diff --git a/resources/celerity/map.php b/resources/celerity/map.php
--- a/resources/celerity/map.php
+++ b/resources/celerity/map.php
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
     'core.pkg.css' => '589cd2fe',
     'core.pkg.js' => '49814bac',
     'dark-console.pkg.js' => '187792c2',
-    'differential.pkg.css' => 'b3469b93',
+    'differential.pkg.css' => '8e1a7922',
     'differential.pkg.js' => 'c8f88d74',
     'diffusion.pkg.css' => '42c75c37',
     'diffusion.pkg.js' => 'a98c0bf7',
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@
     'rsrc/css/phui/phui-fontkit.css' => '1ec937e5',
     'rsrc/css/phui/phui-form-view.css' => '01b796c0',
     'rsrc/css/phui/phui-form.css' => '1f177cb7',
-    'rsrc/css/phui/phui-formation-view.css' => '1e6b744b',
+    'rsrc/css/phui/phui-formation-view.css' => 'd2dec8ed',
     'rsrc/css/phui/phui-head-thing.css' => 'd7f293df',
     'rsrc/css/phui/phui-header-view.css' => '36c86a58',
     'rsrc/css/phui/phui-hovercard.css' => '6ca90fa0',
@@ -847,7 +847,7 @@
     'phui-fontkit-css' => '1ec937e5',
     'phui-form-css' => '1f177cb7',
     'phui-form-view-css' => '01b796c0',
-    'phui-formation-view-css' => '1e6b744b',
+    'phui-formation-view-css' => 'd2dec8ed',
     'phui-head-thing-view-css' => 'd7f293df',
     'phui-header-view-css' => '36c86a58',
     'phui-hovercard' => '074f0783',
diff --git a/src/view/formation/PHUIFormationView.php b/src/view/formation/PHUIFormationView.php
--- a/src/view/formation/PHUIFormationView.php
+++ b/src/view/formation/PHUIFormationView.php
@@ -191,4 +191,16 @@
     return $items;
   }
 
+  public function setFooter($footer) {
+    foreach ($this->items as $item) {
+      if ($item->getColumn() instanceof PHUIFormationContentView) {
+        $item->getColumn()->appendChild($footer);
+        return $this;
+      }
+    }
+
+    throw new Exception(
+      pht('Unable to find a content column to place the footer inside.'));
+  }
+
 }
diff --git a/src/view/page/PhabricatorStandardPageView.php b/src/view/page/PhabricatorStandardPageView.php
--- a/src/view/page/PhabricatorStandardPageView.php
+++ b/src/view/page/PhabricatorStandardPageView.php
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
   private $tabs;
   private $crumbs;
   private $navigation;
+  private $footer;
 
   public function setShowFooter($show_footer) {
     $this->showFooter = $show_footer;
@@ -196,6 +197,22 @@
 
 
   protected function willRenderPage() {
+    $footer = $this->renderFooter();
+
+    // NOTE: A cleaner solution would be to let body layout elements implement
+    // some kind of "LayoutInterface" so content can be embedded inside frames,
+    // but there's only really one use case for this for now.
+    $children = $this->renderChildren();
+    if ($children) {
+      $layout = head($children);
+      if ($layout instanceof PHUIFormationView) {
+        $layout->setFooter($footer);
+        $footer = null;
+      }
+    }
+
+    $this->footer = $footer;
+
     parent::willRenderPage();
 
     if (!$this->getRequest()) {
@@ -501,8 +518,6 @@
 
     $body = parent::getBody();
 
-    $footer = $this->renderFooter();
-
     $nav = $this->getNavigation();
     $tabs = $this->getTabs();
     if ($nav) {
@@ -511,7 +526,7 @@
         $nav->setCrumbs($crumbs);
       }
       $nav->appendChild($body);
-      $nav->appendFooter($footer);
+      $nav->appendFooter($this->footer);
       $content = phutil_implode_html('', array($nav->render()));
     } else {
       $content = array();
@@ -530,7 +545,7 @@
       }
 
       $content[] = $body;
-      $content[] = $footer;
+      $content[] = $this->footer;
 
       $content = phutil_implode_html('', $content);
     }
diff --git a/webroot/rsrc/css/phui/phui-formation-view.css b/webroot/rsrc/css/phui/phui-formation-view.css
--- a/webroot/rsrc/css/phui/phui-formation-view.css
+++ b/webroot/rsrc/css/phui/phui-formation-view.css
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@
   background-repeat: no-repeat;
 
   display: none;
+  z-index: 4;
 }
 
 .device-desktop .phui-formation-resizer {
@@ -138,6 +139,8 @@
   top: {$menu.main.height};
   bottom: 0;
   overflow: hidden;
+  background: {$lightgreybackground};
+  z-index: 4;
 }
 
 .phui-flank-view-fixed .phui-flank-view-body {