diff --git a/src/browser/actions.zig b/src/browser/actions.zig
index 7bbe3371f..a60505d04 100644
--- a/src/browser/actions.zig
+++ b/src/browser/actions.zig
@@ -287,33 +287,34 @@ pub fn fill(node: *DOMNode, text: []const u8, frame: *Frame) !void {
     try dispatchInputAndChangeEvents(el, frame);
 }
 
-pub fn scroll(node: ?*DOMNode, x: ?i32, y: ?i32, frame: *Frame) !void {
-    if (node) |n| {
-        const el = n.is(Element) orelse return error.InvalidNodeType;
+pub const ScrollResult = struct {
+    /// What moved: the given node, its nearest scroll container, or null for
+    /// the window.
+    scrolled: ?*DOMNode,
+    x: u32,
+    y: u32,
+};
 
-        if (x) |val| {
-            el.setScrollLeft(val, frame) catch |err| {
-                lp.log.err(.app, "setScrollLeft failed", .{ .err = err });
-                return error.ActionFailed;
-            };
-        }
-        if (y) |val| {
-            el.setScrollTop(val, frame) catch |err| {
-                lp.log.err(.app, "setScrollTop failed", .{ .err = err });
-                return error.ActionFailed;
-            };
-        }
-
-        const scroll_evt: *Event = try .initTrusted(comptime .wrap("scroll"), .{ .bubbles = true }, frame._page);
-        frame._event_manager.dispatch(el.asEventTarget(), scroll_evt) catch |err| {
-            lp.log.err(.app, "dispatch scroll event failed", .{ .err = err });
-        };
-    } else {
-        frame.window.scrollTo(.{ .x = x orelse 0 }, y, frame) catch |err| {
+pub fn scroll(node: ?*DOMNode, x: ?i32, y: ?i32, frame: *Frame) !ScrollResult {
+    const n = node orelse {
+        frame.window.scrollTo(.{ .opts = .{ .left = x, .top = y } }, null, frame) catch |err| {
             lp.log.err(.app, "scroll failed", .{ .err = err });
             return error.ActionFailed;
         };
-    }
+        return .{ .scrolled = null, .x = frame.window.getScrollX(), .y = frame.window.getScrollY() };
+    };
+    const el = n.is(Element) orelse return error.InvalidNodeType;
+
+    const target = el.scrollContainer(.{ .x = x != null, .y = y != null }, frame) orelse el;
+    target.scrollTo(.{ .opts = .{ .left = x, .top = y } }, null, frame) catch |err| {
+        lp.log.err(.app, "scroll failed", .{ .err = err });
+        return error.ActionFailed;
+    };
+    return .{
+        .scrolled = target.asNode(),
+        .x = target.getScrollLeft(frame),
+        .y = target.getScrollTop(frame),
+    };
 }
 
 // Floored to 1 so timeout_ms=0 still gets one check instead of failing outright.
diff --git a/src/browser/frame/user_input.zig b/src/browser/frame/user_input.zig
index 41d492de2..32f53dfaa 100644
--- a/src/browser/frame/user_input.zig
+++ b/src/browser/frame/user_input.zig
@@ -302,65 +302,29 @@ pub fn triggerMouseWheel(frame: *Frame, x: f64, y: f64, delta_x: f64, delta_y: f
     }
 
     // CDP deltas are untrusted, so guard NaN and saturate the addition.
-    try scrollAlong(target, .x, deltaToScroll(delta_x), frame);
-    try scrollAlong(target, .y, deltaToScroll(delta_y), frame);
+    try wheelScroll(target, deltaToScroll(delta_x), deltaToScroll(delta_y), frame);
 }
 
-const ScrollAxis = enum { x, y };
+/// Each axis scrolls the nearest ancestor-or-self scroll container along it,
+/// else the viewport. Relative deltas may land on different scrollers per
+/// axis, unlike an absolute position.
+pub fn wheelScroll(target: *Element, delta_x: i32, delta_y: i32, frame: *Frame) !void {
+    try scrollAlong(target, .{ .x = true }, delta_x, frame);
+    try scrollAlong(target, .{ .y = true }, delta_y, frame);
+}
 
