diff --git a/crates/egui/src/painter.rs b/crates/egui/src/painter.rs
index a79deac5c9a..ff7d9879c7f 100644
--- a/crates/egui/src/painter.rs
+++ b/crates/egui/src/painter.rs
@@ -151,8 +151,21 @@ impl Painter {
         self.clip_rect
     }
 
+    /// Constrain the rectangle in which we can paint.
+    ///
+    /// Short for `painter.set_clip_rect(painter.clip_rect().intersect(new_clip_rect))`.
+    ///
+    /// See also: [`Self::clip_rect`] and [`Self::set_clip_rect`].
+    #[inline]
+    pub fn shrink_clip_rect(&mut self, new_clip_rect: Rect) {
+        self.clip_rect = self.clip_rect.intersect(new_clip_rect);
+    }
+
     /// Everything painted in this [`Painter`] will be clipped against this.
     /// This means nothing outside of this rectangle will be visible on screen.
+    ///
+    /// Warning: growing the clip rect might cause unexpected results!
+    /// When in doubt, use [`Self::shrink_clip_rect`] instead.
     #[inline]
     pub fn set_clip_rect(&mut self, clip_rect: Rect) {
         self.clip_rect = clip_rect;
diff --git a/crates/egui/src/ui.rs b/crates/egui/src/ui.rs
index 1db33052d24..627c119b139 100644
--- a/crates/egui/src/ui.rs
+++ b/crates/egui/src/ui.rs
@@ -643,8 +643,21 @@ impl Ui {
         self.painter.clip_rect()
     }
 
+    /// Constrain the rectangle in which we can paint.
+    ///
+    /// Short for `ui.set_clip_rect(ui.clip_rect().intersect(new_clip_rect))`.
+    ///
+    /// See also: [`Self::clip_rect`] and [`Self::set_clip_rect`].
+    #[inline]
+    pub fn shrink_clip_rect(&mut self, new_clip_rect: Rect) {
+        self.painter.shrink_clip_rect(new_clip_rect);
+    }
+
     /// Screen-space rectangle for clipping what we paint in this ui.
     /// This is used, for instance, to avoid painting outside a window that is smaller than its contents.
+    ///
+    /// Warning: growing the clip rect might cause unexpected results!
+    /// When in doubt, use [`Self::shrink_clip_rect`] instead.
     pub fn set_clip_rect(&mut self, clip_rect: Rect) {
         self.painter.set_clip_rect(clip_rect);
     }
diff --git a/crates/egui_extras/src/layout.rs b/crates/egui_extras/src/layout.rs
index c0bfdcd6b13..ec4938f00d3 100644
--- a/crates/egui_extras/src/layout.rs
+++ b/crates/egui_extras/src/layout.rs
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ impl<'l> StripLayout<'l> {
             let margin = egui::Vec2::splat(self.ui.visuals().clip_rect_margin);
             let margin = margin.min(0.5 * self.ui.spacing().item_spacing);
             let clip_rect = max_rect.expand2(margin);
-            child_ui.set_clip_rect(clip_rect.intersect(child_ui.clip_rect()));
+            child_ui.shrink_clip_rect(clip_rect);
 
             if !child_ui.is_sizing_pass() {
                 // Better to truncate (if we can), rather than hard clipping: