diff --git a/src/react-editor-view.coffee b/src/react-editor-view.coffee
index b57b5e927..8ff7c00e1 100644
--- a/src/react-editor-view.coffee
+++ b/src/react-editor-view.coffee
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ class ReactEditorView extends View
     @editor.pixelPositionForScreenPosition(screenPosition)
 
   appendToLinesView: (view) ->
+    view.css('position', 'absolute')
     @find('.scroll-view-content').prepend(view)
 
   beforeRemove: ->