At the moment there are some limitations in this feature.
Check this thread/Post related to that: There's is surely a better way than copy-paste the same panel? - #4 by Steve-Mcl
What I am doing at the moment, is first to create the layout as a normal node inside a group, and after I am happy with the components position create the sub-flow.
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