diff --git a/source/blender/editors/include/UI_view2d.h b/source/blender/editors/include/UI_view2d.h
index 22f20eeb897..2ac8ce3e8a5 100644
--- a/source/blender/editors/include/UI_view2d.h
+++ b/source/blender/editors/include/UI_view2d.h
@@ -252,6 +252,9 @@ void UI_view2d_scrollers_calc(struct View2D *v2d,
 /**
  * Draw scroll-bars in the given 2D-region.
  */
+void UI_view2d_scrollers_draw_ex(struct View2D *v2d,
+                                 const struct rcti *mask_custom,
+                                 bool use_full_hide);
 void UI_view2d_scrollers_draw(struct View2D *v2d, const struct rcti *mask_custom);
 
 /* List view tools. */
diff --git a/source/blender/editors/interface/view2d.cc b/source/blender/editors/interface/view2d.cc
index 5d97f99edee..bc94285a33d 100644
--- a/source/blender/editors/interface/view2d.cc
+++ b/source/blender/editors/interface/view2d.cc
@@ -1461,7 +1461,7 @@ void UI_view2d_scrollers_calc(View2D *v2d,
   }
 }
 
-void UI_view2d_scrollers_draw(View2D *v2d, const rcti *mask_custom)
+void UI_view2d_scrollers_draw_ex(View2D *v2d, const rcti *mask_custom, bool use_full_hide)
 {
   View2DScrollers scrollers;
   UI_view2d_scrollers_calc(v2d, mask_custom, &scrollers);
@@ -1469,6 +1469,8 @@ void UI_view2d_scrollers_draw(View2D *v2d, const rcti *mask_custom)
   rcti vert, hor;
   const int scroll = view2d_scroll_mapped(v2d->scroll);
   const char emboss_alpha = btheme->tui.widget_emboss[3];
+  const float alpha_min = use_full_hide ? 0.0f : V2D_SCROLL_MIN_ALPHA;
+
   uchar scrollers_back_color[4];
 
   /* Color for scrollbar backs */
@@ -1482,8 +1484,7 @@ void UI_view2d_scrollers_draw(View2D *v2d, const rcti *mask_custom)
   if (scroll & V2D_SCROLL_HORIZONTAL) {
     uiWidgetColors wcol = btheme->tui.wcol_scroll;
     /* 0..255 -> min...1 */
-    const float alpha_fac = ((v2d->alpha_hor / 255.0f) * (1.0f - V2D_SCROLL_MIN_ALPHA)) +
-                            V2D_SCROLL_MIN_ALPHA;
+    const float alpha_fac = ((v2d->alpha_hor / 255.0f) * (1.0f - alpha_min)) + alpha_min;
     rcti slider;
     int state;
 
@@ -1519,8 +1520,7 @@ void UI_view2d_scrollers_draw(View2D *v2d, const rcti *mask_custom)
     uiWidgetColors wcol = btheme->tui.wcol_scroll;
     rcti slider;
     /* 0..255 -> min...1 */
-    const float alpha_fac = ((v2d->alpha_vert / 255.0f) * (1.0f - V2D_SCROLL_MIN_ALPHA)) +
-                            V2D_SCROLL_MIN_ALPHA;
+    const float alpha_fac = ((v2d->alpha_vert / 255.0f) * (1.0f - alpha_min)) + alpha_min;
     int state;
 
     slider.xmin = vert.xmin;
@@ -1554,6 +1554,11 @@ void UI_view2d_scrollers_draw(View2D *v2d, const rcti *mask_custom)
   btheme->tui.widget_emboss[3] = emboss_alpha;
 }
 
+void UI_view2d_scrollers_draw(View2D *v2d, const rcti *mask_custom)
+{
+  UI_view2d_scrollers_draw_ex(v2d, mask_custom, false);
+}
+
 /** \} */
 
 /* -------------------------------------------------------------------- */
diff --git a/source/blender/editors/screen/area.c b/source/blender/editors/screen/area.c
index b9b9821fd08..ed6caa73ecf 100644
--- a/source/blender/editors/screen/area.c
+++ b/source/blender/editors/screen/area.c
@@ -3124,7 +3124,11 @@ void ED_region_panels_draw(const bContext *C, ARegion *region)
     UI_view2d_mask_from_win(v2d, &mask);
     mask.xmax -= UI_PANEL_CATEGORY_MARGIN_WIDTH;
   }
-  UI_view2d_scrollers_draw(v2d, use_mask ? &mask : NULL);
+  bool use_full_hide = false;
+  if (region->overlap) {
+    use_full_hide = true;  /* Don't always show scrollbars for transparent regions as it's distracting. */
+  }
+  UI_view2d_scrollers_draw_ex(v2d, use_mask ? &mask : NULL, use_full_hide);
 }
 
 void ED_region_panels_ex(const bContext *C, ARegion *region, const char *contexts[])