diff --git a/crates/egui/src/widgets/text_edit/builder.rs b/crates/egui/src/widgets/text_edit/builder.rs
index 4df736e3..f46776b7 100644
--- a/crates/egui/src/widgets/text_edit/builder.rs
+++ b/crates/egui/src/widgets/text_edit/builder.rs
@@ -581,9 +581,8 @@ impl TextEdit<'_> {
 
                 // TODO(emilk): drag selected text to either move or clone (ctrl on windows, alt on mac)
 
-                let singleline_offset = vec2(state.singleline_offset, 0.0);
                 let cursor_at_pointer =
-                    galley.cursor_from_pos(pointer_pos - rect.min + singleline_offset);
+                    galley.cursor_from_pos(pointer_pos - rect.min + state.text_offset);
 
                 if ui.visuals().text_cursor.preview
                     && response.hovered()
@@ -653,16 +652,16 @@ impl TextEdit<'_> {
             .align_size_within_rect(galley.size(), rect)
             .intersect(rect) // limit pos to the response rect area
             .min;
-        let align_offset = rect.left() - galley_pos.x;
+        let align_offset = rect.left_top() - galley_pos;
 
         // Visual clipping for singleline text editor with text larger than width
-        if clip_text && align_offset == 0.0 {
+        if clip_text && align_offset.x == 0.0 {
             let cursor_pos = match (cursor_range, ui.memory(|mem| mem.has_focus(id))) {
                 (Some(cursor_range), true) => galley.pos_from_cursor(cursor_range.primary).min.x,
                 _ => 0.0,
             };
 
-            let mut offset_x = state.singleline_offset;
+            let mut offset_x = state.text_offset.x;
             let visible_range = offset_x..=offset_x + desired_inner_size.x;
 
             if !visible_range.contains(&cursor_pos) {
@@ -677,10 +676,10 @@ impl TextEdit<'_> {
                 .at_most(galley.size().x - desired_inner_size.x)
                 .at_least(0.0);
 
-            state.singleline_offset = offset_x;
+            state.text_offset = vec2(offset_x, align_offset.y);
             galley_pos -= vec2(offset_x, 0.0);
         } else {
-            state.singleline_offset = align_offset;
+            state.text_offset = align_offset;
         }
 
         let selection_changed = if let (Some(cursor_range), Some(prev_cursor_range)) =
diff --git a/crates/egui/src/widgets/text_edit/state.rs b/crates/egui/src/widgets/text_edit/state.rs
index 11304e70..5827aac4 100644
--- a/crates/egui/src/widgets/text_edit/state.rs
+++ b/crates/egui/src/widgets/text_edit/state.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ use std::sync::Arc;
 use crate::mutex::Mutex;
 
 use crate::{
-    Context, Id,
+    Context, Id, Vec2,
     text_selection::{CCursorRange, TextCursorState},
 };
 
@@ -49,9 +49,10 @@ pub struct TextEditState {
     #[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", serde(skip))]
     pub(crate) ime_cursor_range: CCursorRange,
 
-    // Visual offset when editing singleline text bigger than the width.
+    // Text offset within the widget area.
+    // Used for sensing and singleline text clipping.
     #[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", serde(skip))]
-    pub(crate) singleline_offset: f32,
+    pub(crate) text_offset: Vec2,
 
     /// When did the user last press a key or click on the `TextEdit`.
     /// Used to pause the cursor animation when typing.