diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5d1c38f..149dc1a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ Improvements
 - Increased Element area calculation recursion limit to 64
 - Improved the SquishingGroup algorithm by prioritizing each element's final size
 - Allow specifying start and end indices when drawing a Paragraph
+- Allow elements with larger children to influence a panel's scrollable area
 
 Fixes
 - Fixed images not updating their hidden state properly when the displayed texture changes
diff --git a/MLEM.Ui/Elements/Element.cs b/MLEM.Ui/Elements/Element.cs
index 7d9f55a..9616eb0 100644
--- a/MLEM.Ui/Elements/Element.cs
+++ b/MLEM.Ui/Elements/Element.cs
@@ -859,14 +859,16 @@ namespace MLEM.Ui.Elements {
         /// Returns this element's lowest child element (in terms of y position) that matches the given condition.
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="condition">The condition to match</param>
+        /// <param name="total">Whether to evaluate based on the child's <see cref="GetTotalCoveredArea"/>, rather than its <see cref="UnscrolledArea"/>.</param>
         /// <returns>The lowest element, or null if no such element exists</returns>
-        public Element GetLowestChild(Func<Element, bool> condition = null) {
+        public Element GetLowestChild(Func<Element, bool> condition = null, bool total = false) {
             Element lowest = null;
             var lowestX = float.MinValue;
             foreach (var child in this.Children) {
                 if (condition != null && !condition(child))
                     continue;
-                var x = !child.Anchor.IsTopAligned() ? child.UnscrolledArea.Height : child.UnscrolledArea.Bottom;
+                var covered = total ? child.GetTotalCoveredArea(true) : child.UnscrolledArea;
+                var x = !child.Anchor.IsTopAligned() ? covered.Height : covered.Bottom;
                 if (x >= lowestX) {
                     lowest = child;
                     lowestX = x;
@@ -879,14 +881,16 @@ namespace MLEM.Ui.Elements {
         /// Returns this element's rightmost child (in terms of x position) that matches the given condition.
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="condition">The condition to match</param>
+        /// <param name="total">Whether to evaluate based on the child's <see cref="GetTotalCoveredArea"/>, rather than its <see cref="UnscrolledArea"/>.</param>
         /// <returns>The rightmost element, or null if no such element exists</returns>
-        public Element GetRightmostChild(Func<Element, bool> condition = null) {
+        public Element GetRightmostChild(Func<Element, bool> condition = null, bool total = false) {
             Element rightmost = null;
             var rightmostX = float.MinValue;
             foreach (var child in this.Children) {
                 if (condition != null && !condition(child))
                     continue;
-                var x = !child.Anchor.IsLeftAligned() ? child.UnscrolledArea.Width : child.UnscrolledArea.Right;
+                var covered = total ? child.GetTotalCoveredArea(true) : child.UnscrolledArea;
+                var x = !child.Anchor.IsLeftAligned() ? covered.Width : covered.Right;
                 if (x >= rightmostX) {
                     rightmost = child;
                     rightmostX = x;
@@ -900,8 +904,9 @@ namespace MLEM.Ui.Elements {
         /// The returned element's <see cref="Parent"/> will always be equal to this element's <see cref="Parent"/>.
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="condition">The condition to match</param>
+        /// <param name="total">Whether to evaluate based on the child's <see cref="GetTotalCoveredArea"/>, rather than its <see cref="UnscrolledArea"/>.</param>
         /// <returns>The lowest older sibling of this element, or null if no such element exists</returns>
-        public Element GetLowestOlderSibling(Func<Element, bool> condition = null) {
+        public Element GetLowestOlderSibling(Func<Element, bool> condition = null, bool total = false) {
             if (this.Parent == null)
                 return null;
             Element lowest = null;
@@ -910,7 +915,7 @@ namespace MLEM.Ui.Elements {
                     break;
                 if (condition != null && !condition(child))
                     continue;
-                if (lowest == null || child.UnscrolledArea.Bottom >= lowest.UnscrolledArea.Bottom)
+                if (lowest == null || (total ? child.GetTotalCoveredArea(true) : child.UnscrolledArea).Bottom >= lowest.UnscrolledArea.Bottom)
                     lowest = child;
             }
             return lowest;
@@ -992,6 +997,21 @@ namespace MLEM.Ui.Elements {
                 yield return parent;
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Returns the total covered area of this element, which is its <see cref="Area"/> (or <see cref="UnscrolledArea"/>), unioned with all of the total covered areas of its <see cref="Children"/>.
+        /// The returned area is only different from this element's <see cref="Area"/> (or <see cref="UnscrolledArea"/>) if it has any <see cref="Children"/> that are outside of this element's area, or are bigger than this element.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="unscrolled">Whether to use elements' <see cref="UnscrolledArea"/> (instead of their <see cref="Area"/>).</param>
+        /// <returns>This element's total covered area.</returns>
+        public RectangleF GetTotalCoveredArea(bool unscrolled) {
+            var ret = unscrolled ? this.UnscrolledArea : this.Area;
+            foreach (var child in this.Children) {
+                if (!child.IsHidden)
+                    ret = RectangleF.Union(ret, child.GetTotalCoveredArea(unscrolled));
+            }
+            return ret;
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Returns a subset of <see cref="Children"/> that are currently relevant in terms of drawing and input querying.
         /// A <see cref="Panel"/> only returns elements that are currently in view here.
diff --git a/MLEM.Ui/Elements/Panel.cs b/MLEM.Ui/Elements/Panel.cs
index d5f4cf9..70e7e27 100644
--- a/MLEM.Ui/Elements/Panel.cs
+++ b/MLEM.Ui/Elements/Panel.cs
@@ -230,8 +230,11 @@ namespace MLEM.Ui.Elements {
             base.OnChildAreaDirty(child, grandchild);
             // we only need to scroll when a grandchild changes, since all of our children are forced
             // to be auto-anchored and so will automatically propagate their changes up to us
-            if (grandchild)
+            if (grandchild) {
                 this.ScrollChildren();
+                // we also need to re-setup here in case the child is involved in a special GetTotalCoveredArea
+                this.ScrollSetup();
+            }
         }
 
         /// <inheritdoc />
@@ -253,8 +256,8 @@ namespace MLEM.Ui.Elements {
             float childrenHeight;
             if (this.Children.Count > 1) {
                 var firstChild = this.Children.FirstOrDefault(c => c != this.ScrollBar);
-                var lowestChild = this.GetLowestChild(c => c != this.ScrollBar && !c.IsHidden);
-                childrenHeight = lowestChild.Area.Bottom - firstChild.Area.Top;
+                var lowestChild = this.GetLowestChild(c => c != this.ScrollBar && !c.IsHidden, true);
+                childrenHeight = lowestChild.GetTotalCoveredArea(false).Bottom - firstChild.Area.Top;
             } else {
                 // if we only have one child (the scroll bar), then the children take up no visual height
                 childrenHeight = 0;