: true } as unknown;
+const TABLE_QUERIES = [{ id: 'table-q' }] as unknown as NonNullable<
+	DashboardtypesPanelSpecDTO['queries']
+>;
+const LIST_PLUGIN_SPEC = { list: true } as unknown;
+const LIST_QUERIES = [{ id: 'list-q' }] as unknown as NonNullable<
+	DashboardtypesPanelSpecDTO['queries']
+>;
+const TRANSFORMED = {
+	id: 'transformed',
+	queryType: 'builder',
+} as unknown as Query;
+const CONVERTED = [{ id: 'converted' }] as unknown as NonNullable<
+	DashboardtypesPanelSpecDTO['queries']
+>;
+const SWITCHED_SPEC = { switched: true } as unknown;
+
+function makeSpec(
+	kind: string,
+	pluginSpec: unknown,
+	queries: NonNullable<DashboardtypesPanelSpecDTO['queries']>,
+): DashboardtypesPanelSpecDTO {
+	return {
+		display: { name: 'Panel' },
+		plugin: { kind, spec: pluginSpec },
+		queries,
+	} as unknown as DashboardtypesPanelSpecDTO;
+}
+
+const tableSpec = makeSpec(
+	'signoz/TablePanel',
+	TABLE_PLUGIN_SPEC,
+	TABLE_QUERIES,
+);
+const listSpec = makeSpec('signoz/ListPanel', LIST_PLUGIN_SPEC, LIST_QUERIES);
+
+function builderState(currentQuery: Query): {
+	currentQuery: Query;
+	redirectWithQueryBuilderData: jest.Mock;
+} {
+	return { currentQuery, redirectWithQueryBuilderData: jest.fn() };
+}
+
+describe('usePanelTypeSwitch', () => {
+	beforeEach(() => {
+		jest.clearAllMocks();
+		mockHandleQueryChange.mockReturnValue(TRANSFORMED);
+		mockToPerses.mockReturnValue(CONVERTED);
+		mockGetSwitchedPluginSpec.mockReturnValue(SWITCHED_SPEC);
+		mockGetBuilderQueries.mockReturnValue([{ signal: 'logs' }]);
+	});
+
+	it('does nothing when switching to the current kind', () => {
+		const setSpec = jest.fn();
+		const state = builderState({ id: 'q', queryType: 'builder' } as Query);
+		mockUseQueryBuilder.mockReturnValue(state);
+
+		const { result } = renderHook(() =>
+			usePanelTypeSwitch({
+				spec: tableSpec,
+				panelType: PANEL_TYPES.TABLE,
+				setSpec,
+			}),
+		);
+		act(() => result.current.onChangePanelKind('signoz/TablePanel'));
+
+		expect(setSpec).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+		expect(state.redirectWithQueryBuilderData).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+	});
+
+	it('on first visit: transforms the query and resets the spec to the new kind', () => {
+		const setSpec = jest.fn();
+		const tableQuery = { id: 'table-current', queryType: 'builder' } as Query;
+		const state = builderState(tableQuery);
+		mockUseQueryBuilder.mockReturnValue(state);
+
+		const { result } = renderHook(() =>
+			usePanelTypeSwitch({
+				spec: tableSpec,
+				panelType: PANEL_TYPES.TABLE,
+				setSpec,
+			}),
+		);
+		act(() => result.current.onChangePanelKind('signoz/ListPanel'));
+
