diff --git a/src/app/dock/tests.rs b/src/app/dock/tests.rs
index 2e3df1aa1..b8858fa2c 100644
--- a/src/app/dock/tests.rs
+++ b/src/app/dock/tests.rs
@@ -661,6 +661,62 @@ fn an_open_dropdown_in_a_hover_zone_does_not_read_as_leaving() {
     });
 }
 
+/// Bounds of the field (text `ByLayer`) and of its open list (text `Opaque`)
+/// for a `drop_down_below` in a scrollable that, like a pallet, sits away
+/// from the window's top-left corner.
+fn drop_down_below_in_an_offset_scrollable() -> (iced::Rectangle, iced::Rectangle) {
+    use iced::widget::{button, column, container, row, scrollable, text, Space};
+    use iced_test::core::widget;
+    use iced_test::runtime::user_interface::{Cache, UserInterface};
+    use iced_test::Selector;
+    let view = || -> iced::Element<'static, Message> {
+        let field = container(text("ByLayer")).width(200).height(20);
+        let list = column![
+            button(text("Opaque")).width(iced::Fill),
+            button(text("50")).width(iced::Fill),
+        ];
+        let dd = crate::ui::color_select::drop_down_below(
+            field.into(),
+            list.into(),
+            None,
+            iced::Length::Shrink,
+            Message::PropEditChoiceToggle,
+        );
+        let pallet = scrollable(column![Space::new().height(300), dd]).height(500);
+        row![
+            Space::new().width(1000),
+            container(pallet).width(300).height(iced::Fill)
+        ]
+        .into()
+    };
+    let mut renderer = headless_renderer();
+    let mut ui = UserInterface::build(view(), VIEW_SIZE, Cache::default(), &mut renderer);
+    let mut find = |label: &str| {
+        let mut find = Selector::find(label);
+        ui.operate(&renderer, &mut widget::operation::black_box(&mut find));
+        match widget::Operation::finish(&find) {
+            widget::operation::Outcome::Some(Some(target)) => target.bounds(),
+            _ => panic!("{label} not found"),
+        }
+    };
+    (find("ByLayer"), find("Opaque"))
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn a_drop_down_in_a_pallet_opens_right_below_its_field() {
+    with_stack(|| {
+        let (field, item) = drop_down_below_in_an_offset_scrollable();
+        assert!(
+            item.y >= field.y + field.height && item.y < field.y + field.height + 20.0,
+            "list starts below the field: field {field:?}, first item {item:?}"
+        );
+        assert!(
+            item.x >= field.x - 1.0 && item.x < field.x + field.width,
+            "list lines up with the field: field {field:?}, first item {item:?}"
+        );
+    });
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn docked_title_bar_double_click_floats_the_pallet_in_the_real_view() {
     // Building the real view is deeper than a default test thread's stack.
diff --git a/src/ui/color_select/mod.rs b/src/ui/color_select/mod.rs
index 445a52bbc..2eb812bf8 100644
--- a/src/ui/color_select/mod.rs
+++ b/src/ui/color_select/mod.rs
@@ -322,5 +322,5 @@ pub fn drop_down_below<'a>(
     if let Some(w) = popup_width {
         dd = dd.width(w);
     }
-    dd.into()
+    crate::ui::drop_down_fit::drop_down_fit(dd)
 }
diff --git a/src/ui/drop_down_fit.rs b/src/ui/drop_down_fit.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..127ef93e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ui/drop_down_fit.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,131 @@
+//! Keeps an `iced_aw::DropDown` list under its field inside a scrollable.
+//!
+//! The drop-down keeps its list on screen by testing it against the viewport
+//! it is handed, but reads only that viewport's width and height, as if it
+//! started at the window's top-left corner. Inside a scrollable the viewport
+//! is the scrollable's visible area in window coordinates, so a field in a
+//! dock pallet (which does not start at the corner) sees its list "overflow",
+//! and the list jumps left by its own width or up over the field. Wrapped
+//! here, the drop-down gets a viewport reaching from the window corner to the
+//! visible area's far edges: the test then trips only where the list really
+//! leaves the visible area.