-// Each axis scrolls the nearest ancestor-or-self that is a scroll container
-// along it, else the viewport. Both scrollBy paths schedule the trusted
-// scroll/scrollend events themselves.
-fn scrollAlong(target: *Element, axis: ScrollAxis, delta: i32, frame: *Frame) !void {
+fn scrollAlong(target: *Element, axes: Element.ScrollAxes, delta: i32, frame: *Frame) !void {
     if (delta == 0) {
         return;
     }
-    const left: i32, const top: i32 = switch (axis) {
-        .x => .{ delta, 0 },
-        .y => .{ 0, delta },
-    };
-    if (scrollContainerOf(target, axis, frame)) |container| {
+    const left: i32 = if (axes.x) delta else 0;
+    const top: i32 = if (axes.y) delta else 0;
+    if (target.scrollContainer(axes, frame)) |container| {
         return container.scrollBy(.{ .opts = .{ .left = left, .top = top } }, null, frame);
     }
     return frame.window.scrollBy(.{ .opts = .{ .left = left, .top = top } }, null, frame);
 }
 
-// html/body scroll the viewport.
-fn scrollContainerOf(start: *Element, axis: ScrollAxis, frame: *Frame) ?*Element {
-    var current: ?*Element = start;
-    while (current) |el| : (current = el.parentElement()) {
-        switch (el.getTag()) {
-            .html, .body => return null,
-            else => {},
-        }
-        if (isScrollContainer(el, axis, frame)) {
-            return el;
-        }
-    }
-    return null;
-}
-
-// Only inline `overflow` is resolved: computed styles don't cascade stylesheet
-// rules, so a sheet-declared scroll container is treated as page content.
-fn isScrollContainer(el: *Element, axis: ScrollAxis, frame: *Frame) bool {
-    const style_manager = &frame._style_manager;
-    const longhand = switch (axis) {
-        .x => style_manager.inlineStyleValue(el, comptime .wrap("overflow-x")),
-        .y => style_manager.inlineStyleValue(el, comptime .wrap("overflow-y")),
-    };
-    const value = longhand orelse blk: {
-        // `overflow: <x> [<y>]`; a single value applies to both axes.
-        const shorthand = style_manager.inlineStyleValue(el, comptime .wrap("overflow")) orelse return false;
-        var it = std.mem.tokenizeScalar(u8, shorthand, ' ');
-        const x = it.next() orelse return false;
-        break :blk switch (axis) {
-            .x => x,
-            .y => it.next() orelse x,
-        };
-    };
-    return std.ascii.eqlIgnoreCase(value, "auto") or std.ascii.eqlIgnoreCase(value, "scroll");
-}
-
 fn deltaToScroll(d: f64) i32 {
     if (std.math.isNan(d)) return 0;
     return @trunc(std.math.clamp(d, std.math.minInt(i32), std.math.maxInt(i32)));
diff --git a/src/browser/tests/mcp_actions.html b/src/browser/tests/mcp_actions.html
index 2bab8999f..50268246c 100644
--- a/src/browser/tests/mcp_actions.html
+++ b/src/browser/tests/mcp_actions.html
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@
     <div id="scrollbox" style="width: 100px; height: 100px; overflow: scroll;" onscroll="window.scrolled = true;">
         <div style="height: 500px;">Long content</div>
     </div>
+    <div id="outerscroll" style="height: 100px; overflow: auto;" onscroll="window.outerScrolled = true;">
+        <div style="height: 500px;"><p id="innerleaf">Inner leaf</p></div>
+    </div>
     <div id="hoverTarget" onmouseover="window.hovered = true;">Hover Me</div>
     <input id="keyTarget" onkeydown="window.keyPressed = event.key;" onkeyup="window.keyReleased = event.key;">
     <select id="sel2" onchange="window.sel2Changed = this.value">
diff --git a/src/browser/tests/window_scroll.html b/src/browser/tests/window_scroll.html
index 0aff32cad..6d16dc0c3 100644
--- a/src/browser/tests/window_scroll.html
+++ b/src/browser/tests/window_scroll.html
@@ -28,6 +28,16 @@
   testing.expectEqual(40, window.scrollY);
 </script>
 
