diff --git a/gpui/src/elements/container.rs b/gpui/src/elements/container.rs
index eeda6f206d139c210259744f9604fb30f90d1fae..abbafe4d034e76926ff79f794a286a24a727d927 100644
--- a/gpui/src/elements/container.rs
+++ b/gpui/src/elements/container.rs
@@ -348,6 +348,17 @@ enum Spacing {
     },
 }
 
+impl Padding {
+    pub fn uniform(padding: f32) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            top: padding,
+            left: padding,
+            bottom: padding,
+            right: padding,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 impl ToJson for Padding {
     fn to_json(&self) -> serde_json::Value {
         let mut value = json!({});
diff --git a/gpui/src/elements/mouse_event_handler.rs b/gpui/src/elements/mouse_event_handler.rs
index 3b28409f9fa7ee67d90401bb40357ca012558b24..2cc01c3080f22a7d3587dd4750879ee8287dc5a8 100644
--- a/gpui/src/elements/mouse_event_handler.rs
+++ b/gpui/src/elements/mouse_event_handler.rs
@@ -116,7 +116,8 @@ impl Element for MouseEventHandler {
         let hit_bounds = RectF::from_points(
             bounds.origin() - vec2f(self.padding.left, self.padding.top),
             bounds.lower_right() + vec2f(self.padding.right, self.padding.bottom),
-        );
+        )
+        .round_out();
 
         self.state.update(cx, |state, cx| match event {
             Event::MouseMoved {
diff --git a/zed/src/workspace/pane.rs b/zed/src/workspace/pane.rs
index f4d409ae5df489295d61633a124fc1fe193e8b94..31ec57354ad131f8542f211c5ee88cfb2520ad8f 100644
--- a/zed/src/workspace/pane.rs
+++ b/zed/src/workspace/pane.rs
@@ -292,6 +292,7 @@ impl Pane {
                                                     }
                                                 },
                                             )
+                                            .with_padding(Padding::uniform(4.))
                                             .with_cursor_style(CursorStyle::PointingHand)
                                             .on_click(move |cx| {
                                                 cx.dispatch_action(CloseItem(item_id))