diff --git a/exports/nylas-component-kit.coffee b/exports/nylas-component-kit.coffee
index f975800c8..b0f0a1feb 100644
--- a/exports/nylas-component-kit.coffee
+++ b/exports/nylas-component-kit.coffee
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ module.exports =
   MultiselectList: require '../src/components/multiselect-list'
   MultiselectActionBar: require '../src/components/multiselect-action-bar'
   ResizableRegion: require '../src/components/resizable-region'
+  ScrollRegion: require '../src/components/scroll-region'
   InjectedComponentSet: require '../src/components/injected-component-set'
   InjectedComponent: require '../src/components/injected-component'
   TokenizingTextField: require '../src/components/tokenizing-text-field'
diff --git a/internal_packages/account-sidebar/lib/account-sidebar.cjsx b/internal_packages/account-sidebar/lib/account-sidebar.cjsx
index ba1e38d63..7581db6fb 100644
--- a/internal_packages/account-sidebar/lib/account-sidebar.cjsx
+++ b/internal_packages/account-sidebar/lib/account-sidebar.cjsx
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 React = require 'react'
 {Actions} = require("nylas-exports")
+{ScrollRegion} = require("nylas-component-kit")
 SidebarDividerItem = require("./account-sidebar-divider-item")
 SidebarTagItem = require("./account-sidebar-tag-item")
 SidebarSheetItem = require("./account-sidebar-sheet-item")
@@ -26,11 +27,11 @@ class AccountSidebar extends React.Component
     @unsubscribe() if @unsubscribe
 
   render: =>
-    <div id="account-sidebar" className="account-sidebar">
+    <ScrollRegion id="account-sidebar" className="account-sidebar">
       <div className="account-sidebar-sections">
         {@_sections()}
       </div>
-    </div>
+    </ScrollRegion>
 
   _sections: =>
     return @state.sections.map (section) =>
diff --git a/internal_packages/account-sidebar/stylesheets/account-sidebar.less b/internal_packages/account-sidebar/stylesheets/account-sidebar.less
index 7e32e6be4..4b5161332 100644
--- a/internal_packages/account-sidebar/stylesheets/account-sidebar.less
+++ b/internal_packages/account-sidebar/stylesheets/account-sidebar.less
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
 #account-sidebar {
   order: 1;
   height: 100%;
-  overflow-y: auto;
-  overflow-x: hidden;
   background-color: @source-list-bg;
 
   section {
diff --git a/internal_packages/message-list/lib/message-list.cjsx b/internal_packages/message-list/lib/message-list.cjsx
index 187d4007e..27115c9b8 100755
--- a/internal_packages/message-list/lib/message-list.cjsx
+++ b/internal_packages/message-list/lib/message-list.cjsx
@@ -4,11 +4,46 @@ classNames = require 'classnames'
 MessageItem = require "./message-item"
 {Utils, Actions, MessageStore, ComponentRegistry} = require("nylas-exports")
 {Spinner,
+ ScrollRegion,
  ResizableRegion,
  RetinaImg,
  InjectedComponentSet,
  InjectedComponent} = require('nylas-component-kit')
 
+class MessageListScrollTooltip extends React.Component
+  @displayName: 'MessageListScrollTooltip'
+  @propTypes:
+    viewportCenter: React.PropTypes.number.isRequired
+    totalHeight: React.PropTypes.number.isRequired
+
+  componentWillMount: =>
+    @setupForProps(@props)
+
+  componentWillReceiveProps: (newProps) =>
+    @setupForProps(newProps)
+
+  shouldComponentUpdate: (newProps, newState) =>
+    not _.isEqual(@state,newState)
+
+  setupForProps: (props) ->
+    # Technically, we could have MessageList provide the currently visible
+    # item index, but the DOM approach is simple and self-contained.
+    #
+    els = document.querySelectorAll('.message-item-wrap')
+    idx = _.findIndex els, (el) -> el.offsetTop > props.viewportCenter
+    if idx is -1
+      idx = els.length
+
+    @setState
+      idx: idx
+      count: els.length
+
+  render: ->
+    <div className="scroll-tooltip">
+      {@state.idx} of {@state.count}
+    </div>
+
+
 class MessageList extends React.Component
   @displayName: 'MessageList'
   @containerRequired: false
@@ -74,22 +109,23 @@ class MessageList extends React.Component
       "ready": @state.ready
 
