diff --git a/docs/builtin_elements.md b/docs/builtin_elements.md
index f8726c20e..f1a633943 100644
--- a/docs/builtin_elements.md
+++ b/docs/builtin_elements.md
@@ -51,6 +51,9 @@ When not part of a layout, its width or height defaults to 100% of the parent el
 * **`border_width`** (*length*): The width of the border. (default value: 0)
 * **`border_color`** (*brush*): The color of the border. (default value: transparent)
 * **`border_radius`** (*length*): The size of the radius. (default value: 0)
+* **`clip`** (*bool*): By default, when an item is bigger or outside another item, it is still shown.
+    But when this property is set to true, then the children element of this Rectangle are going to be clipped.
+    This property must be a literal `true` or `false` (default: false)
 
 ### Example
 
@@ -563,6 +566,8 @@ But the `Clip` element  make sure to clip any children outside of the rectangle
 
 When not part of a layout, its width or height defaults to 100% of the parent element when not specified.
 
+FIXME: deprecate this item as it can be replaced by the `clip:` property
+
 ## `PopupWindow`
 
 This allow to show a popup window like a tooltip or a popup menu.
@@ -655,7 +660,7 @@ This enum describes the how the text appear if it is too wide to fit in the Text
 
 ### Values
 
-* **`TextWrap.clip`**: The text will simpli be clipped.
+* **`TextWrap.clip`**: The text will simply be clipped.
 * **`TextWrap.elide`**: The text will be ellided with `…`.
 
 ## `EventResult`
diff --git a/examples/printerdemo/ui/ink_page.60 b/examples/printerdemo/ui/ink_page.60
index be836f880..57564a0ad 100644
--- a/examples/printerdemo/ui/ink_page.60
+++ b/examples/printerdemo/ui/ink_page.60
@@ -31,10 +31,11 @@ export InkPage := Page {
         HorizontalLayout {
             spacing: root.width * 5%;
             for color_info in ink_levels : Rectangle {
-                ink := Clip {
+                ink := Rectangle {
                     width: parent.width;
                     height: parent.height * color_info.level;
                     y: parent.height - self.height;
+                    clip: true;
                     Rectangle {
                         background: color_info.color;
                         border-radius: width / 2;
diff --git a/examples/printerdemo/ui/printer_queue.60 b/examples/printerdemo/ui/printer_queue.60
index 0f6290d81..dd96a4825 100644
--- a/examples/printerdemo/ui/printer_queue.60
+++ b/examples/printerdemo/ui/printer_queue.60
@@ -95,13 +95,15 @@ NarrowPrintQueueElement := Rectangle {
     border-radius: 14px;
     border-width: 2px;
     background: DemoPalette.printer_queue_item_background_color;
+    clip: true;
 
     property <bool> expanded;
 
     height: layout.minimum-height;
     animate height { duration: 200ms; easing: ease; }
 
-    Clip {
+
+    Rectangle {
         height: 100%;
         layout := VerticalLayout {
             padding: root.border_radius;
diff --git a/examples/slide_puzzle/slide_puzzle.60 b/examples/slide_puzzle/slide_puzzle.60
index 456abbef1..13086cd5a 100644
--- a/examples/slide_puzzle/slide_puzzle.60
+++ b/examples/slide_puzzle/slide_puzzle.60
@@ -63,8 +63,9 @@ Checkbox := Rectangle {
         border-color: unchecked_color;
         border-radius: 2px;
 
-        clip := Clip {
+        clip := Rectangle {
             width: 0px;
+            clip: true;
 
             Text {
                 width: root.width;
@@ -295,9 +296,9 @@ export MainWindow := Window {
 
 
         for p[i] in pieces : Rectangle {
-            x: tile.py * (pieces_size + pieces_spacing) + p.offset_x
+            x: py * (pieces_size + pieces_spacing) + p.offset_x
                 + (parent.width - (4*pieces_size + 3*pieces_spacing))/2;
-            y: tile.px * (pieces_size + pieces_spacing) + p.offset_y
+            y: px * (pieces_size + pieces_spacing) + p.offset_y
                 + (parent.height - (4*pieces_size + 3*pieces_spacing))/2;
             width: pieces_size;
             height: pieces_size;
@@ -308,85 +309,84 @@ export MainWindow := Window {
             drop-shadow-blur: 6px;
             drop-shadow-color: #00000080;
             border-radius: current-theme.piece-radius;
+            clip: true;
 
-            tile := Clip {
-                property<float> px: p.pos_x;
-                property<float> py: p.pos_y;
-                animate px , py { duration: 170ms; easing: cubic-bezier(0.17,0.76,0.4,1.75); }
+            property<float> px: p.pos_x;
+            property<float> py: p.pos_y;
+            animate px , py { duration: 170ms; easing: cubic-bezier(0.17,0.76,0.4,1.75); }
 
-                if (current-theme.game-use-background-image) : Image {
-                    height: 100%; width: 100%;
-                    // https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Berlin_potsdamer_platz.jpg Belappetit, CC BY-SA 3.0
-                    source: @image-url("berlin.jpg");
-                    source-clip-x: mod(i, 4) * 1024 / 4;
-                    source-clip-y: floor(i / 4) * 683 / 4;
-                    source-clip-width: 1024 / 4;
-                    source-clip-height: 683 / 4;
+            if (current-theme.game-use-background-image) : Image {
+                height: 100%; width: 100%;
+                // https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Berlin_potsdamer_platz.jpg Belappetit, CC BY-SA 3.0
+                source: @image-url("berlin.jpg");
+                source-clip-x: mod(i, 4) * 1024 / 4;
+                source-clip-y: floor(i / 4) * 683 / 4;
+                source-clip-width: 1024 / 4;
+                source-clip-height: 683 / 4;
 
-                    if (root.tiles-left != 0) : Rectangle {
-                        width: 60%;
-                        height: 60%;
-                        x: (parent.width - width) / 2;
-                        y: (parent.height - height) / 2;
-                        border-radius: width;
-                        background: is_correct ? #0008 : #fff8;
-                    }
+                if (root.tiles-left != 0) : Rectangle {
+                    width: 60%;
+                    height: 60%;
+                    x: (parent.width - width) / 2;
+                    y: (parent.height - height) / 2;
+                    border-radius: width;
+                    background: is_correct ? #0008 : #fff8;
                 }
-
-                if (!current-theme.game-use-background-image) : Rectangle {
-                    background: i >= 8 ? current-theme.piece-background-2 : current-theme.piece-background-1;
-                    border-color: i >= 8 ? current-theme.piece-border-color-2 : current-theme.piece-border-color-1;
-                    border-width: current-theme.piece-border;
-                    border-radius: current-theme.piece-radius;
-                    animate border-width, border-radius { duration: 500ms; easing: ease-out; }
-                }
-
-                if (!current-theme.game-use-background-image || tiles-left > 0) : Text {
-                    text: i+1;
-                    color: ((!current-theme.game-use-background-image && i >= 8) || (current-theme.game-use-background-image && is_correct)) ? current-theme.piece-text-color-2 : current-theme.piece-text-color-1;
-                    font-size: pieces_size / 3;
-                    font-weight: is_correct ? current-theme.piece-text-weight-correct-pos : current-theme.piece-text-weight-incorrect-pos;
-                    font-family: current-theme.piece-text-font-family;
-                    vertical-alignment: center;
-                    horizontal-alignment: center;
-                    width: 100%;
-                    height: 100%;
-                }
-
-                touch := TouchArea {
-                    clicked => { root.piece_clicked(i); }
-                }
-
-                shadow := Rectangle {
-                    circle := Rectangle {
-                        height: width;
-                        border-radius: width/2;
-                        background: #0002;
-                        x: touch.pressed_x - width/2;
-                        y: touch.pressed_y - width/2;
-                    }
-                }
-
-                states [
-                    pressed when touch.pressed : {
-                        shadow.color: #0002;
-                        circle.width: shadow.width * 2 * 1.4142;
-                    }
-                    hover when touch.has_hover: {
-                        shadow.color: #0000000d;
-                    }
-
-                ]
-                transitions [
-                    in pressed : {
-                        animate shadow.color { duration: 50ms; }
-                        animate circle.width { duration: 2s; easing: ease-out; }
-                    }
-                    out pressed : {
-                        animate shadow.color { duration: 50ms; }
-                    }
-                ]
             }
+
+            if (!current-theme.game-use-background-image) : Rectangle {
+                background: i >= 8 ? current-theme.piece-background-2 : current-theme.piece-background-1;
+                border-color: i >= 8 ? current-theme.piece-border-color-2 : current-theme.piece-border-color-1;
+                border-width: current-theme.piece-border;
+                border-radius: current-theme.piece-radius;
+                animate border-width, border-radius { duration: 500ms; easing: ease-out; }
+            }
+
+            if (!current-theme.game-use-background-image || tiles-left > 0) : Text {
+                text: i+1;
+                color: ((!current-theme.game-use-background-image && i >= 8) || (current-theme.game-use-background-image && is_correct)) ? current-theme.piece-text-color-2 : current-theme.piece-text-color-1;
+                font-size: pieces_size / 3;
+                font-weight: is_correct ? current-theme.piece-text-weight-correct-pos : current-theme.piece-text-weight-incorrect-pos;
+                font-family: current-theme.piece-text-font-family;
+                vertical-alignment: center;
+                horizontal-alignment: center;
+                width: 100%;
+                height: 100%;
+            }
+
+            touch := TouchArea {
+                clicked => { root.piece_clicked(i); }
+            }
+
+            shadow := Rectangle {
+                circle := Rectangle {
+                    height: width;
+                    border-radius: width/2;
+                    background: #0002;
+                    x: touch.pressed_x - width/2;
+                    y: touch.pressed_y - width/2;
+                }
+            }
+
+            states [
+                pressed when touch.pressed : {
+                    shadow.color: #0002;
+                    circle.width: shadow.width * 2 * 1.4142;
+                }
+                hover when touch.has_hover: {
+                    shadow.color: #0000000d;
+                }
+
+            ]
+            transitions [
+                in pressed : {
+                    animate shadow.color { duration: 50ms; }
+                    animate circle.width { duration: 2s; easing: ease-out; }
+                }
+                out pressed : {
+                    animate shadow.color { duration: 50ms; }
+                }
+            ]
         }
 