+<script id=scrollTo_opts_omitted_axis_untouched>
+  window.scrollTo(30, 40);
+  window.scrollTo({ top: 60 });
+  testing.expectEqual(30, window.scrollX);
+  testing.expectEqual(60, window.scrollY);
+  window.scrollTo({ left: 10 });
+  testing.expectEqual(10, window.scrollX);
+  testing.expectEqual(60, window.scrollY);
+</script>
+
 <script id=scrollBy_negative_clamp>
   window.scrollTo(10, 10);
   window.scrollBy(-100, -100);
diff --git a/src/browser/tools.zig b/src/browser/tools.zig
index ab2499905..d22868708 100644
--- a/src/browser/tools.zig
+++ b/src/browser/tools.zig
@@ -566,7 +566,7 @@ pub const Tool = enum {
                     \\{
                     \\  "type": "object",
                     \\  "properties": {
-                    \\    "backendNodeId": { "type": "integer", "description": "Optional: The backend node ID of the element to scroll. If omitted (or 0), scrolls the window." },
+                    \\    "backendNodeId": { "type": "integer", "description": "Optional: The backend node ID of the element to scroll. If the element is not itself a scroll container, its nearest scrollable ancestor is scrolled instead. If omitted (or 0), scrolls the window." },
                     \\    "x": { "type": "integer", "description": "Optional: The horizontal scroll offset." },
                     \\    "y": { "type": "integer", "description": "Optional: The vertical scroll offset." }
                     \\  }
@@ -1879,15 +1879,20 @@ fn execScroll(arena: std.mem.Allocator, session: *lp.Session, registry: *NodeReg
         y: ?i32 = null,
     };
     const args = try parseArgsOrDefault(Params, arena, arguments);
+    const scope = beginAction(session);
     const page = try requireFrame(session);
     const target_node = try resolveOptionalNode(registry, args.backendNodeId);
 
-    lp.actions.scroll(target_node, args.x, args.y, page) catch |err| return mapActionError(err);
+    const result = lp.actions.scroll(target_node, args.x, args.y, page) catch |err| return mapActionError(err);
 
-    return std.fmt.allocPrint(arena, "Scrolled to x: {d}, y: {d}", .{
-        args.x orelse 0,
-        args.y orelse 0,
-    }) catch return ToolError.InternalError;
+    const body = (if (result.scrolled) |scrolled| blk: {
+        const moved: ActionTarget = .{ .backend_node_id = (registry.register(scrolled) catch return ToolError.InternalError).id };
+        break :blk if (scrolled == target_node)
+            std.fmt.allocPrint(arena, "Scrolled element ({f}) to x: {d}, y: {d}", .{ moved, result.x, result.y })
+        else
+            std.fmt.allocPrint(arena, "Scrolled scroll container ({f}) of element ({f}) to x: {d}, y: {d}", .{ moved, ActionTarget{ .backend_node_id = args.backendNodeId.? }, result.x, result.y });
+    } else std.fmt.allocPrint(arena, "Scrolled window to x: {d}, y: {d}", .{ result.x, result.y })) catch return ToolError.InternalError;
+    return finalizeAction(arena, session, registry, scope, body);
 }
 
 /// Default timeout for the `waitFor*` tools — short, since they wait on an
diff --git a/src/browser/webapi/Element.zig b/src/browser/webapi/Element.zig
index 4a5d7e526..edbf475b2 100644
--- a/src/browser/webapi/Element.zig
+++ b/src/browser/webapi/Element.zig
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ const lp = @import("lightpanda");
 const js = @import("../js/js.zig");
 const dump = @import("../dump.zig");
 const Frame = @import("../Frame.zig");
+const StyleManager = @import("../StyleManager.zig");
 const Factory = @import("../Factory.zig");
 
 const CSS = @import("CSS.zig");
@@ -1600,6 +1601,45 @@ pub fn setScrollLeft(self: *Element, value: i32, frame: *Frame) !void {
     }
 }
 
+pub const ScrollAxes = struct { x: bool = false, y: bool = false };
+
+/// Nearest ancestor-or-self that is a scroll container along any of `axes`.
+/// null once the chain reaches html/body: those scroll the viewport.
+pub fn scrollContainer(self: *Element, axes: ScrollAxes, frame: *Frame) ?*Element {
+    if (!axes.x and !axes.y) return null;
+    const owner = self.ownerFrame(frame) orelse return null;
+    const style_manager = &owner._style_manager;
+    var current: ?*Element = self;
+    while (current) |el| : (current = el.parentElement()) {
+        const tag = el.getTag();
+        if (tag == .html or tag == .body) return null;
+        if ((axes.x and el.overflowScrolls(.x, style_manager)) or (axes.y and el.overflowScrolls(.y, style_manager))) {
+            return el;
+        }
+    }
+    return null;
+}
+
+// Only inline `overflow` is resolved: computed styles don't cascade stylesheet
+// rules, so a sheet-declared scroll container is treated as page content.
+fn overflowScrolls(self: *Element, axis: enum { x, y }, style_manager: *StyleManager) bool {
+    const longhand = switch (axis) {
+        .x => style_manager.inlineStyleValue(self, comptime .wrap("overflow-x")),
+        .y => style_manager.inlineStyleValue(self, comptime .wrap("overflow-y")),
+    };
+    const value = longhand orelse blk: {
+        // `overflow: <x> [<y>]`; a single value applies to both axes.
+        const shorthand = style_manager.inlineStyleValue(self, comptime .wrap("overflow")) orelse return false;
+        var it = std.mem.tokenizeAny(u8, shorthand, &std.ascii.whitespace);
+        const x = it.next() orelse return false;
+        break :blk switch (axis) {
+            .x => x,
+            .y => it.next() orelse x,
+        };
+    };
+    return std.ascii.eqlIgnoreCase(value, "auto") or std.ascii.eqlIgnoreCase(value, "scroll");
+}
+
 pub fn getScrollHeight(self: *Element, frame: *Frame) f64 {
     if (!self.isVisible(frame)) {
         return 0.0;
@@ -1948,19 +1988,32 @@ pub fn scrollIntoView(self: *Element, opts: ?ScrollIntoViewOpts, frame: *Frame)
     frame.window.scrollTo(.{ .x = 0 }, @trunc(@max(0, y)), frame) catch {};
 }
 
-const ScrollToOpts = union(enum) {
+// The scrollTo/scrollBy argument shape shared with Window: positional (x, y)
+// or a dictionary.
+pub const ScrollToOpts = union(enum) {
     x: i32,
     opts: Opts,
 
-    const Opts = struct {
+    pub const Opts = struct {
         behavior: []const u8 = "",
         left: ?i32 = null,
         top: ?i32 = null,
     };
+
+    pub const Offsets = struct { left: ?i32, top: ?i32 };
+
+    /// Per-axis values; null leaves that axis where it is. Only the dictionary
+    /// form can omit an axis.
+    pub fn offsets(self: ScrollToOpts, y: ?i32) Offsets {
+        return switch (self) {
+            .x => |x| .{ .left = x, .top = y orelse 0 },
+            .opts => |o| .{ .left = o.left, .top = o.top },
+        };
+    }
 };
 
 pub fn scrollTo(self: *Element, opts: ?ScrollToOpts, y: ?i32, frame: *Frame) !void {
-    const o = opts orelse return;
+    const o = (opts orelse return).offsets(y);
     const owner = self.ownerFrame(frame) orelse return;
     const gop = try owner._element_scroll_positions.getOrPut(owner.arena, self);
     if (!gop.found_existing) {
@@ -1968,16 +2021,8 @@ pub fn scrollTo(self: *Element, opts: ?ScrollToOpts, y: ?i32, frame: *Frame) !vo
     }
     const old_x = gop.value_ptr.x;
     const old_y = gop.value_ptr.y;
-    switch (o) {
-        .x => |x| {
-            gop.value_ptr.x = @intCast(@max(0, x));
-            gop.value_ptr.y = @intCast(@max(0, y orelse 0));
-        },
-        .opts => |dict| {
-            if (dict.left) |left| gop.value_ptr.x = @intCast(@max(0, left));
-            if (dict.top) |top| gop.value_ptr.y = @intCast(@max(0, top));
-        },
-    }
+    if (o.left) |left| gop.value_ptr.x = @intCast(@max(0, left));
+    if (o.top) |top| gop.value_ptr.y = @intCast(@max(0, top));
     if (gop.value_ptr.x != old_x or gop.value_ptr.y != old_y) {
         try self.scheduleScrollEvents(owner);
     }
@@ -1985,20 +2030,16 @@ pub fn scrollTo(self: *Element, opts: ?ScrollToOpts, y: ?i32, frame: *Frame) !vo
 
 // scrollBy(): like scrollTo() but relative to the current position.
 pub fn scrollBy(self: *Element, opts: ?ScrollToOpts, y: ?i32, frame: *Frame) !void {
-    const o = opts orelse return;
+    const o = (opts orelse return).offsets(y);
     const owner = self.ownerFrame(frame) orelse return;
     const gop = try owner._element_scroll_positions.getOrPut(owner.arena, self);
     if (!gop.found_existing) {
         gop.value_ptr.* = .{};
     }
-    const dx: i32, const dy: i32 = switch (o) {
-        .x => |x| .{ x, y orelse 0 },
-        .opts => |dict| .{ dict.left orelse 0, dict.top orelse 0 },
-    };
     const old_x = gop.value_ptr.x;
     const old_y = gop.value_ptr.y;
-    gop.value_ptr.x = @intCast(@max(0, @as(i32, @intCast(gop.value_ptr.x)) +| dx));
-    gop.value_ptr.y = @intCast(@max(0, @as(i32, @intCast(gop.value_ptr.y)) +| dy));
+    gop.value_ptr.x = @intCast(@max(0, @as(i32, @intCast(gop.value_ptr.x)) +| (o.left orelse 0)));
+    gop.value_ptr.y = @intCast(@max(0, @as(i32, @intCast(gop.value_ptr.y)) +| (o.top orelse 0)));
     if (gop.value_ptr.x != old_x or gop.value_ptr.y != old_y) {
         try self.scheduleScrollEvents(owner);
     }
diff --git a/src/browser/webapi/WebDriver.zig b/src/browser/webapi/WebDriver.zig
index 9a8acbc44..df5008ca3 100644
--- a/src/browser/webapi/WebDriver.zig
+++ b/src/browser/webapi/WebDriver.zig
@@ -626,17 +626,9 @@ fn dispatchWheel(el: *Element, delta_x: i32, delta_y: i32, frame: *Frame) void {
         return;
     }
 
-    // Apply the scroll and fire a trusted scroll event, mirroring actions.scroll.
-    const new_left: i32 = @as(i32, @intCast(el.getScrollLeft(frame))) + delta_x;
-    const new_top: i32 = @as(i32, @intCast(el.getScrollTop(frame))) + delta_y;
-    el.setScrollLeft(new_left, frame) catch {};
-    el.setScrollTop(new_top, frame) catch {};
-
-    const scroll_evt = Event.initTrusted(comptime .wrap("scroll"), .{ .bubbles = true }, frame._page) catch |err| {
-        log.warn(.app, "webdriver scroll event", .{ .err = err });
-        return;
+    Frame.user_input.wheelScroll(el, delta_x, delta_y, frame) catch |err| {
+        log.warn(.app, "webdriver scroll", .{ .err = err });
     };
-    dispatch(el.asEventTarget(), scroll_evt, frame, "scroll");
 }
 
 fn dispatch(target: *EventTarget, event: *Event, frame: *Frame, typ: []const u8) void {
diff --git a/src/browser/webapi/Window.zig b/src/browser/webapi/Window.zig
index 7aea96217..1c5f389ae 100644
--- a/src/browser/webapi/Window.zig
+++ b/src/browser/webapi/Window.zig
@@ -922,21 +922,10 @@ pub fn getInnerHeight(_: *const Window, frame: *Frame) u32 {
     return frame._page.getViewport().height;
 }
 
-const ScrollToOpts = union(enum) {
-    x: i32,
-    opts: Opts,
-
-    const Opts = struct {
-        behavior: []const u8 = "",
-        left: i32,
-        top: i32,
-    };
-};
-pub fn scrollTo(self: *Window, opts: ScrollToOpts, y: ?i32, frame: *Frame) !void {
-    const new_x: u32, const new_y: u32 = switch (opts) {
-        .x => |x| .{ @intCast(@max(x, 0)), @intCast(@max(0, y orelse 0)) },
-        .opts => |o| .{ @intCast(@max(0, o.left)), @intCast(@max(0, o.top)) },
-    };
+pub fn scrollTo(self: *Window, opts: Element.ScrollToOpts, y: ?i32, frame: *Frame) !void {
+    const o = opts.offsets(y);
+    const new_x: u32 = if (o.left) |left| @intCast(@max(0, left)) else self._scroll_pos.x;
+    const new_y: u32 = if (o.top) |top| @intCast(@max(0, top)) else self._scroll_pos.y;
 
     if (new_x == self._scroll_pos.x and new_y == self._scroll_pos.y) {
         return;
@@ -998,21 +987,10 @@ pub fn scrollTo(self: *Window, opts: ScrollToOpts, y: ?i32, frame: *Frame) !void
     );
 }
 
-pub fn scrollBy(self: *Window, opts: ScrollToOpts, y: ?i32, frame: *Frame) !void {
-    // The scroll is relative to the current position. So compute to new
-    // absolute position.
-    var absx: i32 = undefined;
-    var absy: i32 = undefined;
-    switch (opts) {
-        .x => |x| {
-            absx = @as(i32, @intCast(self._scroll_pos.x)) +| x;
-            absy = @as(i32, @intCast(self._scroll_pos.y)) +| (y orelse 0);
-        },
-        .opts => |o| {
-            absx = @as(i32, @intCast(self._scroll_pos.x)) +| o.left;
-            absy = @as(i32, @intCast(self._scroll_pos.y)) +| o.top;
-        },
-    }
+pub fn scrollBy(self: *Window, opts: Element.ScrollToOpts, y: ?i32, frame: *Frame) !void {
+    const o = opts.offsets(y);
+    const absx = @as(i32, @intCast(self._scroll_pos.x)) +| (o.left orelse 0);
+    const absy = @as(i32, @intCast(self._scroll_pos.y)) +| (o.top orelse 0);
     return self.scrollTo(.{ .x = absx }, absy, frame);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/mcp/tools.zig b/src/mcp/tools.zig
index 49561705a..08d7e01ca 100644
--- a/src/mcp/tools.zig
+++ b/src/mcp/tools.zig
@@ -1169,14 +1169,44 @@ test "MCP - Actions: click, fill, scroll, hover, press, selectOption, setChecked
         out.clearRetainingCapacity();
     }
 