     <div className="message-list" id="message-list">
-      <div tabIndex="-1"
+      <ScrollRegion tabIndex="-1"
            className={wrapClass}
+           scrollTooltipComponent={MessageListScrollTooltip}
            onScroll={_.debounce(@_cacheScrollPos, 100)}
            ref="messageWrap">
-
-        <InjectedComponentSet
-          className="message-list-notification-bars"
-          matching={role:"MessageListNotificationBar"}
-          exposedProps={thread: @state.currentThread}/>
-        <InjectedComponentSet
-          className="message-list-headers"
-          matching={role:"MessageListHeaders"}
-          exposedProps={thread: @state.currentThread}/>
-
+        <div className="headers" style={position:'relative'}>
+          <InjectedComponentSet
+            className="message-list-notification-bars"
+            matching={role:"MessageListNotificationBar"}
+            exposedProps={thread: @state.currentThread}/>
+          <InjectedComponentSet
+            className="message-list-headers"
+            matching={role:"MessageListHeaders"}
+            exposedProps={thread: @state.currentThread}/>
+        </div>
         {@_messageComponents()}
-      </div>
+      </ScrollRegion>
       {@_renderReplyArea()}
       <Spinner visible={!@state.ready} />
     </div>
diff --git a/internal_packages/thread-list/lib/thread-list.cjsx b/internal_packages/thread-list/lib/thread-list.cjsx
index 9b89d408a..7124fc735 100644
--- a/internal_packages/thread-list/lib/thread-list.cjsx
+++ b/internal_packages/thread-list/lib/thread-list.cjsx
@@ -12,6 +12,32 @@ classNames = require 'classnames'
 ThreadListParticipants = require './thread-list-participants'
 ThreadListStore = require './thread-list-store'
 
+class ThreadListScrollTooltip extends React.Component
+  @displayName: 'ThreadListScrollTooltip'
+  @propTypes:
+    viewportCenter: React.PropTypes.number.isRequired
+    totalHeight: React.PropTypes.number.isRequired
+
+  componentWillMount: =>
+    @setupForProps(@props)
+
+  componentWillReceiveProps: (newProps) =>
+    @setupForProps(newProps)
+
+  shouldComponentUpdate: (newProps, newState) =>
+    @state?.idx isnt newState.idx
+
+  setupForProps: (props) ->
+    idx = Math.floor(ThreadListStore.view().count() / @props.totalHeight * @props.viewportCenter)
+    @setState
+      idx: idx
+      item: ThreadListStore.view().get(idx)
+
+  render: ->
+    <div className="scroll-tooltip">
+      {timestamp(@state.item?.lastMessageTimestamp)}
+    </div>
+
 class ThreadList extends React.Component
   @displayName: 'ThreadList'
 
@@ -99,6 +125,7 @@ class ThreadList extends React.Component
       commands={@commands}
       itemPropsProvider={@itemPropsProvider}
       className="thread-list"
+      scrollTooltipComponent={ThreadListScrollTooltip}
       collection="thread" />
 
   # Additional Commands
diff --git a/internal_packages/thread-list/stylesheets/thread-list.less b/internal_packages/thread-list/stylesheets/thread-list.less
index d1b244e0f..0a2491bbd 100644
--- a/internal_packages/thread-list/stylesheets/thread-list.less
+++ b/internal_packages/thread-list/stylesheets/thread-list.less
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@
 .thread-list, .draft-list {
   order: 3;
   flex: 1;
-  position:relative;
+  position:absolute;
+  width:100%;
+  height:100%;
   -webkit-font-smoothing: subpixel-antialiased;
 
   .list-item {
diff --git a/src/components/list-tabular.cjsx b/src/components/list-tabular.cjsx
index c78bd00e3..a21bb7318 100644
--- a/src/components/list-tabular.cjsx
+++ b/src/components/list-tabular.cjsx
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 _ = require 'underscore'
 React = require 'react/addons'
+ScrollRegion = require './scroll-region'
 
