diff --git a/src/ui/material/draw_helpers.h b/src/ui/material/draw_helpers.h
index 5306d20..9ff5a58 100644
--- a/src/ui/material/draw_helpers.h
+++ b/src/ui/material/draw_helpers.h
@@ -570,6 +570,18 @@ inline void DrawCardDropShadow(ImDrawList* dl, const ImVec2& pMin, const ImVec2&
     const float dp = Layout::dpiScale();
     const int   kRings = 12;
     const float spread = 14.0f * dp;   // how far the shadow reaches beyond the card edge (all sides)
+
+    // Cards live inside clipping child windows, so the shadow (which extends past the card edge) is
+    // otherwise cut off at the child boundary — most visibly on the sidebar's inner edge. Widen the
+    // clip HORIZONTALLY (to the card + spread, clamped to the viewport) so the side shadows reach into
+    // the gaps; keep the VERTICAL clip at the child bounds so a card scrolled to a child's top/bottom
+    // edge can't bleed its shadow into the header/footer above or below the scroll area.
+    ImGuiViewport* vp = ImGui::GetMainViewport();
+    const ImVec2 cur0 = dl->GetClipRectMin();
+    const ImVec2 cur1 = dl->GetClipRectMax();
+    const float x0 = std::max(vp->Pos.x, std::min(cur0.x, pMin.x - spread));
+    const float x1 = std::min(vp->Pos.x + vp->Size.x, std::max(cur1.x, pMax.x + spread));
+    dl->PushClipRect(ImVec2(x0, cur0.y), ImVec2(x1, cur1.y), false);
     for (int i = kRings; i >= 1; --i) {
         float t = (float)i / (float)kRings;          // 1 (outer) .. near 0 (by the card)
         float e = spread * t;                        // expansion at this ring
@@ -579,6 +591,7 @@ inline void DrawCardDropShadow(ImDrawList* dl, const ImVec2& pMin, const ImVec2&
         ImVec2 smx(pMax.x + e, pMax.y + e);
         dl->AddRect(smn, smx, IM_COL32(0, 0, 0, a), rounding + e, 0, 2.0f * dp);
     }
+    dl->PopClipRect();
 }
 
 inline void DrawGlassPanel(ImDrawList* dl, const ImVec2& pMin,