diff --git a/src/kits/tracker/TextWidget.cpp b/src/kits/tracker/TextWidget.cpp
index 661474707e..14b61556be 100644
--- a/src/kits/tracker/TextWidget.cpp
+++ b/src/kits/tracker/TextWidget.cpp
@@ -134,7 +134,8 @@ BTextWidget::ColumnRect(BPoint poseLoc, const BColumn* column,
 	BRect result;
 	result.left = column->Offset() + poseLoc.x;
 	result.right = result.left + column->Width();
-	result.bottom = poseLoc.y + view->ListElemHeight() - 1;
+	result.bottom = poseLoc.y
+		+ roundf((view->ListElemHeight() + view->FontHeight()) / 2);
 	result.top = result.bottom - view->FontHeight();
 	return result;
 }
@@ -175,7 +176,8 @@ BTextWidget::CalcRectCommon(BPoint poseLoc, const BColumn* column,
 				break;
 		}
 
-		result.bottom = poseLoc.y + (view->ListElemHeight() - 1);
+		result.bottom = poseLoc.y
+			+ roundf((view->ListElemHeight() + view->FontHeight()) / 2);
 	} else {
 		if (view->ViewMode() == kIconMode) {
 			// large/scaled icon mode