diff --git a/src/manager.ts b/src/manager.ts
index 69ed7d0..db723c2 100644
--- a/src/manager.ts
+++ b/src/manager.ts
@@ -18,11 +18,13 @@
 import { WidgetModel, WidgetView, IClassicComm } from '@jupyter-widgets/base';
 import * as base from '@jupyter-widgets/base';
 import * as controls from '@jupyter-widgets/controls';
-import {ManagerBase} from '@jupyter-widgets/base-manager';
+import { ManagerBase } from '@jupyter-widgets/base-manager';
 import { JSONObject } from '@lumino/coreutils';
-import {Loader} from './amd';
+import { Widget } from '@lumino/widgets';
+
+import { Loader } from './amd';
 import { IComm, IWidgetManager, WidgetEnvironment } from './api';
-import {swizzle} from './swizzle';
+import { swizzle } from './swizzle';
 
 export class Manager extends ManagerBase implements IWidgetManager {
   private readonly models = new Map<string, Promise<WidgetModel>>();
@@ -135,13 +137,9 @@ export class Manager extends ManagerBase implements IWidgetManager {
       conflate: () => false,
     });
 
-    container.appendChild(view.el);
-
-    view.luminoWidget.processMessage({
-      type: 'after-attach',
-      isConflatable: false,
-      conflate: () => false,
-    });
+    const lifecycleAdapter = new LuminoLifecycleAdapter(view.luminoWidget);
+    lifecycleAdapter.appendChild(view.el);
+    container.appendChild(lifecycleAdapter);
   }
 }
 
@@ -221,4 +219,44 @@ class ClassicComm implements IClassicComm {
   get comm_id() {
     return this.id;
   }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Custom element to provide Lumino lifecycle events driven by native DOM
+ * events.
+ */
+class LuminoLifecycleAdapter extends HTMLElement {
+  constructor(private readonly widget?: Widget) {
+    super();
+  }
+  connectedCallback() {
+    if (this.widget) {
+      this.widget.processMessage({
+        type: 'after-attach',
+        isConflatable: false,
+        conflate: () => false,
+      });
+    }
+  }
+  disconnectedCallback() {
+    if (this.widget) {
+      // We don't have a native event for before-detach, so just fire before
+      // the after-detach.
+      this.widget.processMessage({
+        type: 'before-detach',
+        isConflatable: false,
+        conflate: () => false,
+      });
+      this.widget.processMessage({
+        type: 'after-detach',
+        isConflatable: false,
+        conflate: () => false,
+      })
+    }
+  }
+}
+try {
+  window.customElements.define('colab-lumino-adapter', LuminoLifecycleAdapter);
+} catch (error: unknown) {
+  // May have already been defined.
 }
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diff --git a/test/manager.spec.js b/test/manager.spec.js
index 7e9c447..2efb555 100644
--- a/test/manager.spec.js
+++ b/test/manager.spec.js
@@ -84,4 +84,56 @@ describe('widget manager', () => {
     await new Promise((resolve)=> setTimeout(resolve, 100));
     window.onerror = oldHandler;
   });
+
+  it('has proper lifecycle events', async () => {
+    const provider = new FakeState({
+      '123': {
+        state: {
+          "_view_module": "custom-widget",
+          "_view_name": "View",
+        },
+        "model_module": "custom-widget",
+        "model_name": "Model",
+      }
+    });
+    const manager = createWidgetManager(provider);
+    let modelClass;
+    let viewClass;
+
+    manager.loader.define('custom-widget', ['@jupyter-widgets/base'], (base) => {
+      class Model extends base.DOMWidgetModel {
+        constructor(...args) {
+          super(...args);
+        }
+      }
+      class View extends base.DOMWidgetView {
+        constructor(...args) {
+          super(...args);
+          this.hasBeenDisplayed = false;
+          this.displayed.then(() => {
+            this.hasBeenDisplayed = true;
+          });
+        }
+      }
+      modelClass = Model;
+      viewClass = View;
+
+      return {
+        Model,
+        View,
+      }
+    });
+
+    container.remove();
+
+    await manager.render('123', container);
+    const model = await manager.get_model('123');
+    expect(model).toBeInstanceOf(modelClass);
+    const view = await Object.values(model.views)[0];
+    expect(view).toBeInstanceOf(viewClass);
+    expect(view.hasBeenDisplayed).toBe(false);
+    document.body.appendChild(container);
+    await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 0));
+    expect(view.hasBeenDisplayed).toBe(true);
+  });
 });
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