 RangeChunkSize = 10
 
@@ -85,14 +86,11 @@ class ListTabular extends React.Component
     # If our view has been swapped out for an entirely different one,
     # reset our scroll position to the top.
     if prevProps.dataView isnt @props.dataView
-      container = React.findDOMNode(@refs.container)
-      container.scrollTop = 0
+      @refs.container.scrollTop = 0
     @updateRangeState()
 
   updateScrollState: =>
     window.requestAnimationFrame =>
-      container = React.findDOMNode(@refs.container)
-
       # Create an event that fires when we stop receiving scroll events.
       # There is no "scrollend" event, but we really need one.
       clearTimeout(@_scrollTimer) if @_scrollTimer
@@ -104,7 +102,7 @@ class ListTabular extends React.Component
 
       # If we've shifted enough pixels from our previous scrollTop to require
       # new rows to be rendered, update our state!
-      if Math.abs(@state.scrollTop - container.scrollTop) >= @_rowHeight() * RangeChunkSize
+      if Math.abs(@state.scrollTop - @refs.container.scrollTop) >= @_rowHeight() * RangeChunkSize
         @updateRangeState()
 
   onDoneReceivingScrollEvents: =>
@@ -113,8 +111,7 @@ class ListTabular extends React.Component
     @updateRangeState()
 
   updateRangeState: =>
-    container = @refs.container
-    scrollTop = React.findDOMNode(container)?.scrollTop
+    scrollTop = @refs.container.scrollTop
 
     rowHeight = @_rowHeight()
 
@@ -159,12 +156,12 @@ class ListTabular extends React.Component
       height: @props.dataView.count() * @_rowHeight()
       pointerEvents: if @state.scrollInProgress then 'none' else 'auto'
 
-    <div ref="container" onScroll={@updateScrollState} tabIndex="-1" className="list-container list-tabular">
+    <ScrollRegion ref="container" onScroll={@updateScrollState} tabIndex="-1" className="list-container list-tabular" scrollTooltipComponent={@props.scrollTooltipComponent} >
       {@_headers()}
       <div className="list-rows" style={innerStyles}>
         {@_rows()}
       </div>
-    </div>
+    </ScrollRegion>
 
   _rowHeight: =>
     39
diff --git a/src/components/multiselect-list.cjsx b/src/components/multiselect-list.cjsx
index f87b7ec5c..35e756d42 100644
--- a/src/components/multiselect-list.cjsx
+++ b/src/components/multiselect-list.cjsx
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ class MultiselectList extends React.Component
     columns: React.PropTypes.array.isRequired
     dataStore: React.PropTypes.object.isRequired
     itemPropsProvider: React.PropTypes.func.isRequired
+    scrollTooltipComponent: React.PropTypes.func
 
