diff --git a/umbraco/presentation/umbraco_client/splitbutton/jquery.splitbutton.js b/umbraco/presentation/umbraco_client/splitbutton/jquery.splitbutton.js
index d024edebcb..295a1c605b 100644
--- a/umbraco/presentation/umbraco_client/splitbutton/jquery.splitbutton.js
+++ b/umbraco/presentation/umbraco_client/splitbutton/jquery.splitbutton.js
@@ -484,4 +484,47 @@
         return $.extend({}, $.fn.linkbutton.parseOptions(_11), { menu: t.attr("menu"), duration: t.attr("duration") });
     };
     $.fn.splitbutton.defaults = $.extend({}, $.fn.linkbutton.defaults, { plain: true, menu: null, duration: 100 });
-})(jQuery);
+})(jQuery);
+
+function applySplitButtonOverflow(containerId, innerId, menuId, itemCssSelector, buttonId) {
+    //hack for the dropdown scrill
+    jQuery("<div id='" + containerId + "'><div id='" + innerId + "' style='position:relative;'></div></div>").appendTo("#" + menuId);
+    jQuery(itemCssSelector).each(function () {
+        jQuery("#" + innerId).append(this);
+    });
+
+    //only needed when we need to add scroll to macro menu
+    var maxHeight = 500;
+    var menu = jQuery("#" + menuId);
+    var container = jQuery("#" + containerId);
+    var menuHeight = menu.height();
+
+    if (menuHeight > maxHeight) {
+        jQuery("<div id='" + buttonId + "' class='menudown'><span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></div>").appendTo("#" + menuId);
+        menu.css({
+            height: maxHeight,
+            overflow: "hidden"
+        })
+        container.css({
+            height: maxHeight - 20,
+            overflow: "hidden"
+        });
+        var interval;
+        jQuery("#" + buttonId).hover(function (e) {
+            interval = setInterval(function () {
+                var offset = jQuery("#" + innerId).offset();
+                var currentTop = jQuery("#" + innerId).css("top").replace("px", "");
+                if (Number(currentTop) > -(menuHeight - 40)) {
+                    jQuery("#" + innerId).css("top", currentTop - 20);
+                }
+            }, 125);
+        }, function () {
+            clearInterval(interval);
+        });
+
+        jQuery("#" + buttonId).hover(function (e) {
+            jQuery("#" + innerId).css("top", 0)
+        });
+    }
+
+}
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