+		expect(setSpec).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+		const next = setSpec.mock.calls[0][0] as DashboardtypesPanelSpecDTO;
+		expect(next.plugin.kind).toBe('signoz/ListPanel');
+		expect(next.plugin.spec).toBe(SWITCHED_SPEC);
+		expect(next.queries).toBe(CONVERTED);
+		expect(state.redirectWithQueryBuilderData).toHaveBeenCalledWith(TRANSFORMED);
+	});
+
+	it('coerces the query type when the new kind disallows it (promql → List)', () => {
+		const setSpec = jest.fn();
+		const promQuery = { id: 'prom', queryType: 'promql' } as Query;
+		mockUseQueryBuilder.mockReturnValue(builderState(promQuery));
+
+		const { result } = renderHook(() =>
+			usePanelTypeSwitch({
+				spec: makeSpec('signoz/TimeSeriesPanel', {}, TABLE_QUERIES),
+				panelType: PANEL_TYPES.TIME_SERIES,
+				setSpec,
+			}),
+		);
+		act(() => result.current.onChangePanelKind('signoz/ListPanel'));
+
+		// List allows only Query Builder, so the promql query is coerced to 'builder'.
+		const [, queryArg] = mockHandleQueryChange.mock.calls[0];
+		expect((queryArg as Query).queryType).toBe('builder');
+	});
+
+	it('restores the original kind verbatim on switch-back (reversibility)', () => {
+		const setSpec = jest.fn();
+		const tableQuery = { id: 'table-current', queryType: 'builder' } as Query;
+		const listQuery = { id: 'list-current', queryType: 'builder' } as Query;
+		let state = builderState(tableQuery);
+		mockUseQueryBuilder.mockImplementation(() => state);
+
+		const { result, rerender } = renderHook(
+			(props: { spec: DashboardtypesPanelSpecDTO; panelType: PANEL_TYPES }) =>
+				usePanelTypeSwitch({ ...props, setSpec }),
+			{ initialProps: { spec: tableSpec, panelType: PANEL_TYPES.TABLE } },
+		);
+
+		// Leave Table for List (stashes Table in its pristine state).
+		act(() => result.current.onChangePanelKind('signoz/ListPanel'));
+
+		// Parent re-renders as a List panel; the builder now holds the List query.
+		state = builderState(listQuery);
+		rerender({ spec: listSpec, panelType: PANEL_TYPES.LIST });
+
+		// Switch back to Table → restored from the stash, not re-transformed.
+		act(() => result.current.onChangePanelKind('signoz/TablePanel'));
+
+		const restored = setSpec.mock.calls[
+			setSpec.mock.calls.length - 1
+		][0] as DashboardtypesPanelSpecDTO;
+		expect(restored.plugin.kind).toBe('signoz/TablePanel');
+		expect(restored.plugin.spec).toBe(TABLE_PLUGIN_SPEC);
+		expect(restored.queries).toBe(TABLE_QUERIES);
+		expect(state.redirectWithQueryBuilderData).toHaveBeenCalledWith(tableQuery);
+		// The restore path must not run the query transform again.
+		expect(mockHandleQueryChange).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+	});
+});