   constructor: (@props) ->
     @state = @_getStateFromStores()
@@ -120,6 +121,7 @@ class MultiselectList extends React.Component
         <ListTabular
           ref="list"
           columns={@props.columns}
+          scrollTooltipComponent={@props.scrollTooltipComponent}
           dataView={@state.dataView}
           itemPropsProvider={@itemPropsProvider}
           onSelect={@_onClickItem}
diff --git a/src/components/scroll-region.cjsx b/src/components/scroll-region.cjsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8846d8de2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/scroll-region.cjsx
@@ -0,0 +1,144 @@
+_ = require 'underscore'
+React = require 'react/addons'
+{Utils} = require 'nylas-exports'
+classNames = require 'classnames'
+
+###
+The ScrollRegion component attaches a custom scrollbar.
+###
+
+class ScrollRegion extends React.Component
+  @displayName: "ScrollRegion"
+
+  @propTypes:
+    onScroll: React.PropTypes.func
+    className: React.PropTypes.string
+    scrollTooltipComponent: React.PropTypes.func
+
+  constructor: (@props) ->
+    @state =
+      totalHeight:0
+      viewportHeight: 0
+      viewportOffset: 0
+      dragging: false
+      scrolling: false
+
+    Object.defineProperty(@, 'scrollTop', {
+      get: -> React.findDOMNode(@refs.content).scrollTop
+      set: (val) -> React.findDOMNode(@refs.content).scrollTop = val
+    })
+
+  componentDidMount: =>
+    @_recomputeDimensions()
+
+  componentDidUpdate: =>
+    @_recomputeDimensions()
+
+  componentWillUnmount: =>
+    @_onHandleUp()
+
+  shouldComponentUpdate: (newProps, newState) =>
+    not Utils.isEqualReact(newProps, @props) or not Utils.isEqualReact(newState, @state)
+
+  render: =>
+    containerClasses =  "#{@props.className ? ''} " + classNames
+      'scroll-region': true
+      'dragging': @state.dragging
+      'scrolling': @state.scrolling
+
+    otherProps = _.omit(@props, _.keys(@constructor.propTypes))
+
+    tooltip = []
+    if @props.scrollTooltipComponent
+      tooltip = <@props.scrollTooltipComponent viewportCenter={@state.viewportOffset + @state.viewportHeight / 2} totalHeight={@state.totalHeight} />
+
+    <div className={containerClasses} {...otherProps}>
+      <div className="scrollbar-track" style={@_scrollbarWrapStyles()} onMouseEnter={@_recomputeDimensions}>
+        <div className="scrollbar-track-inner" ref="track" onClick={@_onScrollJump}>
+          <div className="scrollbar-handle" onMouseDown={@_onHandleDown} style={@_scrollbarHandleStyles()} ref="handle" onClick={@_onHandleClick} >
+            <div className="tooltip">{tooltip}</div>
+          </div>
+        </div>
+      </div>
+      <div className="scroll-region-content" onScroll={@_onScroll} ref="content">
+        {@props.children}
+      </div>
+    </div>
+
+  _scrollbarWrapStyles: =>
+    position:'absolute'
+    top: 0
+    bottom: 0
+    right: 0
+    zIndex: 2
+
+  _scrollbarHandleStyles: =>
+    handleHeight = @_getHandleHeight()
+    handleTop = (@state.viewportOffset / (@state.totalHeight - @state.viewportHeight)) * (@state.trackHeight - handleHeight)
+
+    position:'relative'
+    height: handleHeight
+    top: handleTop
+
+  _getHandleHeight: =>
+    Math.min(@state.totalHeight, Math.max(40, (@state.trackHeight / @state.totalHeight) * @state.trackHeight))
+
+  _recomputeDimensions: =>
+    return unless @refs.content
+
+    contentNode = React.findDOMNode(@refs.content)
+    trackNode = React.findDOMNode(@refs.track)
+
+    totalHeight = contentNode.scrollHeight
+    trackHeight = trackNode.clientHeight
+    viewportHeight = contentNode.clientHeight
+    viewportOffset = contentNode.scrollTop
+
+    if @state.totalHeight != totalHeight or
+       @state.trackHeight != trackHeight or
+       @state.viewportOffset != viewportOffset or
+       @state.viewportHeight != viewportHeight
+      @setState({totalHeight, trackHeight, viewportOffset, viewportHeight})
+
+  _onHandleDown: (event) =>
+    handleNode = React.findDOMNode(@refs.handle)
+    @_trackOffset = React.findDOMNode(@refs.track).getBoundingClientRect().top
+    @_mouseOffsetWithinHandle = event.pageY - handleNode.getBoundingClientRect().top
+    window.addEventListener("mousemove", @_onHandleMove)
+    window.addEventListener("mouseup", @_onHandleUp)
+    @setState(dragging: true)
+
+  _onHandleMove: (event) =>
+    trackY = event.pageY - @_trackOffset - @_mouseOffsetWithinHandle
+    trackPxToViewportPx = (@state.totalHeight - @state.viewportHeight) / (@state.trackHeight - @_getHandleHeight())
+
+    contentNode = React.findDOMNode(@refs.content)
+    contentNode.scrollTop = trackY * trackPxToViewportPx
+
+  _onHandleUp: (event) =>
+    window.removeEventListener("mousemove", @_onHandleMove)
+    window.removeEventListener("mouseup", @_onHandleUp)
+    @setState(dragging: false)
+
+  _onHandleClick: (event) =>
+    # Avoid event propogating up to track
+    event.stopPropagation()
+
+  _onScrollJump: (event) =>
+    @_mouseOffsetWithinHandle = @_getHandleHeight() / 2
+    @_onHandleMove(event)
+
+  _onScroll: (event) =>
+    @_recomputeDimensions()
+    @props.onScroll?(event)
+
+    if not @state.scrolling
+      @setState(scrolling: true)
+
+    @_onStoppedScroll ?= _.debounce =>
+      @setState(scrolling: false)
+    , 250
+    @_onStoppedScroll()
+
+
+module.exports = ScrollRegion
diff --git a/static/components/list-tabular.less b/static/components/list-tabular.less
index 0e514b779..7c52f08c5 100644
--- a/static/components/list-tabular.less
+++ b/static/components/list-tabular.less
@@ -71,11 +71,6 @@
 