+    // A scroll container, and a node with no scroll-container ancestor, are
+    // scrolled themselves.
+    const scrollbox = frame.document.getElementById("scrollbox", frame).?.asNode();
+    const scrollbox_id = (try server.active_session.registry.register(scrollbox)).id;
+    const plain = frame.document.getElementById("plain", frame).?.asNode();
+    const plain_id = (try server.active_session.registry.register(plain)).id;
+    for ([_]struct { id: lp.NodeRegistry.Id, y: i32 }{ .{ .id = scrollbox_id, .y = 50 }, .{ .id = plain_id, .y = 7 } }) |c| {
+        const msg = try std.fmt.allocPrint(aa, "{{\"jsonrpc\":\"2.0\",\"id\":4,\"method\":\"tools/call\",\"params\":{{\"name\":\"scroll\",\"arguments\":{{\"backendNodeId\":{d},\"y\":{d}}}}}}}", .{ c.id, c.y });
+        try router.handleMessage(server, aa, msg);
+        const expected = try std.fmt.allocPrint(aa, "Scrolled element (backendNodeId: {d}) to x: 0, y: {d}", .{ c.id, c.y });
+        try testing.expect(std.mem.indexOf(u8, out.written(), expected) != null);
+        out.clearRetainingCapacity();
+    }
+
+    // A leaf inside a scroll container scrolls the container, not the leaf.
     {
-        const scrollbox = frame.document.getElementById("scrollbox", frame).?.asNode();
-        const scrollbox_id = (try server.active_session.registry.register(scrollbox)).id;
-        var scroll_id_buf: [12]u8 = undefined;
-        const scroll_id_str = std.fmt.bufPrint(&scroll_id_buf, "{d}", .{scrollbox_id}) catch unreachable;
-        const scroll_msg = try std.mem.concat(aa, u8, &.{ "{\"jsonrpc\":\"2.0\",\"id\":4,\"method\":\"tools/call\",\"params\":{\"name\":\"scroll\",\"arguments\":{\"backendNodeId\":", scroll_id_str, ",\"y\":50}}}" });
-        try router.handleMessage(server, aa, scroll_msg);
-        try testing.expect(std.mem.indexOf(u8, out.written(), "Scrolled to x: 0, y: 50") != null);
+        const leaf = frame.document.getElementById("innerleaf", frame).?.asNode();
+        const leaf_id = (try server.active_session.registry.register(leaf)).id;
+        const outer = frame.document.getElementById("outerscroll", frame).?.asNode();
+        const outer_id = (try server.active_session.registry.register(outer)).id;
+        const msg = try std.fmt.allocPrint(aa, "{{\"jsonrpc\":\"2.0\",\"id\":40,\"method\":\"tools/call\",\"params\":{{\"name\":\"scroll\",\"arguments\":{{\"backendNodeId\":{d},\"y\":30}}}}}}", .{leaf_id});
+        try router.handleMessage(server, aa, msg);
+        const expected = try std.fmt.allocPrint(aa, "Scrolled scroll container (backendNodeId: {d}) of element (backendNodeId: {d}) to x: 0, y: 30", .{ outer_id, leaf_id });
+        try testing.expect(std.mem.indexOf(u8, out.written(), expected) != null);
+        out.clearRetainingCapacity();
+    }
+
+    // Without a node the window scrolls; an omitted axis keeps its offset.
+    {
+        try router.handleMessage(server, aa,
+            \\{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":42,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"scroll","arguments":{"y":20}}}
+        );
+        try testing.expect(std.mem.indexOf(u8, out.written(), "Scrolled window to x: 0, y: 20") != null);
+        out.clearRetainingCapacity();
+        try router.handleMessage(server, aa,
+            \\{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":43,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"scroll","arguments":{"x":5}}}
+        );
+        try testing.expect(std.mem.indexOf(u8, out.written(), "Scrolled window to x: 5, y: 20") != null);
         out.clearRetainingCapacity();
     }
 
@@ -1243,6 +1273,10 @@ test "MCP - Actions: click, fill, scroll, hover, press, selectOption, setChecked
     try_catch.init(&ls.local);
     defer try_catch.deinit();
 
+    // Scroll events are scheduled, not fired inline with the tool.
+    var runner = server.active_session.session.runner(.{});
+    try runner.waitForScript(frame._frame_id, "window.scrolled === true && window.outerScrolled === true", 1000);
+
     const result = try ls.local.exec(
         \\ JSON.stringify(window.seq) === JSON.stringify([
         \\   'pointerdown:0:1:mouse:true', 'mousedown:0:1::true',
@@ -1253,7 +1287,10 @@ test "MCP - Actions: click, fill, scroll, hover, press, selectOption, setChecked
         \\ window.focusTargetFocused === true && window.plainBlurred === true &&
         \\ window.clicked === true && window.inputVal === 'hello' &&
         \\ window.changed === true && window.selChanged === 'opt2' &&
-        \\ window.scrolled === true &&
+        \\ document.getElementById('outerscroll').scrollTop === 30 &&
+        \\ document.getElementById('innerleaf').scrollTop === 0 &&
+        \\ document.getElementById('plain').scrollTop === 7 &&
+        \\ window.scrollX === 5 && window.scrollY === 20 &&
         \\ window.hovered === true &&
         \\ window.keyPressed === 'Enter' && window.keyReleased === 'Enter' &&
         \\ window.sel2Changed === 'b' &&
diff --git a/src/server/cdp/domains/lp.zig b/src/server/cdp/domains/lp.zig
index fcfb8fd33..109b429d4 100644
--- a/src/server/cdp/domains/lp.zig
+++ b/src/server/cdp/domains/lp.zig
@@ -389,19 +389,21 @@ fn scrollNode(cmd: anytype) !void {
     const frame = bc.mainFrame() orelse return error.FrameNotLoaded;
 