frontend/src/pages/DashboardPageV2/DashboardContainer/PanelEditor/hooks/usePanelTypeSwitch.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,137 @@
+import { useCallback, useRef } from 'react';
+import type {
+	DashboardtypesPanelPluginDTO,
+	DashboardtypesPanelSpecDTO,
+	DashboardtypesQueryDTO,
+	TelemetrytypesSignalDTO,
+} from 'api/generated/services/sigNoz.schemas';
+import { PANEL_TYPES } from 'constants/queryBuilder';
+import {
+	handleQueryChange,
+	PANEL_TYPE_TO_QUERY_TYPES,
+	type PartialPanelTypes,
+} from 'container/NewWidget/utils';
+import { useQueryBuilder } from 'hooks/queryBuilder/useQueryBuilder';
+import type { Query } from 'types/api/queryBuilder/queryBuilderData';
+
+import {
+	PANEL_KIND_TO_PANEL_TYPE,
+	type PanelKind,
+} from '../../Panels/types/panelKind';
+import { getBuilderQueries } from '../../Panels/utils/getBuilderQueries';
+import { toPerses } from '../../queryV5/persesQueryAdapters';
+import {
+	getSwitchedPluginSpec,
+	type SwitchedPluginSpec,
+} from '../getSwitchedPluginSpec';
+
+/** What a kind looks like when you leave it; restored verbatim if you return. */
+interface KindState {
+	pluginSpec: DashboardtypesPanelPluginDTO['spec'];
+	queries: DashboardtypesQueryDTO[] | null;
+	builderQuery: Query;
+}
+
+interface UsePanelTypeSwitchArgs {
+	spec: DashboardtypesPanelSpecDTO;
+	panelType: PANEL_TYPES;
+	setSpec: (next: DashboardtypesPanelSpecDTO) => void;
+}
+
+interface UsePanelTypeSwitchApi {
+	/** Switch the panel to `newKind`, transforming/restoring its query + spec. */
+	onChangePanelKind: (newKind: PanelKind) => void;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Switches the edited panel's visualization kind. Mutating `plugin.kind` re-derives the
+ * renderer, config sections, query-builder tabs and request type for free; this hook adds
+ * the two things that don't: a per-kind session cache that makes switching reversible
+ * (`Table → List → Table` restores the original query + spec), and, on first visit to a
+ * kind, a query rebuild (`handleQueryChange`) + spec reset (`getSwitchedPluginSpec`).
+ */
+export function usePanelTypeSwitch({
+	spec,
+	panelType,
+	setSpec,
+}: UsePanelTypeSwitchArgs): UsePanelTypeSwitchApi {
+	const { currentQuery, redirectWithQueryBuilderData } = useQueryBuilder();
+
+	const cacheRef = useRef<Map<PanelKind, KindState>>(new Map());
+
+	// Latest spec/query/type, read inside the stable callback without re-subscribing.
+	const specRef = useRef(spec);
+	specRef.current = spec;
+	const queryRef = useRef(currentQuery);
+	queryRef.current = currentQuery;
+	const panelTypeRef = useRef(panelType);
+	panelTypeRef.current = panelType;
+
+	const onChangePanelKind = useCallback(
+		(newKind: PanelKind): void => {
+			const currentSpec = specRef.current;
+			const oldKind = currentSpec.plugin.kind as PanelKind;
+			if (newKind === oldKind) {
+				return;
+			}
+			const query = queryRef.current;
+
+			cacheRef.current.set(oldKind, {
+				pluginSpec: currentSpec.plugin.spec,
+				queries: currentSpec.queries ?? null,
+				builderQuery: query,
+			});
+
+			const newPanelType = PANEL_KIND_TO_PANEL_TYPE[newKind];
+
+			// Only `plugin` needs a cast: it's a discriminated union over `kind`, and a
+			// dynamically-chosen kind can't be correlated with its spec statically (as in
+			// `createDefaultPanel`). The surrounding spec stays fully typed.
+			const buildSpec = (
+				pluginSpec: DashboardtypesPanelPluginDTO['spec'] | SwitchedPluginSpec,
+				queries: DashboardtypesQueryDTO[] | null,
+			): DashboardtypesPanelSpecDTO => ({
+				...currentSpec,
+				plugin: {
+					...currentSpec.plugin,
+					kind: newKind,
+					spec: pluginSpec,
+				} as DashboardtypesPanelPluginDTO,
+				queries,
+			});
+
+			// Revisit → restore the stash verbatim (the reversibility path).
+			const cached = cacheRef.current.get(newKind);
+			if (cached) {
+				setSpec(buildSpec(cached.pluginSpec, cached.queries));
+				redirectWithQueryBuilderData(cached.builderQuery);
+				return;
+			}
+
+			// First visit → coerce the query type if the new panel disallows it, then
+			// rebuild the builder query for the new type.
+			const supported = PANEL_TYPE_TO_QUERY_TYPES[newPanelType] ?? [];
+			const queryType = supported.includes(query.queryType)
+				? query.queryType
+				: supported[0];
+			const transformed = handleQueryChange(
+				newPanelType as keyof PartialPanelTypes,
+				{ ...query, queryType },
+				panelTypeRef.current,
+			);
+			const signal = getBuilderQueries(currentSpec.queries || [])[0]
+				?.signal as TelemetrytypesSignalDTO;
+
+			setSpec(
+				buildSpec(
+					getSwitchedPluginSpec(currentSpec, newKind, signal),
+					toPerses(transformed, newPanelType),
+				),
+			);
+			redirectWithQueryBuilderData(transformed);
+		},
+		[setSpec, redirectWithQueryBuilderData],
+	);
+
+	return { onChangePanelKind };
+}

