diff --git a/cmd-join-pane.c b/cmd-join-pane.c
index 34bc95c8e..ec3c25c6d 100644
--- a/cmd-join-pane.c
+++ b/cmd-join-pane.c
@@ -300,6 +300,7 @@ cmd_join_pane_mouse_move(struct client *c, struct mouse_event *m)
 	struct window_pane	*wp;
 	struct layout_cell	*lc;
 	int			 y, ly, x, lx;
+	int			 old_xoff, old_yoff, old_sx, old_sy;
 
 	wp = cmd_mouse_pane(m, NULL, &wl);
 	if (wp == NULL) {
@@ -321,10 +322,17 @@ cmd_join_pane_mouse_move(struct client *c, struct mouse_event *m)
 		ly = m->statusat - 1;
 
 	if (x != lx || y != ly) {
+		old_xoff = wp->xoff;
+		old_yoff = wp->yoff;
+		old_sx = wp->sx;
+		old_sy = wp->sy;
+
 		lc->g.xoff += x - lx;
 		lc->g.yoff += y - ly;
 		layout_fix_panes(w, NULL);
-		server_redraw_window(w);
+
+		window_pane_redraw_floating(w, wp, old_xoff, old_yoff, old_sx,
+		    old_sy);
 		server_redraw_window_borders(w);
 	}
 }
diff --git a/cmd-resize-pane.c b/cmd-resize-pane.c
index 01ddf424a..d2bc36430 100644
--- a/cmd-resize-pane.c
+++ b/cmd-resize-pane.c
@@ -237,6 +237,7 @@ cmd_resize_pane_mouse_resize_move_floating(struct client *c,
 	int			 y, ly, x, lx, sx, sy, new_sx, new_sy;
 	int			 left, right;
 	int			 new_xoff, new_yoff, resizes = 0;
+	int			 old_xoff, old_yoff, old_sx, old_sy;
 
 	wp = cmd_mouse_pane(m, NULL, &wl);
 	if (wp == NULL) {
@@ -247,6 +248,10 @@ cmd_resize_pane_mouse_resize_move_floating(struct client *c,
 	lc = wp->layout_cell;
 	sx = wp->sx;
 	sy = wp->sy;
+	old_xoff = wp->xoff;
+	old_yoff = wp->yoff;
+	old_sx = (int)wp->sx;
+	old_sy = (int)wp->sy;
 	left = wp->xoff - 1;
 	right = wp->xoff + sx;
 	if (window_pane_scrollbar_reserve(wp) &&
@@ -346,7 +351,8 @@ cmd_resize_pane_mouse_resize_move_floating(struct client *c,
 	}
 	if (resizes != 0) {
 		layout_fix_panes(w, NULL);
-		server_redraw_window(w);
+		window_pane_redraw_floating(w, wp, old_xoff, old_yoff, old_sx,
+		    old_sy);
 		server_redraw_window_borders(w);
 	}
 }
diff --git a/cmd-split-window.c b/cmd-split-window.c
index 8beeac557..7546b313b 100644
--- a/cmd-split-window.c
+++ b/cmd-split-window.c
@@ -341,6 +341,7 @@ cmd_split_window_mouse_resize(struct client *c, struct mouse_event *m)
 	enum pane_lines		 lines;
 	u_int			 sx, sy;
 	int			 x, y, xoff, yoff, border;
+	int			 old_xoff, old_yoff, old_sx, old_sy;
 
 	if (c->tty.mouse_last_pane == -1)
 		return;
@@ -396,8 +397,15 @@ cmd_split_window_mouse_resize(struct client *c, struct mouse_event *m)
 	if (sy < PANE_MINIMUM)
 		sy = PANE_MINIMUM;
 
+	old_xoff = wp->xoff;
+	old_yoff = wp->yoff;
+	old_sx = wp->sx;
+	old_sy = wp->sy;
+
 	layout_set_size(lc, sx, sy, xoff, yoff);
 	layout_fix_panes(w, NULL);
-	server_redraw_window(w);
+
+	window_pane_redraw_floating(w, wp, old_xoff, old_yoff, old_sx,
+	    old_sy);
 	server_redraw_window_borders(w);
 }
diff --git a/regress/floating-pane-drag-ghost.sh b/regress/floating-pane-drag-ghost.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..abc20633d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/regress/floating-pane-drag-ghost.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# Regression test for a floating-pane drag bug: cmd_resize_pane_redraw_floating()
+# (cmd-resize-pane.c) reported damage for just a dragged floating pane's
+# content rectangle, not the one-cell border frame drawn around it (see the
+# "floating" case in screen-redraw.c, which draws that frame at
+# xoff-1/yoff-1 through xoff+sx/yoff+sy - one cell outside the pane's own
+# content area). Damage scoped to only the content area left the frame's
+# previous position undrawn as the pane moved, so dragging it left a trail
+# of un-erased border frames behind - visible as several "corners" stacked
+# up rather than just the pane's current one.
