diff --git a/MUNGA_L4/L4MFDVIEW.cpp b/MUNGA_L4/L4MFDVIEW.cpp
index 2485327..f974c9d 100644
--- a/MUNGA_L4/L4MFDVIEW.cpp
+++ b/MUNGA_L4/L4MFDVIEW.cpp
@@ -10,6 +10,15 @@ namespace
 
 	const int buttonGap = 4;
 
+	//---------------------------------------------------------------
+	// MFD button banks run UNDER the glass: the button is this tall
+	// in total, but only the indicator strip shows past the display
+	// edge - the rest sits behind the MFD picture, which is what the
+	// player actually clicks.
+	//---------------------------------------------------------------
+	const int mfdButtonHeight = 100;
+	const int mfdIndicatorStrip = 10;
+
 	//---------------------------------------------------------------
 	// Button fill colors by lamp brightness (0 off / 1-2 dim / 3
 	// bright), red family for MFD strips, amber for the side columns.
@@ -255,10 +264,20 @@ void
 		// edges (no border against the viewscreen behind); RIO
 		// addresses descend from the anchor, row-major (vRIO
 		// CockpitLayout::Mfd).
+		//
+		// The banks reach BEHIND the display: each button is
+		// mfdButtonHeight tall but only mfdIndicatorStrip of it
+		// clears the glass edge, so the lamp reads as a thin strip
+		// and the picture above/below it is the click target. Paint
+		// draws the buttons before the MFD image for that reason.
 		//-----------------------------------------------------------
-		int strip_h = display_height / 8;
-		if (strip_h < 18)	strip_h = 18;
-		if (strip_h > 40)	strip_h = 40;
+		int strip_h = mfdIndicatorStrip;
+		int button_h = mfdButtonHeight;
+
+		// on a scaled-down cockpit, keep the two banks from meeting
+		int limit = (display_height + 2 * strip_h) / 2;
+		if (button_h > limit)		button_h = limit;
+		if (button_h < strip_h)		button_h = strip_h;
 
 		int button_w = (display_width - 3 * buttonGap) / 4;
 
@@ -267,18 +286,20 @@ void
 
 		for (int i = 0; i < 8; ++i)
 		{
-			int row = i / 4;			// 0 = top strip, 1 = bottom strip
+			int row = i / 4;			// 0 = top bank, 1 = bottom bank
 			int col = i % 4;
 
 			ScreenButton *button = &buttons[buttonCount++];
 			button->unit = anchorA - i;
 			button->amber = 0;
 			button->x = col * (button_w + buttonGap);
-			button->y = row ? (displayY + displayH) : 0;
+			button->y = row
+				? (displayY + displayH + strip_h - button_h)
+				: 0;
 			button->w = (col == 3)
 				? (display_width - 3 * (button_w + buttonGap))
 				: button_w;
-			button->h = strip_h;
+			button->h = button_h;
 		}
 	}
 	else if (button_style == SideColumns)
@@ -342,20 +363,11 @@ void
 
 	FillRect(mem, &client, (HBRUSH) GetStockObject(BLACK_BRUSH));
 
-	// HALFTONE area-averages the downscale (the compact glass shows the
-	// full 640x480 canvas at ~half size); COLORONCOLOR dropped every other
-	// row/column, which shredded the 1-bit vector strokes and small text.
-	// HALFTONE requires the brush origin be set (MSDN).
-	SetStretchBltMode(mem, HALFTONE);
-	SetBrushOrgEx(mem, 0, 0, NULL);
-	StretchDIBits(
-		mem,
-		displayX, displayY, displayW, displayH,
-		0, 0, sourceWidth, sourceHeight,
-		pixels, (const BITMAPINFO *) blitHeader,
-		DIB_RGB_COLORS, SRCCOPY
-	);
-
+	//---------------------------------------------------------------
+	// Buttons first, glass second: the MFD banks extend under the
+	// display so the picture is the click target, and the image
+	// painted over them leaves only their indicator strips showing.
+	//---------------------------------------------------------------
 	for (int i = 0; i < buttonCount; ++i)
 	{
 		const ScreenButton *button = &buttons[i];
@@ -380,6 +392,20 @@ void
 		DeleteObject(frame);
 	}
 
+	// HALFTONE area-averages the downscale (the compact glass shows the
+	// full 640x480 canvas at ~half size); COLORONCOLOR dropped every other
+	// row/column, which shredded the 1-bit vector strokes and small text.
+	// HALFTONE requires the brush origin be set (MSDN).
+	SetStretchBltMode(mem, HALFTONE);
+	SetBrushOrgEx(mem, 0, 0, NULL);
+	StretchDIBits(
+		mem,
+		displayX, displayY, displayW, displayH,
+		0, 0, sourceWidth, sourceHeight,
+		pixels, (const BITMAPINFO *) blitHeader,
+		DIB_RGB_COLORS, SRCCOPY
+	);
+
 	BitBlt(hdc, 0, 0, client.right, client.bottom, mem, 0, 0, SRCCOPY);
 
 	SelectObject(mem, old_surface);