+
+use iced::advanced::layout::{self, Layout};
+use iced::advanced::widget::{self, tree, Tree, Widget};
+use iced::advanced::{mouse, overlay, renderer, Shell};
+use iced::{Element, Event, Length, Rectangle, Renderer, Size, Theme, Vector};
+
+use crate::app::Message;
+
+/// Wrap a drop-down so its list is placed against the visible area's real
+/// edges.
+pub fn drop_down_fit<'a>(drop_down: impl Into<Element<'a, Message>>) -> Element<'a, Message> {
+    Element::new(DropDownFit {
+        content: drop_down.into(),
+    })
+}
+
+struct DropDownFit<'a> {
+    content: Element<'a, Message>,
+}
+
+impl Widget<Message, Theme, Renderer> for DropDownFit<'_> {
+    fn tag(&self) -> tree::Tag {
+        self.content.as_widget().tag()
+    }
+
+    fn state(&self) -> tree::State {
+        self.content.as_widget().state()
+    }
+
+    fn diff(&mut self, tree: &mut Tree) {
+        self.content.as_widget_mut().diff(tree);
+    }
+
+    fn size(&self) -> Size<Length> {
+        self.content.as_widget().size()
+    }
+
+    fn layout(
+        &mut self,
+        tree: &mut Tree,
+        renderer: &Renderer,
+        limits: &layout::Limits,
+    ) -> layout::Node {
+        self.content.as_widget_mut().layout(tree, renderer, limits)
+    }
+
+    fn operate(
+        &mut self,
+        tree: &mut Tree,
+        layout: Layout<'_>,
+        renderer: &Renderer,
+        operation: &mut dyn widget::Operation,
+    ) {
+        self.content
+            .as_widget_mut()
+            .operate(tree, layout, renderer, operation);
+    }
+
+    fn update(
+        &mut self,
+        tree: &mut Tree,
+        event: &Event,
+        layout: Layout<'_>,
+        cursor: mouse::Cursor,
+        renderer: &Renderer,
+        shell: &mut Shell<'_, Message>,
+        viewport: &Rectangle,
+    ) {
+        self.content
+            .as_widget_mut()
+            .update(tree, event, layout, cursor, renderer, shell, viewport);
+    }
+
+    fn mouse_interaction(
+        &self,
+        tree: &Tree,
+        layout: Layout<'_>,
+        cursor: mouse::Cursor,
+        viewport: &Rectangle,
+        renderer: &Renderer,
+    ) -> mouse::Interaction {
+        self.content
+            .as_widget()
+            .mouse_interaction(tree, layout, cursor, viewport, renderer)
+    }
+
+    fn draw(
+        &self,
+        tree: &Tree,
+        renderer: &mut Renderer,
+        theme: &Theme,
+        style: &renderer::Style,
+        layout: Layout<'_>,
+        cursor: mouse::Cursor,
+        viewport: &Rectangle,
+    ) {
+        self.content
+            .as_widget()
+            .draw(tree, renderer, theme, style, layout, cursor, viewport);
+    }
+
+    fn overlay<'b>(
+        &'b mut self,
+        tree: &'b mut Tree,
+        layout: Layout<'b>,
+        renderer: &Renderer,
+        viewport: &Rectangle,
+        translation: Vector,
+    ) -> Option<overlay::Element<'b, Message, Theme, Renderer>> {
+        let from_corner = Rectangle {
+            x: 0.0,
+            y: 0.0,
+            width: viewport.x + viewport.width,
+            height: viewport.y + viewport.height,
+        };
+        self.content
+            .as_widget_mut()
+            .overlay(tree, layout, renderer, &from_corner, translation)
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/ui/mod.rs b/src/ui/mod.rs
index 89c69faa6..c894b3abf 100644
--- a/src/ui/mod.rs
+++ b/src/ui/mod.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ pub const ROW_H: f32 = 26.0;
 pub mod color_select;
 pub mod command_line;
 pub mod dock;
+pub mod drop_down_fit;
 pub mod hover_zone;
 pub mod icons;
 pub mod menu_bar;