diff --git a/io/input/pointer.go b/io/input/pointer.go
index c3e399f8..7ba9aa36 100644
--- a/io/input/pointer.go
+++ b/io/input/pointer.go
@@ -739,6 +739,10 @@ func (q *pointerQueue) Push(handlers map[event.Tag]*handler, state pointerState,
 		state.pointers = nil
 		return state, evts
 	}
+	if e.Kind == pointer.Scroll {
+		// Scroll events are not bound to a pointer; see pointer.Event.PointerID.
+		return state, q.deliverScrollEvent(handlers, evts, e)
+	}
 	state, pidx := state.pointerOf(e)
 	p := state.pointers[pidx]
 
@@ -761,9 +765,6 @@ func (q *pointerQueue) Push(handlers map[event.Tag]*handler, state pointerState,
 		p.pressed = false
 		p, evts, state.cursor, _ = q.deliverEnterLeaveEvents(handlers, state.cursor, p, evts, e)
 		p, evts = q.deliverDropEvent(handlers, p, evts)
-	case pointer.Scroll:
-		p, evts, state.cursor, _ = q.deliverEnterLeaveEvents(handlers, state.cursor, p, evts, e)
-		evts = q.deliverEvent(handlers, p, evts, e)
 	default:
 		panic("unsupported pointer event type")
 	}
@@ -780,6 +781,18 @@ func (q *pointerQueue) Push(handlers map[event.Tag]*handler, state pointerState,
 	return state, evts
 }
 
+// deliverScrollEvent delivers scroll events to the handlers hit by the event coordinate.
+func (q *pointerQueue) deliverScrollEvent(handlers map[event.Tag]*handler, evts []taggedEvent, e pointer.Event) []taggedEvent {
+	var hits []event.Tag
+	q.hitTest(e.Position, func(n *hitNode) bool {
+		if _, ok := handlers[n.tag]; ok {
+			hits = addHandler(hits, n.tag)
+		}
+		return true
+	})
+	return q.deliverEvent(handlers, pointerInfo{handlers: hits}, evts, e)
+}
+
 func (q *pointerQueue) deliverEvent(handlers map[event.Tag]*handler, p pointerInfo, evts []taggedEvent, e pointer.Event) []taggedEvent {
 	if p.pressed && len(p.handlers) == 1 {
 		e.Priority = pointer.Grabbed
diff --git a/io/input/pointer_test.go b/io/input/pointer_test.go
index fbe92a8a..a5e3b4a9 100644
--- a/io/input/pointer_test.go
+++ b/io/input/pointer_test.go
@@ -1345,3 +1345,40 @@ func events(r *Router, n int, filters ...event.Filter) []event.Event {
 	}
 	return events
 }
+
+// TestPointerScrollDoesNotTrackPointer queues two events over two cursor
+// regions. The Move puts the live pointer over the button (CursorPointer);
+// the Scroll happens over the cell (CursorText) and must not update the
+// cursor.
+func TestPointerScrollDoesNotTrackPointer(t *testing.T) {
+	var ops op.Ops
+
+	button := clip.Rect(image.Rect(0, 0, 50, 50)).Push(&ops)
+	pointer.CursorPointer.Add(&ops)
+	button.Pop()
+
+	cell := clip.Rect(image.Rect(100, 0, 200, 50)).Push(&ops)
+	pointer.CursorText.Add(&ops)
+	cell.Pop()
+
+	var r Router
+	r.Frame(&ops)
+	r.Queue(
+		pointer.Event{
+			Kind:     pointer.Move,
+			Source:   pointer.Mouse,
+			Position: f32.Pt(25, 25),
+		},
+		pointer.Event{
+			Kind:     pointer.Scroll,
+			Source:   pointer.Mouse,
+			Position: f32.Pt(150, 25),
+			Scroll:   f32.Pt(0, 1),
+		},
+	)
+
+	if got, want := r.Cursor(), pointer.CursorPointer; got != want {
+		t.Errorf("got %q, want %q (scroll position must not update the cursor; "+
+			"the live pointer's last position is what determines it)", got, want)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/io/pointer/pointer.go b/io/pointer/pointer.go
index a65f840c..489a8909 100644
--- a/io/pointer/pointer.go
+++ b/io/pointer/pointer.go
@@ -19,7 +19,9 @@ type Event struct {
 	Source Source
 	// PointerID is the id for the pointer and can be used
 	// to track a particular pointer from Press to
-	// Release.
+	// Release. Populated for Press, Release, Move, Drag,
+	// Enter, Leave, and Cancel; Scroll events are not
+	// bound to a tracked pointer and leave it zero.
 	PointerID ID
 	// Priority is the priority of the receiving handler
 	// for this event.