diff --git a/crates/ui/src/docking/render/mod.rs b/crates/ui/src/docking/render/mod.rs
index 2f16a8d0..9867b24d 100644
--- a/crates/ui/src/docking/render/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/ui/src/docking/render/mod.rs
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ impl<P: Clone + Eq + Hash + Debug + Send + Sync + 'static> Renderer<'_, P> {
                     let actions = self.divider_actions(root, path, response.delta);
                     self.output.actions.extend(actions);
                 }
-                self.intersections(ui, node, rect, path, split.divider, mark, root);
+                self.intersections(ui, (node, rect), path, split.divider, mark, root);
                 if self.dividers.len() < crate::docking::model::MAX_NODES {
                     self.dividers.push(DrawnDivider { path: path.clone(), axis: *axis, divider: split.divider });
                 }
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ impl<P: Clone + Eq + Hash + Debug + Send + Sync + 'static> Renderer<'_, P> {
 
     /// Four-way handles where a divider drawn inside the split `node` (since `mark`) ends on
     /// the split's own divider: dragging one moves both dividers.
-    fn intersections(&mut self, ui: &mut Ui, node: &Node<P>, rect: Rect, path: &[bool], divider: Rect, mark: usize, root: (&Node<P>, Rect)) {
+    fn intersections(&mut self, ui: &mut Ui, (node, rect): (&Node<P>, Rect), path: &[bool], divider: Rect, mark: usize, root: (&Node<P>, Rect)) {
         let Node::Split { axis, .. } = node else { return };
         let side = (self.style.gap * 3.0).max(12.0);
         let mut found = Vec::new();
diff --git a/crates/ui/src/docking/render/sizes.rs b/crates/ui/src/docking/render/sizes.rs
index 8af0dd5a..1c44cc1a 100644
--- a/crates/ui/src/docking/render/sizes.rs
+++ b/crates/ui/src/docking/render/sizes.rs
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ use super::{dock::dock_rects, node_limits, split_bounds};
 use crate::docking::{DockContent, DockStyle, Node, PanelLimits};
 use crate::layout::{SplitAxis, SplitLayout, SplitSize, split_rect};
 
+/// A split's two children with the rects they are drawn in.
+type Children<'n, P> = [(&'n Node<P>, Rect); 2];
+
 /// Room a group keeps above its minimum after a drop, so each of its dividers can still
 /// travel both ways.
 pub(in crate::docking) const DROP_MARGIN: f32 = 1.0;
@@ -169,7 +172,7 @@ impl<P> Sizer<'_, P> {
     /// The ancestors that continue the line of the split at the end of `chain` along `axis`:
     /// each with its children and whether the line runs through its second child, nearest first.
     /// The line ends at a split across the axis or beside a dock.
-    fn line<'n>(&self, chain: &[(&'n Node<P>, Rect)], path: &[bool], axis: SplitAxis) -> Vec<(usize, [(&'n Node<P>, Rect); 2], bool)> {
+    fn line<'n>(&self, chain: &[(&'n Node<P>, Rect)], path: &[bool], axis: SplitAxis) -> Vec<(usize, Children<'n, P>, bool)> {
         let mut line = Vec::new();
         for depth in (0..path.len()).rev() {
             let Some(&(node, rect)) = chain.get(depth) else { break };