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diff --git a/javascript/atoms/dom.js b/javascript/atoms/dom.js
index d219876..0936a84 100644
--- a/javascript/atoms/dom.js
+++ b/javascript/atoms/dom.js
@@ -740,6 +740,23 @@ bot.dom.getOverflowState = function(elem, opt_region) {
       return bot.dom.OverflowState.HIDDEN;
     }

+    if (goog.userAgent.IE) {
+      // On IE, if the containing element has scroll bars, the
+      // height and width given by getComputedStyle differ from the
+      // client bounding rect. To avoid accidentally assuming the
+      // point is not overflowed, when it's really behind a scrollbar,
+      // use the effective height and width of the container.
+      var effectiveWidth = goog.string.parseInt(bot.dom.getEffectiveStyle(container, "width"));
+      var effectiveHeight = goog.string.parseInt(bot.dom.getEffectiveStyle(container, "height"));
+      if (effectiveWidth != containerRect.width ||
+          effectiveHeight != containerRect.height) {
+        containerRect = new goog.math.Rect(containerRect.left,
+                                           containerRect.top,
+                                           effectiveWidth,
+                                           effectiveHeight);
+      }
+    }
+
     // Check "underflow": if an element is to the left or above the container
     var underflowsX = region.right < containerRect.left;
     var underflowsY = region.bottom < containerRect.top;