frontend/src/pages/DashboardPageV2/DashboardContainer/PanelEditor/index.tsx

@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import { usePanelQuery } from '../hooks/usePanelQuery';
 import { usePanelEditorDraft } from './hooks/usePanelEditorDraft';
 import { usePanelEditorQuerySync } from './hooks/usePanelEditorQuerySync';
 import { usePanelEditorSave } from './hooks/usePanelEditorSave';
+import { usePanelTypeSwitch } from './hooks/usePanelTypeSwitch';
 import { useSeedNewListColumns } from './hooks/useSeedNewListColumns';
 import { useSwitchColumnsOnSignalChange } from './hooks/useSwitchColumnsOnSignalChange';
 import { useTableColumns } from './hooks/useTableColumns';
@@ -113,6 +114,9 @@ function PanelEditorContainer({
 		signal: defaultSignal,
 	});
 
+	// Switch the panel's visualization kind in place (reversible per session).
+	const { onChangePanelKind } = usePanelTypeSwitch({ spec, panelType, setSpec });
+
 	// Spec and query dirtiness are tracked independently so query re-serialization
 	// never false-dirties. A new panel is always savable (you're creating it).
 	const isDirty = isNew || isSpecDirty || isQueryDirty;
@@ -226,6 +230,7 @@ function PanelEditorContainer({
 						panelKind={draft.spec.plugin.kind}
 						spec={spec}
 						onChangeSpec={setSpec}
+						onChangePanelKind={onChangePanelKind}
 						legendSeries={legendSeries}
 						tableColumns={tableColumns}
 					/>

frontend/src/pages/DashboardPageV2/DashboardContainer/Panels/kinds/BarChartPanel/sections.ts

@@ -3,7 +3,10 @@ import type { SectionConfig } from '../../types/sections';
 // Bar stacking lives in `visualization.stackedBarChart`, so it's a `visualization`
 // control, not `chartAppearance`. fillSpans is TimeSeries-only, so Bar omits it (V1 parity).
 export const sections: SectionConfig[] = [
-	{ kind: 'visualization', controls: { timePreference: true, stacking: true } },
+	{
+		kind: 'visualization',
+		controls: { switchPanelKind: true, timePreference: true, stacking: true },
+	},
 	{ kind: 'formatting', controls: { unit: true, decimals: true } },
 	{ kind: 'axes', controls: { minMax: true, logScale: true } },
 	{ kind: 'legend', controls: { position: true } },

frontend/src/pages/DashboardPageV2/DashboardContainer/Panels/kinds/HistogramPanel/sections.ts

@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@ import type { DashboardtypesHistogramPanelSpecDTO } from 'api/generated/services
 import type { SectionConfig } from '../../types/sections';
 
 export const sections: SectionConfig[] = [
+	{
+		kind: 'visualization',
+		controls: { switchPanelKind: true },
+	},
 	{
 		kind: 'legend',
 		controls: { position: true },

frontend/src/pages/DashboardPageV2/DashboardContainer/Panels/kinds/ListPanel/sections.ts

@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
 import type { SectionConfig } from '../../types/sections';
 
-export const sections: SectionConfig[] = [];
+export const sections: SectionConfig[] = [
+	{
+		kind: 'visualization',
+		controls: { switchPanelKind: true },
+	},
+];

frontend/src/pages/DashboardPageV2/DashboardContainer/Panels/kinds/NumberPanel/sections.ts

@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 import type { SectionConfig } from '../../types/sections';
 
 export const sections: SectionConfig[] = [
-	{ kind: 'visualization', controls: { timePreference: true } },
+	{
+		kind: 'visualization',
+		controls: { switchPanelKind: true, timePreference: true },
+	},
 	{ kind: 'formatting', controls: { unit: true, decimals: true } },
 	{ kind: 'thresholds', controls: { variant: 'comparison' } },
 	{ kind: 'contextLinks' },

frontend/src/pages/DashboardPageV2/DashboardContainer/Panels/kinds/PieChartPanel/sections.ts