         if (root.tiles-left == 0) : Text {
diff --git a/sixtyfps_compiler/lib.rs b/sixtyfps_compiler/lib.rs
index 623fbb43e..537096a6e 100644
--- a/sixtyfps_compiler/lib.rs
+++ b/sixtyfps_compiler/lib.rs
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ pub mod typeregister;
 mod passes {
     pub mod apply_default_properties_from_style;
     pub mod check_expressions;
+    pub mod clip;
     pub mod collect_globals;
     pub mod collect_structs;
     pub mod compile_paths;
@@ -153,6 +154,7 @@ pub async fn run_passes(
     mut type_loader: &mut typeloader::TypeLoader<'_>,
     compiler_config: &CompilerConfiguration,
 ) {
+    let global_type_registry = type_loader.global_type_registry.clone();
     passes::resolving::resolve_expressions(doc, &type_loader, diag);
     passes::inlining::inline(doc);
     passes::check_expressions::check_expressions(doc, diag);
@@ -161,10 +163,7 @@ pub async fn run_passes(
     passes::focus_item::resolve_element_reference_in_set_focus_calls(&doc.root_component, diag);
     passes::focus_item::determine_initial_focus_item(&doc.root_component, diag);
     passes::focus_item::erase_forward_focus_properties(&doc.root_component);
-    passes::flickable::handle_flickable(
-        &doc.root_component,
-        &type_loader.global_type_registry.borrow(),
-    );
+    passes::flickable::handle_flickable(&doc.root_component, &global_type_registry.borrow());
     passes::materialize_fake_properties::materialize_fake_properties(&doc.root_component);
     if compiler_config.embed_resources {
         passes::embed_resources::embed_resources(&doc.root_component);
@@ -174,6 +173,7 @@ pub async fn run_passes(
     passes::lower_popups::lower_popups(&doc.root_component, &doc.local_registry, diag);
     passes::lower_layout::lower_layouts(&doc.root_component, &mut type_loader, diag).await;
     passes::lower_shadows::lower_shadow_properties(&doc.root_component, &doc.local_registry, diag);
+    passes::clip::handle_clip(&doc.root_component, &global_type_registry.borrow(), diag);
     passes::default_geometry::default_geometry(&doc.root_component, diag);
     passes::apply_default_properties_from_style::apply_default_properties_from_style(
         &doc.root_component,
diff --git a/sixtyfps_compiler/typeregister.rs b/sixtyfps_compiler/typeregister.rs
index c673ea6c7..1787b7237 100644
--- a/sixtyfps_compiler/typeregister.rs
+++ b/sixtyfps_compiler/typeregister.rs
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ const RESERVED_LAYOUT_PROPERTIES: &'static [(&'static str, Type)] = &[
     ("row", Type::Int32),
     ("colspan", Type::Int32),
     ("rowspan", Type::Int32),
+    ("clip", Type::Bool),
 ];
 
 const RESERVED_OTHER_PROPERTIES: &'static [(&'static str, Type)] = &[