diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/layer_row_ui/tests.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/layer_row_ui/tests.rs
index a5c9ed3834..26bd8ee538 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/layer_row_ui/tests.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/layer_row_ui/tests.rs
@@ -653,9 +653,7 @@ fn eye_column_edges_toggle_visibility_without_selecting_layer() {
     let visible = |h: &Harness<'_, PhotocraftApp>, id: u64| h.state().session.active().unwrap().doc.layer(photocraft_doc::LayerId(id)).unwrap().visible;
     let selected = |h: &Harness<'_, PhotocraftApp>| h.state().session.active().unwrap().active_layer.unwrap().0;
 
-    let row_for = |h: &Harness<'_, PhotocraftApp>, id: u64| {
-        recorded(&h.ctx).into_iter().find(|r| r.layer == id).unwrap().row
-    };
+    let row_for = |h: &Harness<'_, PhotocraftApp>, id: u64| recorded(&h.ctx).into_iter().find(|r| r.layer == id).unwrap().row;
 
     let top_row = row_for(&h, l1);
     // Click at the far left edge of the eye column (left + 1.0, top + 1.0)
@@ -673,3 +671,34 @@ fn eye_column_edges_toggle_visibility_without_selecting_layer() {
     assert_eq!(selected(&h), l0, "click on eye column must not select the layer");
 }
 
+/// #1662: a hidden layer's eye box stays empty, as in Photoshop (only a visible layer paints its
+/// eye), in every theme; the widened hit area (#8467) changes nothing that is drawn.
+#[test]
+fn a_hidden_layers_eye_box_paints_nothing() {
+    fn bounds(shape: &egui::Shape, out: &mut Vec<Rect>) {
+        match shape {
+            egui::Shape::Vec(shapes) => shapes.iter().for_each(|s| bounds(s, out)),
+            s => out.push(s.visual_bounding_rect()),
+        }
+    }
+    for theme in ["promedium", "pro", "studio", "studiolight", "classic"] {
+        let mut s = photocraft_engine::Session::new();
+        s.execute("file.new", json!({"width": 64, "height": 48})).unwrap();
+        let hidden = s.execute("layer.new.layer", json!({"name": "Hidden"})).unwrap()["layer"].as_u64().unwrap();
+        s.execute("layer.setProps", json!({"layer": hidden, "visible": false})).unwrap();
+        let shown = s.execute("layer.new.layer", json!({"name": "Shown"})).unwrap()["layer"].as_u64().unwrap();
+        let h = harness(s, 1.0, theme, 290.0);
+        let mut drawn = Vec::new();
+        for clipped in &h.output().shapes {
+            bounds(&clipped.shape, &mut drawn);
+        }
+        let rows = recorded(&h.ctx);
+        let in_eye_box = |id: u64| {
+            let row = rows.iter().find(|r| r.layer == id).unwrap().row;
+            let cell = Rect::from_min_max(row.left_top(), pos2(row.left() + 30.0, row.bottom())).shrink(1.0);
+            drawn.iter().filter(|b| b.is_positive() && cell.contains_rect(**b)).count()
+        };
+        assert!(in_eye_box(shown) > 0, "{theme}: a visible layer paints its eye");
+        assert_eq!(in_eye_box(hidden), 0, "{theme}: a hidden layer's eye box is left empty");
+    }
+}
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/panels.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/panels.rs
index f6c2de510a..6e52b37b76 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/panels.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/panels.rs
@@ -3212,26 +3212,10 @@ fn layer_row(
     // The whole eye column takes drags too (so a drag starting on it never reorders the row): dragging down
     // the eyes gives every row swept over the visibility the first eye toggled to (#8467).
     let eye_resp = ui.interact(eye_cell, ui.id().with(("eye", l.id.0)), Sense::click_and_drag());
-    // A hidden layer's eye box shows a sunken well indicating its eye socket (#8467).
+    // A hidden layer's eye box is left empty (still clickable; the whole column takes the click, #8467).
     if l.visible {
         // Centre the drawing in the column while preserving the visibility hit area.
         icons::paint(ui, eye_cell, "eye", 15.0, t.layer_label_icon(l.label));
-    } else {
-        let well = Rect::from_center_size(eye_cell.center(), vec2(12.0, 12.0));
-        if t.bevel {
-            crate::widgets::surface(ui, well, t.field, false);
-        } else {
-            painter.rect_filled(well, t.radius_sm, t.field);
-            let (hi, lo) = if t.dark() {
-                (Color32::from_black_alpha(65), Color32::from_white_alpha(35))
-            } else {
-                (Color32::from_black_alpha(55), Color32::from_white_alpha(70))
-            };
-            painter.line_segment([well.left_bottom(), well.left_top()], Stroke::new(1.0, hi));
-            painter.line_segment([well.left_top(), well.right_top()], Stroke::new(1.0, hi));
-            painter.line_segment([well.right_top(), well.right_bottom()], Stroke::new(1.0, lo));
-            painter.line_segment([well.right_bottom(), well.left_bottom()], Stroke::new(1.0, lo));
-        }
     }
     eye_sweep(ctx, l, rect, &eye_resp, actions);
     if eye_resp.clicked() {