+#
+# This bug has nothing to do with images - it reproduces with a plain
+# floating pane and no image support required.
+
+PATH=/bin:/usr/bin
+TERM=screen
+LC_ALL=C.UTF-8
+export TERM LC_ALL
+
+[ -z "$TEST_TMUX" ] && TEST_TMUX=$(readlink -f ../tmux)
+TMUX="$TEST_TMUX -LtestA$$ -f/dev/null"
+TMUX2="$TEST_TMUX -LtestB$$ -f/dev/null"
+
+cleanup()
+{
+	$TMUX kill-server >/dev/null 2>&1
+	$TMUX2 kill-server >/dev/null 2>&1
+}
+fail()
+{
+	echo "$*" >&2
+	cleanup
+	exit 1
+}
+
+# drag STARTCOL STARTROW ENDCOL ENDROW
+#
+# Write a plain (unmodified) SGR button-1 press, drag update and release at
+# 1-based positions to the outer pane holding the inner client - this
+# matches the default MouseDown1Border/MouseDrag1Border bindings used to
+# move or resize a floating pane by its border.
+drag()
+{
+	scol="$1"
+	srow="$2"
+	ecol="$3"
+	erow="$4"
+
+	seq=$(printf '\033[<0;%s;%sM' "$scol" "$srow")
+	$TMUX2 send-keys -t "$OUTER" -l "$seq" 2>/dev/null
+	sleep 0.2
+	seq=$(printf '\033[<32;%s;%sM' "$ecol" "$erow")
+	$TMUX2 send-keys -t "$OUTER" -l "$seq" 2>/dev/null
+	sleep 0.2
+	seq=$(printf '\033[<0;%s;%sm' "$ecol" "$erow")
+	$TMUX2 send-keys -t "$OUTER" -l "$seq" 2>/dev/null
+	sleep 1
+}
+
+cleanup
+
+TMP=$(mktemp)
+trap "cleanup; rm -f $TMP" 0 1 15
+
+$TMUX new-session -d -s inner -x 60 -y 20 'sh -c "sleep 100"' || exit 1
+$TMUX set -g mouse on
+$TMUX set -g default-command 'sh -c "sleep 100"'
+
+FLOAT=$($TMUX new-pane -d -PF '#{pane_id}' -x 16 -y 5 -X 5 -Y 5) ||
+	fail "new-pane -X -Y failed"
+FTOP=$($TMUX display-message -p -t "$FLOAT" '#{pane_top}')
+FLEFT=$($TMUX display-message -p -t "$FLOAT" '#{pane_left}')
+FWIDTH=$($TMUX display-message -p -t "$FLOAT" '#{pane_width}')
+
+$TMUX2 new-session -d -x 60 -y 20 "$TMUX attach -t inner" || exit 1
+sleep 1
+OUTER=$($TMUX2 list-panes -F '#{pane_id}' | head -1)
+[ -n "$OUTER" ] || fail "No outer pane."
+
+# Sanity check: exactly one floating pane, so exactly one top-left corner,
+# before dragging anything.
+$TMUX2 capturep -p -t "$OUTER" >$TMP || fail "capture failed"
+n=$(grep -o '┌' $TMP | wc -l)
+[ "$n" -eq 1 ] || fail "sanity: expected 1 corner before drag, found $n"
+
+# Drag the floating pane by its top border (row FTOP-1, some column within
+# its width) down several rows in a few separate steps, then release. A
+# single drag() call already does press/motion/release, so call it several
+# times in a row to simulate a multi-step real drag.
