diff --git a/lib/widgets/compose_box.dart b/lib/widgets/compose_box.dart
index 18d125afd0..4d9c0aad6b 100644
--- a/lib/widgets/compose_box.dart
+++ b/lib/widgets/compose_box.dart
@@ -300,22 +300,82 @@ class _ContentInput extends StatelessWidget {
         narrow: narrow,
         controller: controller,
         focusNode: focusNode,
-        fieldViewBuilder: (context) => TextField(
-          controller: controller,
-          focusNode: focusNode,
-          decoration: InputDecoration.collapsed(
-            hintText: hintText,
-            hintStyle: TextStyle(color: designVariables.textInput.withOpacity(0.5))),
-          minLines: 2,
-          maxLines: null,
-          textCapitalization: TextCapitalization.sentences,
-          style: TextStyle(
-            fontSize: 17,
-            height: (contentLineHeight / 17),
-            color: designVariables.textInput))));
+        fieldViewBuilder: (context) => _ShadowBox(
+          color: designVariables.bgComposeBox,
+          child: TextField(
+            controller: controller,
+            focusNode: focusNode,
+            decoration: InputDecoration.collapsed(
+              hintText: hintText,
+              hintStyle: TextStyle(color: designVariables.textInput.withOpacity(0.5))),
+            minLines: 2,
+            maxLines: null,
+            textCapitalization: TextCapitalization.sentences,
+            style: TextStyle(
+              fontSize: 17,
+              height: (contentLineHeight / 17),
+              color: designVariables.textInput)),
+        )));
+  }
+}
+
+/// Overlay inset shadows on the child from all scrollable directions.
+class _ShadowBox extends StatefulWidget {
+  const _ShadowBox({required this.color, required this.child});
+
+  final Color color;
+  final Widget child;
+
+  @override
+  State<_ShadowBox> createState() => _ShadowBoxState();
+}
+
+class _ShadowBoxState extends State<_ShadowBox> {
+  bool showTopShadow  = false; bool showBottomShadow = false;
+  bool showLeftShadow = false; bool showRightShadow  = false;
+
+  bool handleScroll(ScrollNotification notification) {
+    final metrics = notification.metrics;
+    setState(() {
+      switch (metrics.axisDirection) {
+        case AxisDirection.up:
+        case AxisDirection.down:
+          showTopShadow = metrics.extentBefore != 0;
+          showBottomShadow = metrics.extentAfter != 0;
+        case AxisDirection.right:
+        case AxisDirection.left:
+          showLeftShadow = metrics.extentBefore != 0;
+          showRightShadow = metrics.extentAfter != 0;
+      }
+    });
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  @override
+  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
+    BoxDecoration shadowFrom(AlignmentGeometry begin) =>
+      BoxDecoration(gradient: LinearGradient(begin: begin, end: -begin,
+        colors: [widget.color, widget.color.withOpacity(0)]));
+
+    return NotificationListener<ScrollNotification>(
+      onNotification: handleScroll,
+      child: Stack(
+        children: [
+          widget.child,
+          if (showTopShadow) Positioned(top: 0, left: 0, right: 0,
+            child: Container(height: 8, decoration: shadowFrom(Alignment.topCenter))),
+          if (showBottomShadow) Positioned(bottom: 0, left: 0, right: 0,
+            child: Container(height: 8, decoration: shadowFrom(Alignment.bottomCenter))),
+          if (showLeftShadow) Positioned(left: 0, top: 0, bottom: 0,
+            child: Container(width: 8, decoration: shadowFrom(Alignment.centerLeft))),
+          if (showRightShadow) Positioned(right: 0, top: 0, bottom: 0,
+            child: Container(width: 8, decoration: shadowFrom(Alignment.centerRight))),
+        ],
+      ));
   }
 }
 
+
 /// The content input for _StreamComposeBox.
 class _StreamContentInput extends StatefulWidget {
   const _StreamContentInput({
diff --git a/test/widgets/compose_box_test.dart b/test/widgets/compose_box_test.dart
index 5fd72bdbc7..077f384a88 100644
--- a/test/widgets/compose_box_test.dart
+++ b/test/widgets/compose_box_test.dart
@@ -481,4 +481,34 @@ void main() {
       });
     });
   });
+
+  testWidgets('cast shadow when scrollable', (tester) async {
+    Finder shadowFinderFrom(Alignment alignment) => find.byWidgetPredicate((widget) =>
+    widget is Container && ((widget.decoration as BoxDecoration?)?.gradient as LinearGradient?)?.begin == alignment);
+
+    await prepareComposeBox(tester, narrow: const TopicNarrow(123, 'some topic'));
+    check(shadowFinderFrom(Alignment.topCenter).evaluate()).isEmpty();
+    check(shadowFinderFrom(Alignment.bottomCenter).evaluate()).isEmpty();
+
+    final contentInputFinder = find.byWidgetPredicate(
+            (widget) => widget is TextField && widget.controller is ComposeContentController);
+
+    // Entering more than 7 lines to fully extend the compose box.
+    await tester.enterText(contentInputFinder, 'newlines\n' * 8);
+    await tester.pumpAndSettle();
+    check(shadowFinderFrom(Alignment.topCenter).evaluate()).single;
+    check(shadowFinderFrom(Alignment.bottomCenter).evaluate()).isEmpty();
+
+    // Scroll back up and the bottom shadow should be visible now.
+    await tester.drag(contentInputFinder, const Offset(0, 22));
+    await tester.pumpAndSettle();
+    check(shadowFinderFrom(Alignment.topCenter).evaluate()).single;
+    check(shadowFinderFrom(Alignment.bottomCenter).evaluate()).single;
+
+    // Scroll back to the top and the top shadow is no longer visible.
+    await tester.drag(contentInputFinder, const Offset(0, 99));
+    await tester.pumpAndSettle();
+    check(shadowFinderFrom(Alignment.topCenter).evaluate()).isEmpty();
+    check(shadowFinderFrom(Alignment.bottomCenter).evaluate()).single;
+  });
 }