diff --git a/zephyr/static/styles/zephyr.css b/zephyr/static/styles/zephyr.css
index 011fd5dc38..2b8d2eee24 100644
--- a/zephyr/static/styles/zephyr.css
+++ b/zephyr/static/styles/zephyr.css
@@ -325,9 +325,15 @@ input.send_message {
     max-width: 670px;
     text-decoration: none;
     top: 0px;
+    visibility: hidden; /* so that we pass clicks through to underneath us */
 }
 
 .narrowed_to_bar {
+    /* We use display: to toggle whether or not this actually shows up,
+       but we need visibility: visible because its parent,
+       top_statusbar, is visibility: hidden and we don't want to
+       inherit that. */
+    visibility: visible;
     display: none;
     padding: 5px 10px;
     background-color: #DDD;