+GRABCOL=$((FLEFT + FWIDTH / 2))
+STARTROW=$FTOP
+i=0
+while [ $i -lt 6 ]; do
+	newrow=$((STARTROW + i + 1))
+	drag $((GRABCOL + 1)) $((STARTROW + i)) $((GRABCOL + 1)) $newrow
+	i=$((i + 1))
+done
+
+$TMUX2 capturep -p -t "$OUTER" >$TMP || fail "capture failed"
+
+# Exactly one top-left corner should remain - the pane's current position.
+# This is expected to fail before the fix: multiple corners (a trail of
+# un-erased frames) would remain from the intermediate drag positions.
+n=$(grep -o '┌' $TMP | wc -l)
+[ "$n" -eq 1 ] || fail "expected exactly 1 corner after drag, found $n (ghost frames left behind)"
+
+exit 0
diff --git a/regress/floating-pane-drag-scrollbar-strip.sh b/regress/floating-pane-drag-scrollbar-strip.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..02c3252c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/regress/floating-pane-drag-scrollbar-strip.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,140 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# Regression test: dragging a floating pane across another pane's ordinary
+# content must not redraw that other pane's scrollbar, unless the drag
+# actually crosses the scrollbar's own strip.
+#
+# cmd_resize_pane_redraw_floating() (cmd-resize-pane.c) used to flag
+# PANE_REDRAWSCROLLBAR on any pane whose whole *body* intersected the
+# floating pane's old or new rectangle, rather than just its narrow
+# scrollbar strip - so dragging a floating pane back and forth over an
+# ordinary tiled pane's content (never touching its scrollbar) still
+# needlessly redrew that pane's scrollbar on every motion step. See
+# tmux-image-redraw-known-bugs.md for the full write-up.
+#
+# This is checked by giving the non-dragged pane a distinctive scrollbar
+# colour and counting how many times its SGR code appears in the client's
+# raw output while the floating pane is dragged vertically over that pane's
+# body, well clear of its scrollbar column: with the fix, it should never
+# reappear after the initial draw.
+
+PATH=/bin:/usr/bin
+TERM=screen
+LC_ALL=C.UTF-8
+export TERM LC_ALL
+
+[ -z "$TEST_TMUX" ] && TEST_TMUX=$(readlink -f ../tmux)
+TMUX="$TEST_TMUX -LtestA$$ -f/dev/null"
+TMUX2="$TEST_TMUX -LtestB$$ -f/dev/null"
+
+cleanup()
+{
+	$TMUX kill-server >/dev/null 2>&1
+	$TMUX2 kill-server >/dev/null 2>&1
+}
+fail()
+{
+	echo "$*" >&2
+	cleanup
+	exit 1
+}
+
+# drag STARTCOL STARTROW ENDCOL ENDROW
+drag()
+{
+	scol="$1"
+	srow="$2"
+	ecol="$3"
+	erow="$4"
+
+	seq=$(printf '\033[<0;%s;%sM' "$scol" "$srow")
+	$TMUX2 send-keys -t "$OUTER" -l "$seq" 2>/dev/null
+	sleep 0.2
+	seq=$(printf '\033[<32;%s;%sM' "$ecol" "$erow")
+	$TMUX2 send-keys -t "$OUTER" -l "$seq" 2>/dev/null
+	sleep 0.2
+	seq=$(printf '\033[<0;%s;%sm' "$ecol" "$erow")
+	$TMUX2 send-keys -t "$OUTER" -l "$seq" 2>/dev/null
+	sleep 0.5
+}
+
+cleanup
+
+TMP=$(mktemp)
+trap "cleanup; rm -f $TMP" 0 1 15
+
+$TMUX new-session -d -s inner -x 60 -y 20 'sh -c "sleep 100"' || exit 1
+$TMUX set -g mouse on || fail "set mouse failed"
+$TMUX set -g default-command 'sh -c "sleep 100"' || fail "set default-command failed"
+$TMUX set -g pane-scrollbars on || fail "set pane-scrollbars failed"
+
+$TMUX split-window -h -t inner 'sh -c "sleep 100"' || fail "split-window failed"
+
+PANES=$($TMUX list-panes -t inner -F '#{pane_id} #{pane_left}')
+LEFT=$(echo "$PANES" | sort -k2 -n | head -1 | cut -d' ' -f1)
+[ -n "$LEFT" ] || fail "could not identify left pane"
+
+# A distinctive scrollbar colour for the non-dragged (left) pane only.
