diff --git a/packages/oneclient_app/src/view/app/analytics/mod.rs b/packages/oneclient_app/src/view/app/analytics/mod.rs
index 3d8d46a1..162526fd 100644
--- a/packages/oneclient_app/src/view/app/analytics/mod.rs
+++ b/packages/oneclient_app/src/view/app/analytics/mod.rs
@@ -47,40 +47,64 @@ fn analytics_body_inner(analytics: &Analytics, force_all: bool) -> Element {
     root.into_element()
 }
 
-/// Zeroed data behind a scrim with `note` on top so charts stay visible without inventing numbers
 pub fn analytics_placeholder(note: &str) -> Element {
-    rect()
-        .width(Size::fill())
-        .child(analytics_body_inner(&empty_analytics(), true))
-        .child(
-            rect()
-                .position(Position::new_absolute())
-                .width(Size::fill())
-                .height(Size::fill())
-                .layer(Layer::Relative(1))
-                .center()
-                .padding(40.)
-                .background(colors::page_overlay())
-                // swallow clicks so the placeholder controls aren't interactive
-                .on_press(|_| {})
-                .child(
-                    rect()
-                        .max_width(Size::px(360.))
-                        .padding(Gaps::new_symmetric(16., 24.))
-                        .corner_radius(CornerRadius::new_all(12.))
-                        .background(colors::page_elevated())
-                        .border(border_all_color(1., colors::component_border()))
-                        .center()
-                        .child(
-                            label()
-                                .text(note.to_string())
-                                .font_size(14.)
-                                .text_align(TextAlign::Center)
-                                .color(colors::fg_secondary()),
-                        ),
-                ),
-        )
-        .into_element()
+    AnalyticsPlaceholder {
+        note: note.to_string(),
+    }
+    .into_element()
+}
+
+#[derive(PartialEq)]
+struct AnalyticsPlaceholder {
+    note: String,
+}
+
+impl Component for AnalyticsPlaceholder {
+    fn render(&self) -> impl IntoElement {
+        let mut body_height = use_state(|| 0f32);
+        let scrim_height = *body_height.read();
+
+        rect()
+            .width(Size::fill())
+            .child(
+                rect()
+                    .width(Size::fill())
+                    .on_sized(move |e: Event<SizedEventData>| {
+                        let height = e.area.height();
+                        if (*body_height.read() - height).abs() > 0.5 {
+                            body_height.set(height);
+                        }
+                    })
+                    .child(analytics_body_inner(&empty_analytics(), true)),
+            )
+            .child(
+                rect()
+                    .position(Position::new_absolute())
+                    .width(Size::fill())
+                    .height(Size::px(scrim_height))
+                    .layer(Layer::Relative(1))
+                    .center()
+                    .padding(40.)
+                    .background(colors::page_overlay())
+                    .on_press(|_| {})
+                    .child(
+                        rect()
+                            .max_width(Size::px(360.))
+                            .padding(Gaps::new_symmetric(16., 24.))
+                            .corner_radius(CornerRadius::new_all(12.))
+                            .background(colors::page_elevated())
+                            .border(border_all_color(1., colors::component_border()))
+                            .center()
+                            .child(
+                                label()
+                                    .text(self.note.clone())
+                                    .font_size(14.)
+                                    .text_align(TextAlign::Center)
+                                    .color(colors::fg_secondary()),
+                            ),
+                    ),
+            )
+    }
 }
 
 /// A run of zero-second days ending today so the timeline still renders columns for each range