diff --git a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/common/components/IAIDroppable.tsx b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/common/components/IAIDroppable.tsx
index e4fb121c78..bf98961c21 100644
--- a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/common/components/IAIDroppable.tsx
+++ b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/common/components/IAIDroppable.tsx
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ const IAIDroppable = (props: IAIDroppableProps) => {
       insetInlineStart={0}
       w="full"
       h="full"
-      pointerEvents="none"
+      pointerEvents={active ? 'auto' : 'none'}
     >
       <AnimatePresence>
         {isValidDrop(data, active) && (
diff --git a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/dnd/components/AppDndContext.tsx b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/dnd/components/AppDndContext.tsx
index bffe738aa9..bd77383843 100644
--- a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/dnd/components/AppDndContext.tsx
+++ b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/dnd/components/AppDndContext.tsx
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import {
   DragOverlay,
   MouseSensor,
   TouchSensor,
-  pointerWithin,
   useSensor,
   useSensors,
 } from '@dnd-kit/core';
@@ -14,6 +13,7 @@ import { AnimatePresence, motion } from 'framer-motion';
 import { PropsWithChildren, memo, useCallback, useState } from 'react';
 import { useScaledModifer } from '../hooks/useScaledCenteredModifer';
 import { DragEndEvent, DragStartEvent, TypesafeDraggableData } from '../types';
+import { customPointerWithin } from '../util/customPointerWithin';
 import { DndContextTypesafe } from './DndContextTypesafe';
 import DragPreview from './DragPreview';
 
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ const AppDndContext = (props: PropsWithChildren) => {
       onDragStart={handleDragStart}
       onDragEnd={handleDragEnd}
       sensors={sensors}
-      collisionDetection={pointerWithin}
+      collisionDetection={customPointerWithin}
       autoScroll={false}
     >
       {props.children}
diff --git a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/dnd/util/customPointerWithin.ts b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/dnd/util/customPointerWithin.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..68f1e98b16
--- /dev/null
+++ b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/dnd/util/customPointerWithin.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+import { CollisionDetection, pointerWithin } from '@dnd-kit/core';
+
+/**
+ * Filters out droppable elements that are overflowed, then applies the pointerWithin collision detection.
+ *
+ * Fixes collision detection firing on droppables that are not visible, having been scrolled out of view.
+ *
+ * See https://github.com/clauderic/dnd-kit/issues/1198
+ */
+export const customPointerWithin: CollisionDetection = (arg) => {
+  if (!arg.pointerCoordinates) {
+    // sanity check
+    return [];
+  }
+
+  // Get all elements at the pointer coordinates. This excludes elements which are overflowed,
+  // so it won't include the droppable elements that are scrolled out of view.
+  const targetElements = document.elementsFromPoint(
+    arg.pointerCoordinates.x,
+    arg.pointerCoordinates.y
+  );
+
+  const filteredDroppableContainers = arg.droppableContainers.filter(
+    (container) => {
+      if (!container.node.current) {
+        return false;
+      }
+      // Only include droppable elements that are in the list of elements at the pointer coordinates.
+      return targetElements.includes(container.node.current);
+    }
+  );
+
+  // Run the provided collision detection with the filtered droppable elements.
+  return pointerWithin({
+    ...arg,
+    droppableContainers: filteredDroppableContainers,
+  });
+};