+$TMUX set -p -t "$LEFT" pane-scrollbars-style 'fg=colour201,bg=colour17' ||
+	fail "set pane-scrollbars-style failed"
+
+ALEFT=$($TMUX display-message -p -t "$LEFT" '#{pane_left}')
+ATOP=$($TMUX display-message -p -t "$LEFT" '#{pane_top}')
+AWIDTH=$($TMUX display-message -p -t "$LEFT" '#{pane_width}')
+AHEIGHT=$($TMUX display-message -p -t "$LEFT" '#{pane_height}')
+[ "$AWIDTH" -gt 15 ] || fail "left pane too narrow for this test ($AWIDTH)"
+
+# A small floating pane placed well inside the left pane's content area,
+# clear of its (right-hand) scrollbar column by several columns.
+FLOAT=$($TMUX new-pane -d -PF '#{pane_id}' -x 8 -y 5 \
+    -X $((ALEFT + 2)) -Y $((ATOP + 2))) || fail "new-pane -X -Y failed"
+FTOP=$($TMUX display-message -p -t "$FLOAT" '#{pane_top}')
+FLEFT=$($TMUX display-message -p -t "$FLOAT" '#{pane_left}')
+FWIDTH=$($TMUX display-message -p -t "$FLOAT" '#{pane_width}')
+[ $((FLEFT + FWIDTH + 3)) -lt $((ALEFT + AWIDTH)) ] ||
+	fail "sanity: floating pane too close to the scrollbar column"
+
+# Start the outer session with a plain shell, then start capturing before
+# triggering the attach - starting the attach as the outer pane's initial
+# command would mean pipe-pane only starts after the attach-driven initial
+# redraw (which draws the scrollbars) has already happened, missing it.
+$TMUX2 new-session -d -x 60 -y 20 || exit 1
+OUTER=$($TMUX2 list-panes -F '#{pane_id}' | head -1)
+[ -n "$OUTER" ] || fail "No outer pane."
+$TMUX2 pipe-pane -t "$OUTER" -O "cat >$TMP" || fail "pipe-pane failed"
+$TMUX2 send-keys -t "$OUTER" -l "$TMUX attach -t inner" || fail "send attach failed"
+$TMUX2 send-keys -t "$OUTER" Enter || fail "send enter failed"
+sleep 1
+
+# Sanity check: the distinctive scrollbar colour reaches the client at all.
+grep -qa '48;5;201' $TMP || fail "sanity: scrollbar colour never reached the client"
+: >$TMP
+
+# Drag the floating pane straight up and down by its top border, staying at
+# a fixed column the whole time - this never crosses the left pane's
+# scrollbar strip, only its ordinary content.
+GRABCOL=$((FLEFT + FWIDTH / 2))
+row=$FTOP
+i=0
+while [ $i -lt 6 ]; do
+	newrow=$((row + 1))
+	drag $GRABCOL $row $GRABCOL $newrow
+	row=$newrow
+	i=$((i + 1))
+done
+i=0
+while [ $i -lt 6 ]; do
+	newrow=$((row - 1))
+	drag $GRABCOL $row $GRABCOL $newrow
+	row=$newrow
+	i=$((i + 1))
+done
+
+# The scrollbar colour should never reappear - its geometry never changed,
+# and the drag never crossed its column. This is expected to fail before
+# the fix - see the header comment.
+n=$(grep -ac '48;5;201' $TMP)
+[ "$n" -eq 0 ] ||
+	fail "left pane's scrollbar was redrawn $n times while dragging over its body only"
+
+exit 0