diff --git a/src/AcDream.App/UI/UiElement.cs b/src/AcDream.App/UI/UiElement.cs
index 7e1df4ad..b22da24e 100644
--- a/src/AcDream.App/UI/UiElement.cs
+++ b/src/AcDream.App/UI/UiElement.cs
@@ -167,6 +167,15 @@ public abstract class UiElement
     /// </summary>
     protected virtual void OnDraw(UiRenderContext ctx) { }
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Draw AFTER this element's own children, but still within this element's
+    /// transform/alpha (NOT a global pass like <see cref="OnDrawOverlay"/>). Use for a
+    /// window FRAME border, which must be the outermost layer drawn OVER its content's
+    /// edges (so content can't poke through the frame), while the frame's center fill
+    /// stays a background in <see cref="OnDraw"/>. Default: nothing.
+    /// </summary>
+    protected virtual void OnDrawAfterChildren(UiRenderContext ctx) { }
+
     /// <summary>
     /// Draw content that must sit ON TOP of the ENTIRE UI, regardless of this
     /// element's position in the tree — open menus, dropdowns, tooltips. Called in
@@ -228,6 +237,10 @@ public abstract class UiElement
                 for (int i = 0; i < ordered.Length; i++)
                     ordered[i].DrawSelfAndChildren(ctx);
             }
+
+            // Foreground pass for this element (e.g. a window frame's border drawn
+            // OVER its content's edges). Default no-op for ordinary elements.
+            OnDrawAfterChildren(ctx);
         }
         finally
         {
diff --git a/src/AcDream.App/UI/UiNineSlicePanel.cs b/src/AcDream.App/UI/UiNineSlicePanel.cs
index 9c18f095..f407f07b 100644
--- a/src/AcDream.App/UI/UiNineSlicePanel.cs
+++ b/src/AcDream.App/UI/UiNineSlicePanel.cs
@@ -61,9 +61,18 @@ public sealed class UiNineSlicePanel : UiPanel
 
     protected override void OnDraw(UiRenderContext ctx)
     {
+        // Center fill is the window BACKGROUND — it must sit UNDER the content, so it
+        // draws here (before children). The bevel border + grip is the OUTERMOST layer
+        // and draws in OnDrawAfterChildren (over the content's edges) so content can
+        // never poke through the frame (e.g. the toolbar's 2px bottom-right cap overhang).
         var r = ComputeFrameRects(Width, Height, RetailChromeSprites.Border);
-        // center + edges tile (UV repeat); corners stretch 1:1.
         DrawTiled(ctx, RetailChromeSprites.CenterFill, r.Center);
+    }
+
+    protected override void OnDrawAfterChildren(UiRenderContext ctx)
+    {
+        var r = ComputeFrameRects(Width, Height, RetailChromeSprites.Border);
+        // 8-piece bevel: edges tile (UV repeat); corners stretch 1:1.
         DrawTiled(ctx, RetailChromeSprites.TopEdge,    r.Top);
         DrawTiled(ctx, RetailChromeSprites.BottomEdge, r.Bottom);
         DrawTiled(ctx, RetailChromeSprites.LeftEdge,   r.Left);
@@ -73,10 +82,8 @@ public sealed class UiNineSlicePanel : UiPanel
         DrawStretched(ctx, RetailChromeSprites.CornerBL, r.BL);
         DrawStretched(ctx, RetailChromeSprites.CornerBR, r.BR);
 
-        // Resize-grip overlay (gold ridged edges + square corner studs) drawn on
-        // top of the bevel — the second border layer the vitals LayoutDesc carries
-        // (0x1000063B–0x10000642). Edges tile; the corner stud is the same sprite
-        // at all four corners.
+        // Resize-grip overlay (gold ridged edges + square corner studs) on top of the
+        // bevel — the second border layer the vitals LayoutDesc carries (0x1000063B–0x10000642).
         DrawTiled(ctx, RetailChromeSprites.GripTop,    r.Top);
         DrawTiled(ctx, RetailChromeSprites.GripBottom, r.Bottom);
         DrawTiled(ctx, RetailChromeSprites.GripLeft,   r.Left);