diff --git a/HISTORY.md b/HISTORY.md
index e7b8d975..5a3fa653 100755
--- a/HISTORY.md
+++ b/HISTORY.md
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 * gui: accelerated unified palette scrolling animation
 * adjust scroll bars when refreshing the palette
 * store: commented out saving the unified palette setting in the project xml during development
+* morphic: optimized Morph >> scrollIntoView()
 
 ### 2021-07-07
 * morphic, gui: tweaked perish() animation
diff --git a/snap.html b/snap.html
index b3b2c6fb..9319a79f 100755
--- a/snap.html
+++ b/snap.html
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
         <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
         <title>Snap! 7 - dev - Build Your Own Blocks</title>
         <link rel="icon" href="src/favicon.ico">
-        <script src="src/morphic.js?version=2021-07-07"></script>
+        <script src="src/morphic.js?version=2021-07-08"></script>
         <script src="src/symbols.js?version=2021-03-03"></script>
         <script src="src/widgets.js?version=2021-07-05"></script>
         <script src="src/blocks.js?version=2021-07-05"></script>
diff --git a/src/morphic.js b/src/morphic.js
index b80c5dae..aa4080b2 100644
--- a/src/morphic.js
+++ b/src/morphic.js
@@ -1291,7 +1291,7 @@
 
 /*jshint esversion: 6*/
 
-var morphicVersion = '2021-July-07';
+var morphicVersion = '2021-July-08';
 var modules = {}; // keep track of additional loaded modules
 var useBlurredShadows = true;
 
@@ -3422,24 +3422,26 @@ Morph.prototype.keepWithin = function (aMorph) {
 
 Morph.prototype.scrollIntoView = function () {
     var leftOff, rightOff, topOff, bottomOff,
-        sf = this.parentThatIsA(ScrollFrameMorph);
+        sf = this.parentThatIsA(ScrollFrameMorph),
+        fb;
     if (!sf) {return; }
+    fb = this.fullBounds();
     rightOff = Math.min(
-        this.fullBounds().right() - sf.right(),
+        fb.right() - sf.right(),
         sf.contents.right() - sf.right()
     );
     if (rightOff > 0) {
         sf.contents.moveBy(new Point(-rightOff, 0));
     }
-    leftOff = this.fullBounds().left() - sf.left();
+    leftOff = fb.left() - sf.left();
     if (leftOff < 0) {
         sf.contents.moveBy(new Point(-leftOff, 0));
     }
-    topOff = this.fullBounds().top() - sf.top();
+    topOff = fb.top() - sf.top();
     if (topOff < 0) {
         sf.contents.moveBy(new Point(0, -topOff));
     }
-    bottomOff = this.fullBounds().bottom() - sf.bottom();
+    bottomOff = fb.bottom() - sf.bottom();
     if (bottomOff > 0) {
         sf.contents.moveBy(new Point(0, -bottomOff));
     }