@@ -3,7 +3,10 @@ import type { SectionConfig } from '../../types/sections';
 // Pie has no axes, thresholds, or stacking — just value formatting and a legend.
 // Legend `colors` is omitted: the pie legend is always interactive swatches.
 export const sections: SectionConfig[] = [
-	{ kind: 'visualization', controls: { timePreference: true } },
+	{
+		kind: 'visualization',
+		controls: { switchPanelKind: true, timePreference: true },
+	},
 	{ kind: 'formatting', controls: { unit: true, decimals: true } },
 	{ kind: 'legend', controls: { position: true } },
 	{ kind: 'contextLinks' },

frontend/src/pages/DashboardPageV2/DashboardContainer/Panels/kinds/TablePanel/sections.ts

@@ -4,7 +4,10 @@ import type { SectionConfig } from '../../types/sections';
 // single column set). It exposes the per-panel time scope, formatting (decimals +
 // per-column units), per-column thresholds, and context links.
 export const sections: SectionConfig[] = [
-	{ kind: 'visualization', controls: { timePreference: true } },
+	{
+		kind: 'visualization',
+		controls: { switchPanelKind: true, timePreference: true },
+	},
 	{ kind: 'formatting', controls: { decimals: true, columnUnits: true } },
 	{ kind: 'thresholds', controls: { variant: 'table' } },
 	{ kind: 'contextLinks' },

frontend/src/pages/DashboardPageV2/DashboardContainer/Panels/kinds/TimeSeriesPanel/sections.ts

@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 import type { SectionConfig } from '../../types/sections';
 
 export const sections: SectionConfig[] = [
-	{ kind: 'visualization', controls: { timePreference: true, fillSpans: true } },
+	{
+		kind: 'visualization',
+		controls: { switchPanelKind: true, timePreference: true, fillSpans: true },
+	},
 	{ kind: 'formatting', controls: { unit: true, decimals: true } },
 	{ kind: 'axes', controls: { minMax: true, logScale: true } },
 	{ kind: 'legend', controls: { position: true, colors: true } },

frontend/src/pages/DashboardPageV2/DashboardContainer/Panels/types/sections.ts

@@ -89,8 +89,11 @@ export interface SectionControls {
 		spanGaps?: boolean;
 	};
 	buckets: { count?: boolean; width?: boolean; mergeQueries?: boolean };
-	// stacking → stackedBarChart (Bar); fillSpans → fill gaps with 0 (TimeSeries).
+	// switchPanelKind → the visualization-type switcher (every kind, so you can switch
+	// away from any panel); stacking → stackedBarChart (Bar); fillSpans → fill gaps with
+	// 0 (TimeSeries).
 	visualization: {
+		switchPanelKind: boolean;
 		timePreference?: boolean;
 		stacking?: boolean;
 		fillSpans?: boolean;

frontend/src/pages/DashboardPageV2/DashboardContainer/PanelsAndSectionsLayout/Panel/PanelTypeSelectionModal/PanelTypeSelectionModal.tsx

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import styles from './PanelTypeSelectionModal.module.scss';
 interface PanelTypeSelectionModalProps {
 	open: boolean;
 	onClose: () => void;
-	onSelect: (pluginKind: PanelKind) => void;
+	onSelect: (panelKind: PanelKind) => void;
 }
 
 function PanelTypeSelectionModal({
@@ -25,17 +25,17 @@ function PanelTypeSelectionModal({
 			destroyOnClose
 		>
 			<div className={styles.grid}>
-				{PANEL_TYPES.map((type) => (
+				{PANEL_TYPES.map(({ panelKind, label, Icon }) => (
 					<Button
-						key={type.pluginKind}
+						key={panelKind}
 						type="button"
 						variant="ghost"
 						className={styles.typeButton}
-						data-testid={`panel-type-${type.pluginKind}`}
-						onClick={(): void => onSelect(type.pluginKind)}
+						data-testid={`panel-type-${panelKind}`}
+						onClick={(): void => onSelect(panelKind)}
 					>
-						{type.icon}
-						{type.label}
+						<Icon size={14} />
+						{label}
 					</Button>
 				))}
 			</div>

