diff --git a/docs/hud.md b/docs/hud.md
index 70534a9..4a0fe3d 100644
--- a/docs/hud.md
+++ b/docs/hud.md
@@ -52,3 +52,9 @@ sample a position ~400 px off now and then (jerky hold-to-move). Every user of
 the cursor goes through the accessor `0x6550f0`, so inside a moved window it
 returns a thread-local copy instead (with its own CRITICAL_SECTION at +0x24;
 copying and writing back hold the real object's lock).
+
+## Full-screen layers
+
+A primitive drawn inside a moved window that covers the whole 1024x768 layout
+(e.g. the dimming behind the exit confirmation) is stretched across the render
+width instead of shifted.
diff --git a/src/mods/hud.cpp b/src/mods/hud.cpp
index 4a3b86b..552e084 100644
--- a/src/mods/hud.cpp
+++ b/src/mods/hud.cpp
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 //   [hud]
 //   Enabled=1
 
+#include <algorithm>
 #include <cstdint>
 #include <cstring>
 #include <vector>
@@ -324,6 +325,8 @@ size_t VertexSize(DWORD fvf) {
 }
 
 // Returns vertices shifted by g_offsetX, or the input when nothing to do.
+// Primitives covering the whole 1024x768 layout (e.g. the dimming behind
+// modal dialogs) are stretched across the render width instead.
 void* ShiftVertices(DWORD fvf, void* vertices, DWORD count) {
     if (g_offsetX == 0 || (fvf & kFvfPositionMask) != kFvfXyzRhw || !vertices || count == 0) {
         return vertices;
@@ -331,9 +334,19 @@ void* ShiftVertices(DWORD fvf, void* vertices, DWORD count) {
     thread_local std::vector<uint8_t> buffer;
     const size_t stride = VertexSize(fvf);
     buffer.assign(static_cast<uint8_t*>(vertices), static_cast<uint8_t*>(vertices) + stride * count);
+    float minX = 1e9f, maxX = -1e9f, minY = 1e9f, maxY = -1e9f;
+    for (DWORD i = 0; i < count; ++i) {
+        const auto* position = reinterpret_cast<const float*>(buffer.data() + stride * i);
+        minX = std::min(minX, position[0]);
+        maxX = std::max(maxX, position[0]);
+        minY = std::min(minY, position[1]);
+        maxY = std::max(maxY, position[1]);
+    }
+    const bool fullLayout = minX <= 0.5f && maxX >= kLayoutWidth - 0.5f && minY <= 0.5f && maxY >= 767.5f;
+    const float scale = static_cast<float>(mods::widescreen::RenderWidth()) / kLayoutWidth;
     for (DWORD i = 0; i < count; ++i) {
         auto* x = reinterpret_cast<float*>(buffer.data() + stride * i);
-        *x += static_cast<float>(g_offsetX);
+        *x = fullLayout ? *x * scale : *x + static_cast<float>(g_offsetX);
     }
     return buffer.data();
 }