diff --git a/samples/ControlCatalog/Pages/SplitViewPage.xaml b/samples/ControlCatalog/Pages/SplitViewPage.xaml
index 7e629db2da..6902b27715 100644
--- a/samples/ControlCatalog/Pages/SplitViewPage.xaml
+++ b/samples/ControlCatalog/Pages/SplitViewPage.xaml
@@ -58,12 +58,18 @@
           <SplitView.Pane>
             <Grid>
               <Grid.RowDefinitions>
+                <RowDefinition Height="Auto" />
                 <RowDefinition Height="Auto" />
                 <RowDefinition Height="*" />
                 <RowDefinition Height="Auto" />
               </Grid.RowDefinitions>
               <TextBlock Text="PANE CONTENT" FontWeight="Bold" Name="PaneHeader" Margin="5,12,0,0" />
-              <ListBoxItem Grid.Row="1" VerticalAlignment="Top" Margin="0 10">
+              <ComboBox Width="150" Grid.Row="1">
+                <ComboBoxItem Content="Item1"/>
+                <ComboBoxItem Content="Item2"/>
+                <ComboBoxItem Content="Item3"/>
+              </ComboBox>
+              <ListBoxItem Grid.Row="2" VerticalAlignment="Top" Margin="0 10">
                 <StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal">
                   <!--Path glyph from materialdesignicons.com-->
                   <Border Width="48">
@@ -76,7 +82,7 @@
                   <TextBlock Text="People" VerticalAlignment="Center" />
                 </StackPanel>
               </ListBoxItem>
-              <TextBlock Grid.Row="2" Text="Item at bottom" Margin="60,12" />
+              <TextBlock Grid.Row="3" Text="Item at bottom" Margin="60,12" />
             </Grid>
           </SplitView.Pane>
 
diff --git a/src/Avalonia.Controls/SplitView.cs b/src/Avalonia.Controls/SplitView.cs
index fc3ff51f24..b71858f796 100644
--- a/src/Avalonia.Controls/SplitView.cs
+++ b/src/Avalonia.Controls/SplitView.cs
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ namespace Avalonia.Controls
 
         private bool _isPaneOpen;
         private Panel _pane;
-        private CompositeDisposable _pointerDisposables;
+        private IDisposable _pointerDisposable;
 
         public SplitView()
         {
@@ -320,37 +320,14 @@ namespace Avalonia.Controls
             var topLevel = this.VisualRoot;
             if (topLevel is Window window)
             {
-                //Logic adapted from Popup
-                //Basically if we're using an overlay DisplayMode, close the pane if we don't click on the pane
-                IDisposable subscribeToEventHandler<T, TEventHandler>(T target, TEventHandler handler,
-                    Action<T, TEventHandler> subscribe, Action<T, TEventHandler> unsubscribe)
-                {
-                    subscribe(target, handler);
-                    return Disposable.Create((unsubscribe, target, handler), state => state.unsubscribe(state.target, state.handler));
-                }
-
-                _pointerDisposables = new CompositeDisposable(
-                    window.AddDisposableHandler(PointerPressedEvent, PointerPressedOutside, RoutingStrategies.Tunnel),
-                    InputManager.Instance?.Process.Subscribe(OnNonClientClick),
-                    subscribeToEventHandler<Window, EventHandler>(window, Window_Deactivated,
-                    (x, handler) => x.Deactivated += handler, (x, handler) => x.Deactivated -= handler),
-                    subscribeToEventHandler<IWindowImpl, Action>(window.PlatformImpl, OnWindowLostFocus,
-                    (x, handler) => x.LostFocus += handler, (x, handler) => x.LostFocus -= handler));
+                _pointerDisposable = window.AddDisposableHandler(PointerPressedEvent, PointerPressedOutside, RoutingStrategies.Tunnel);
             }
         }
 
         protected override void OnDetachedFromVisualTree(VisualTreeAttachmentEventArgs e)
         {
             base.OnDetachedFromVisualTree(e);
-            _pointerDisposables?.Dispose();
-        }
-
-        private void OnWindowLostFocus()
-        {
-            if (IsPaneOpen && ShouldClosePane())
-            {
-                IsPaneOpen = false;
-            }                
+            _pointerDisposable?.Dispose();
         }
 
         private void PointerPressedOutside(object sender, PointerPressedEventArgs e)
@@ -371,7 +348,12 @@ namespace Avalonia.Controls
             var src = e.Source as IVisual;
             while (src != null)
             {
-                if (src == _pane)
+                // Make assumption that if Popup is in visual tree,
+                // owning control is within pane
+                // This works because if pane is triggered to close
+                // when clicked anywhere else in Window, the pane 
+                // would close before the popup is opened
+                if (src == _pane || src is PopupRoot)
                 {
                     closePane = false;
                     break;
@@ -385,31 +367,7 @@ namespace Avalonia.Controls
                 e.Handled = true;
             }
         }
-
-        private void OnNonClientClick(RawInputEventArgs obj)
-        {
-            if (!IsPaneOpen)
-            {
-                return;
-            }              
-
-            var mouse = obj as RawPointerEventArgs;
-            if (mouse?.Type == RawPointerEventType.NonClientLeftButtonDown)
-
-            {
-                if (ShouldClosePane())
-                    IsPaneOpen = false;
-            }
-        }
-
-        private void Window_Deactivated(object sender, EventArgs e)
-        {
-            if (IsPaneOpen && ShouldClosePane())
-            {
-                IsPaneOpen = false;
-            }                
-        }
-
+                
         private bool ShouldClosePane()
         {
             return (DisplayMode == SplitViewDisplayMode.CompactOverlay || DisplayMode == SplitViewDisplayMode.Overlay);