     const maybe_node_id = params.nodeId orelse params.backendNodeId;
+    const target_node: ?*DOMNode = if (maybe_node_id) |node_id|
+        (bc.node_registry.lookup_by_id.get(node_id) orelse return error.InvalidNodeId).dom
+    else
+        null;
 
-    var target_node: ?*DOMNode = null;
-    if (maybe_node_id) |node_id| {
-        const node = bc.node_registry.lookup_by_id.get(node_id) orelse return error.InvalidNodeId;
-        target_node = node.dom;
-    }
-
-    lp.actions.scroll(target_node, params.x, params.y, frame) catch |err| {
+    const result = lp.actions.scroll(target_node, params.x, params.y, frame) catch |err| {
         if (err == error.InvalidNodeType) return error.InvalidParam;
         return error.InternalError;
     };
 
-    return cmd.sendResult(.{}, .{});
+    const target_id: ?NodeRegistry.Id = if (result.scrolled) |scrolled|
+        (try bc.node_registry.register(scrolled)).id
+    else
+        null;
+    return cmd.sendResult(.{ .backendNodeId = target_id, .x = result.x, .y = result.y }, .{});
 }
 
 fn waitForSelector(cmd: anytype) !void {
@@ -712,6 +714,23 @@ test "cdp.lp: action tools" {
         .method = "LP.scrollNode",
         .params = .{ .backendNodeId = scrollbox_id, .y = 50 },
     });
+    try ctx.expectSentResult(.{ .backendNodeId = scrollbox_id, .x = 0, .y = 50 }, .{ .id = 4 });
+
+    // A leaf inside a scroll container scrolls the container, not the leaf.
+    const leaf = frame.document.getElementById("innerleaf", frame).?.asNode();
+    const leaf_id = (try bc.node_registry.register(leaf)).id;
+    const outer = frame.document.getElementById("outerscroll", frame).?.asNode();
+    const outer_id = (try bc.node_registry.register(outer)).id;
+    try ctx.processMessage(.{
+        .id = 5,
+        .method = "LP.scrollNode",
+        .params = .{ .backendNodeId = leaf_id, .y = 30 },
+    });
+    try ctx.expectSentResult(.{ .backendNodeId = outer_id, .x = 0, .y = 30 }, .{ .id = 5 });
+
+    // Scroll events are scheduled, not fired inline with the command.
+    var runner = bc.session.runner(.{});
+    try runner.waitForScript(frame._frame_id, "window.scrolled === true && window.outerScrolled === true", 1000);
 
     // Evaluate assertions
     var ls: lp.js.Local.Scope = undefined;
@@ -722,7 +741,7 @@ test "cdp.lp: action tools" {
     try_catch.init(&ls.local);
     defer try_catch.deinit();
 
-    const result = try ls.local.compileAndRun("window.clicked === true && window.inputVal === 'hello' && window.changed === true && window.selChanged === 'opt2' && window.scrolled === true", null);
+    const result = try ls.local.compileAndRun("window.clicked === true && window.inputVal === 'hello' && window.changed === true && window.selChanged === 'opt2' && document.getElementById('outerscroll').scrollTop === 30 && document.getElementById('innerleaf').scrollTop === 0 && window.scrollY === 0", null);
 
     try testing.expect(result.isTrue());
 }