frontend/src/pages/DashboardPageV2/DashboardContainer/PanelsAndSectionsLayout/Panel/PanelTypeSelectionModal/constants.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+import {
+	BarChart,
+	ChartLine,
+	ChartPie,
+	Hash,
+	List,
+	Table,
+} from '@signozhq/icons';
+
+import type { PanelType } from './types';
+
+export const PANEL_TYPES: PanelType[] = [
+	{
+		panelKind: 'signoz/TimeSeriesPanel',
+		label: 'Time Series',
+		Icon: ChartLine,
+	},
+	{ panelKind: 'signoz/NumberPanel', label: 'Number', Icon: Hash },
+	{ panelKind: 'signoz/TablePanel', label: 'Table', Icon: Table },
+	{ panelKind: 'signoz/BarChartPanel', label: 'Bar Chart', Icon: BarChart },
+	{ panelKind: 'signoz/PieChartPanel', label: 'Pie Chart', Icon: ChartPie },
+	{ panelKind: 'signoz/HistogramPanel', label: 'Histogram', Icon: BarChart },
+	{ panelKind: 'signoz/ListPanel', label: 'List', Icon: List },
+];

frontend/src/pages/DashboardPageV2/DashboardContainer/PanelsAndSectionsLayout/Panel/PanelTypeSelectionModal/constants.tsx

@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-import {
-	BarChart,
-	ChartLine,
-	ChartPie,
-	Hash,
-	List,
-	Table,
-} from '@signozhq/icons';
-
-import type { PanelType } from './types';
-
-export const PANEL_TYPES: PanelType[] = [
-	{
-		pluginKind: 'signoz/TimeSeriesPanel',
-		label: 'Time Series',
-		icon: <ChartLine size={16} />,
-	},
-	{ pluginKind: 'signoz/NumberPanel', label: 'Value', icon: <Hash size={16} /> },
-	{ pluginKind: 'signoz/TablePanel', label: 'Table', icon: <Table size={16} /> },
-	{
-		pluginKind: 'signoz/BarChartPanel',
-		label: 'Bar Chart',
-		icon: <BarChart size={16} />,
-	},
-	{
-		pluginKind: 'signoz/PieChartPanel',
-		label: 'Pie Chart',
-		icon: <ChartPie size={16} />,
-	},
-	{
-		pluginKind: 'signoz/HistogramPanel',
-		label: 'Histogram',
-		icon: <BarChart size={16} />,
-	},
-	{ pluginKind: 'signoz/ListPanel', label: 'List', icon: <List size={16} /> },
-];

frontend/src/pages/DashboardPageV2/DashboardContainer/PanelsAndSectionsLayout/Panel/PanelTypeSelectionModal/types.ts

@@ -1,7 +1,16 @@
+import type { IconSize } from '@signozhq/icons';
+import type { ComponentType, SVGProps } from 'react';
+
 import type { PanelKind } from '../../../Panels/types/panelKind';
 
+type IconProps = Omit<SVGProps<SVGSVGElement>, 'ref'> & {
+	size?: number | IconSize;
+	strokeWidth?: number;
+};
+
 export interface PanelType {
-	pluginKind: PanelKind;
+	panelKind: PanelKind;
 	label: string;
-	icon: JSX.Element;
+	/** Icon component — the consumer renders it and controls size/color/etc. */
+	Icon: ComponentType<IconProps>;
 }

frontend/src/pages/DashboardPageV2/DashboardContainer/PanelsAndSectionsLayout/Panel/hooks/__tests__/useClonePanel.test.ts

@@ -63,9 +63,10 @@ describe('useClonePanel', () => {
 				op: 'add',
 				path: '/spec/layouts/0/spec/items/-',
 				value: {
-					// Same dimensions as the source panel (p1: 8x5).
+					// Same dimensions as the source panel (p1: 8x5). The last row is
+					// full (8 + 4 = 12 cols), so the 8-wide clone wraps to a fresh row
+					// at the section bottom: max(y + height) = 5.
 					x: 0,
-					// Bottom of the section: max(y + height) over existing items = 5.
 					y: 5,
 					width: 8,
 					height: 5,
@@ -75,6 +76,27 @@ describe('useClonePanel', () => {
 		]);
 	});
 
