diff --git a/crates/egui/src/atomics/atom_layout.rs b/crates/egui/src/atomics/atom_layout.rs
index da7f672a1..c408146d6 100644
--- a/crates/egui/src/atomics/atom_layout.rs
+++ b/crates/egui/src/atomics/atom_layout.rs
@@ -520,6 +520,20 @@ impl AtomLayoutResponse {
     }
 }
 
+impl Deref for AtomLayoutResponse {
+    type Target = Response;
+
+    fn deref(&self) -> &Self::Target {
+        &self.response
+    }
+}
+
+impl DerefMut for AtomLayoutResponse {
+    fn deref_mut(&mut self) -> &mut Self::Target {
+        &mut self.response
+    }
+}
+
 impl Widget for AtomLayout<'_> {
     fn ui(self, ui: &mut Ui) -> Response {
         self.show(ui).response
diff --git a/crates/egui/src/widgets/text_edit/builder.rs b/crates/egui/src/widgets/text_edit/builder.rs
index 50154102a..086cf3091 100644
--- a/crates/egui/src/widgets/text_edit/builder.rs
+++ b/crates/egui/src/widgets/text_edit/builder.rs
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@ impl<'t> TextEdit<'t> {
 
 impl Widget for TextEdit<'_> {
     fn ui(self, ui: &mut Ui) -> Response {
-        self.show(ui).response
+        self.show(ui).response.response
     }
 }
 
@@ -563,7 +563,7 @@ impl TextEdit<'_> {
         // so we can clip it to the available size. Thus, extract it from the atom closure here.
         let mut get_galley = None;
         let inner_rect_id = Id::new("text_edit_rect");
-        let atom_response = {
+        let mut response = {
             let any_shrink = hint_text.any_shrink();
             // Ideally we could just do `let mut atoms = prefix` here, but that won't compile
             // but due to servo/rust-smallvec#146 (also see the comment below).
@@ -716,8 +716,7 @@ impl TextEdit<'_> {
             allocated.paint(ui)
         };
 
-        let inner_rect = atom_response.rect(inner_rect_id).unwrap_or(Rect::ZERO);
-        let mut response = atom_response.response;
+        let inner_rect = response.rect(inner_rect_id).unwrap_or(Rect::ZERO);
 
         // Our atom closure was now called, so the galley should always be available here
         let mut galley = get_galley.expect("Galley should be available here");
diff --git a/crates/egui/src/widgets/text_edit/output.rs b/crates/egui/src/widgets/text_edit/output.rs
index 8149bbe58..3339f325e 100644
--- a/crates/egui/src/widgets/text_edit/output.rs
+++ b/crates/egui/src/widgets/text_edit/output.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ use crate::text::CCursorRange;
 /// The output from a [`TextEdit`](crate::TextEdit).
 pub struct TextEditOutput {
     /// The interaction response.
-    pub response: crate::Response,
+    pub response: crate::AtomLayoutResponse,
 
     /// How the text was displayed.
     pub galley: Arc<crate::Galley>,