 
 .list-container {
-  position: absolute;
-  height: 100%;
-  width: 100%;
-  overflow-y: scroll;
-
   .list-item {
     font-size: @font-size-base;
     line-height: @line-height-computed;
@@ -107,6 +102,7 @@
 .list-tabular {
   flex: 1;
   width: 100%;
+  height: 100%;
 
   .list-tabular-item {
     position: relative;
diff --git a/static/components/scroll-region.less b/static/components/scroll-region.less
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..be5f6c8bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/static/components/scroll-region.less
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+@import "ui-variables";
+
+@tooltipBorderColor: rgba(54, 56, 57, 0.9);
+@tooltipBackground: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, from(rgba(99, 102, 103, 0.9)), to(rgba(82, 85, 86, 0.9)));
+
+.scroll-tooltip {
+  background: @tooltipBackground;
+  color: white;
+  box-shadow: 0 2px 7px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.25);
+  padding: @padding-base-vertical @padding-base-horizontal @padding-base-vertical @padding-base-horizontal;
+  border: 1px solid @tooltipBorderColor;
+  border-radius: @border-radius-base;
+  transform: translate(-15px, 0);
+  position: relative;
+  white-space:nowrap;
+}
+.scroll-tooltip:after, .scroll-tooltip:before {
+  left: 100%;
+  top: 50%;
+  border: solid transparent;
+  content: " ";
+  height: 0;
+  width: 0;
+  position: absolute;
+  pointer-events: none;
+}
+.scroll-tooltip:after {
+  border-color: transparent;
+  border-left-color: lighten(rgba(99, 102, 103, 1), 3%);
+  border-width: 8px;
+  margin-top: -8px;
+}
+.scroll-tooltip:before {
+  border-color: transparent;
+  border-left-color: darken(@tooltipBorderColor, 20%);
+  border-width: 9px;
+  margin-top: -9px;
+}
+
+::-webkit-scrollbar {
+  display: none;
+}
+
+.scroll-region {
+  position:relative;
+
+  .scroll-region-content {
+    position: absolute;
+    height: 100%;
+    width: 100%;
+    overflow-y: scroll;
+  }
+
+  .scrollbar-track {
+    opacity: 0;
+    transition: opacity 0.3s;
+    transition-delay: 0.5s;
+    padding:3px;
+    width:17px;
+    background: @list-bg;
+    border-left: 1px solid @border-color-divider;
+    &:hover {
+      opacity: 1;
+      transition-delay: 0s;
+    }
+
+    /* Used to read the track height with padding applied. */
+    .scrollbar-track-inner {
+      height:100%;
+    }
+
+    .scrollbar-handle {
+      background-color: lighten(@gray, 40%);
+      border:1px solid lighten(@gray, 30%);
+      border-radius:8px;
+      .tooltip {
+        opacity: 0;
+        transition: opacity 0.3s;
+        top: 50%;
+        transform: translate(-100%, -50%);
+        position: absolute;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+.scroll-region.scrolling {
+  .scrollbar-track {
+    opacity: 1;
+    transition-delay: 0s;
+  }
+}
+.scroll-region.dragging {
+  .scrollbar-track {
+    opacity: 1;
+    .scrollbar-handle {
+      cursor: default;
+      background-color: lighten(@gray, 30%);
+      border:1px solid lighten(@gray, 20%);
+      .tooltip {
+        opacity: 1;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/static/index.less b/static/index.less
index 264e6b0f5..875ca8b59 100644
--- a/static/index.less
+++ b/static/index.less
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 @import "components/tokenizing-text-field";
 @import "components/extra";
 @import "components/list-tabular";
+@import "components/scroll-region";
 @import "components/spinner";
 @import "components/generated-form";
 @import "components/empty-state";
diff --git a/static/workspace.less b/static/workspace.less
index 7fcc1f8ff..749ecc666 100644
--- a/static/workspace.less
+++ b/static/workspace.less
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ body.is-blurred {
   }
 
   &.flexbox-handle-right {
-    right:-3px;
+    right:-4px;
     padding-right:3px;
   }
   &.flexbox-handle-left {