diff --git a/src/ui/scrollbar.rs b/src/ui/scrollbar.rs
index d3be8413..89e1b75f 100644
--- a/src/ui/scrollbar.rs
+++ b/src/ui/scrollbar.rs
@@ -41,3 +41,30 @@ pub(crate) fn with_vertical_scrollbar(
         )
         .into_any_element()
 }
+
+/// The same bar, for a scroll area that already carries its own height —
+/// a `max_h` box, say.
+///
+/// `with_vertical_scrollbar` grows into a flex parent, which is wrong for a box
+/// that is already the size it wants to be: taking `flex_1` there would either
+/// stretch it past its cap or collapse it. This wrapper only lays the bar over
+/// whatever the area measured, so the layout is exactly what it was without it.
+pub(crate) fn over_vertical_scroll(
+    id: impl Into<ElementId>,
+    scroll_area: impl IntoElement,
+    handle: &ScrollHandle,
+) -> AnyElement {
+    div()
+        .relative()
+        .child(scroll_area)
+        .child(
+            div()
+                .absolute()
+                .top_0()
+                .left_0()
+                .right_0()
+                .bottom_0()
+                .child(Scrollbar::vertical(handle).id(id)),
+        )
+        .into_any_element()
+}
diff --git a/src/ui/sftp.rs b/src/ui/sftp.rs
index 479a8adb..60974196 100644
--- a/src/ui/sftp.rs
+++ b/src/ui/sftp.rs
@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@ pub(crate) struct SftpPanelState {
     editing_path_sub: Vec<Subscription>,
     pub(crate) poll_gen: u64,
     scroll: gpui::ScrollHandle,
+    transfers_scroll: gpui::ScrollHandle,
     _subs: Vec<Subscription>,
 }
 
@@ -184,6 +185,7 @@ impl SftpPanelState {
             editing_path_sub: Vec::new(),
             poll_gen: 0,
             scroll: gpui::ScrollHandle::new(),
+            transfers_scroll: gpui::ScrollHandle::new(),
             _subs: vec![sub],
         }
     }
@@ -1554,11 +1556,19 @@ impl Tty7App {
                 }
                 list
             };
-            div()
-                .id("sftp-transfers-list")
-                .max_h(px(200.))
-                .overflow_y_scroll()
-                .child(inner)
+            // The list caps at 200px and scrolls past it; it was the last
+            // scroll area in the app with nothing to say so. This wrapper only
+            // overlays the bar, so the box keeps the height it already had.
+            crate::ui::scrollbar::over_vertical_scroll(
+                "sftp-transfers-scrollbar",
+                div()
+                    .id("sftp-transfers-list")
+                    .max_h(px(200.))
+                    .overflow_y_scroll()
+                    .track_scroll(&self.sftp_panel.transfers_scroll)
+                    .child(inner),
+                &self.sftp_panel.transfers_scroll,
+            )
         });
 
         Some(