diff --git a/src/vs/base/browser/ui/grid/gridview.ts b/src/vs/base/browser/ui/grid/gridview.ts
index 497678cee416dccebf88e7030034acef9bbee46f..ae8c4ed810a355b97374550d63a93d035fc75ece 100644
--- a/src/vs/base/browser/ui/grid/gridview.ts
+++ b/src/vs/base/browser/ui/grid/gridview.ts
@@ -348,6 +348,7 @@ class BranchNode implements ISplitView, IDisposable {
 		}
 
 		this.splitview.setViewVisible(index, visible);
+		this._onDidChange.fire(undefined);
 	}
 
 	getChildCachedVisibleSize(index: number): number | undefined {
diff --git a/src/vs/base/browser/ui/splitview/splitview.css b/src/vs/base/browser/ui/splitview/splitview.css
index 6fb8f1c61d0e3cf871be11981a5563b14cbaf04e..c0f3634d499f177d0ded51007de94d127d77f3fd 100644
--- a/src/vs/base/browser/ui/splitview/splitview.css
+++ b/src/vs/base/browser/ui/splitview/splitview.css
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 	white-space: initial;
 	flex: none;
 	position: relative;
+	overflow: hidden;
 }
 
 .monaco-split-view2 > .split-view-container > .split-view-view:not(.visible) {
@@ -72,4 +73,4 @@
 .monaco-split-view2.separator-border.vertical > .split-view-container > .split-view-view:not(:first-child)::before {
 	height: 1px;
 	width: 100%;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/src/vs/base/browser/ui/splitview/splitview.ts b/src/vs/base/browser/ui/splitview/splitview.ts
index 37d44dbaad9b0d7e9e325cfae669588f42ad43b0..5f6cbe73e3e230f95b0baf35da3fdf2066c1cd2d 100644
--- a/src/vs/base/browser/ui/splitview/splitview.ts
+++ b/src/vs/base/browser/ui/splitview/splitview.ts
@@ -125,7 +125,10 @@ abstract class ViewItem {
 		dom.addClass(container, 'visible');
 	}
 
-	abstract layout(): void;
+	layout(): void {
+		this.container.scrollTop = 0;
+		this.container.scrollLeft = 0;
+	}
 
 	layoutView(orientation: Orientation): void {
 		this.view.layout(this.size, orientation);
@@ -140,6 +143,7 @@ abstract class ViewItem {
 class VerticalViewItem extends ViewItem {
 
 	layout(): void {
+		super.layout();
 		this.container.style.height = `${this.size}px`;
 		this.layoutView(Orientation.VERTICAL);
 	}
@@ -148,6 +152,7 @@ class VerticalViewItem extends ViewItem {
 class HorizontalViewItem extends ViewItem {
 
 	layout(): void {
+		super.layout();
 		this.container.style.width = `${this.size}px`;
 		this.layoutView(Orientation.HORIZONTAL);
 	}