+	it('places the clone beside the last row when it fits', async () => {
+		const oneNarrowItem: DashboardSection[] = [
+			{
+				id: 'section-0',
+				layoutIndex: 0,
+				title: 'Overview',
+				repeatVariable: undefined,
+				items: [{ id: 'p1', x: 0, y: 0, width: 4, height: 5, panel: sourcePanel }],
+			},
+		];
+		const { result } = renderHook(() =>
+			useClonePanel({ sections: oneNarrowItem }),
+		);
+
+		await result.current({ panelId: 'p1', layoutIndex: 0 });
+
+		const ops = mockPatch.mock.calls[0][1];
+		// Room in the last row (4 + 4 = 8 ≤ 12 cols) → sits to the right at y:0.
+		expect(ops[1].value).toMatchObject({ x: 4, y: 0, width: 4, height: 5 });
+	});
+
 	it('deep-copies the spec — the cloned value is not the same object reference', async () => {
 		const { result } = renderHook(() => useClonePanel({ sections: sections() }));
 

frontend/src/pages/DashboardPageV2/DashboardContainer/PanelsAndSectionsLayout/Panel/hooks/useClonePanel.ts

@@ -5,7 +5,11 @@ import { v4 as uuid } from 'uuid';
 
 import { patchDashboardV2 } from 'api/generated/services/dashboard';
 
-import { addPanelToSectionOps, panelRef } from '../../../patchOps';
+import {
+	addPanelToSectionOps,
+	findFreeSlot,
+	panelRef,
+} from '../../../patchOps';
 import { useDashboardStore } from '../../../store/useDashboardStore';
 import type { DashboardSection } from '../../../utils';
 
@@ -20,8 +24,9 @@ export interface ClonePanelArgs {
 
 /**
  * Duplicates a panel: deep-copies the source spec under a fresh id and drops a
- * same-size grid item at the bottom of the section, as one atomic patch. Mirrors
- * V1's clone (verbatim spec copy, no rename).
+ * same-size grid item into the section via `findFreeSlot` (beside the last row
+ * if it fits, else a fresh row), as one atomic patch. Mirrors V1's clone
+ * (verbatim spec copy, no rename).
  */
 export function useClonePanel({
 	sections,
@@ -38,10 +43,7 @@ export function useClonePanel({
 			}
 
 			const newPanelId = uuid();
-			const nextY = section.items.reduce(
-				(max, i) => Math.max(max, i.y + i.height),
-				0,
-			);
+			const { x, y } = findFreeSlot(section.items, source.width);
 
 			const clone = patchDashboardV2(
 				{ id: dashboardId },
@@ -50,8 +52,8 @@ export function useClonePanel({
 					panel: cloneDeep(source.panel),
 					layoutIndex,
 					item: {
-						x: 0,
-						y: nextY,
+						x,
+						y,
 						width: source.width,
 						height: source.height,
 						content: { $ref: panelRef(newPanelId) },

frontend/src/pages/DashboardPageV2/DashboardContainer/patchOps.ts

@@ -132,13 +132,16 @@ const NEW_PANEL_SIZE = { width: 6, height: 6 };
 /** Columns in the section grid — mirrors `cols` on SectionGrid's GridLayout. */
 const GRID_COLS = 12;
 
+/** Minimal placement fields shared by grid-item DTOs and flattened `GridItem`s. */
+type PlacedItem = Pick<DashboardGridItemDTO, 'x' | 'y' | 'width' | 'height'>;
+
 /**
  * Placement for a new grid item: drop it right of the last row if there's room,
  * else wrap to a fresh row at the bottom. Only the last row is considered (items
  * sharing the greatest top-y); gaps in earlier rows are left alone.
  */
-function findFreeSlot(
-	items: DashboardGridItemDTO[],
+export function findFreeSlot(
+	items: PlacedItem[],
 	width: number,
 ): { x: number; y: number } {
 	const w = Math.min(width, GRID_COLS);