diff --git a/ApplicationLibCode/ProjectDataModel/RimMultiPlot.cpp b/ApplicationLibCode/ProjectDataModel/RimMultiPlot.cpp
index 166037aa23..53587db4ee 100644
--- a/ApplicationLibCode/ProjectDataModel/RimMultiPlot.cpp
+++ b/ApplicationLibCode/ProjectDataModel/RimMultiPlot.cpp
@@ -650,7 +650,7 @@ QImage RimMultiPlot::captureSnapshot( int width, int height )
 
     QSize orgViewSize = m_viewer->size();
 
-    image = RimViewWindow::internalCaptureSnapshot( m_viewer->bookWidget(), width, height );
+    image = RimViewWindow::internalCaptureSnapshot( m_dockWidget, m_viewer->bookWidget(), width, height );
 
     m_viewer->resize( orgViewSize );
     doUpdateLayout();
diff --git a/ApplicationLibCode/ProjectDataModel/RimViewWindow.cpp b/ApplicationLibCode/ProjectDataModel/RimViewWindow.cpp
index 975369d6e2..facc1e5e99 100644
--- a/ApplicationLibCode/ProjectDataModel/RimViewWindow.cpp
+++ b/ApplicationLibCode/ProjectDataModel/RimViewWindow.cpp
@@ -20,24 +20,21 @@
 
 #include "RiaColorTables.h"
 #include "RiaColorTools.h"
-#include "RiaFieldHandleTools.h"
 #include "RiaGuiApplication.h"
 #include "RiaPreferencesSystem.h"
 
 #include "RicfCommandObject.h"
 
 #include "RimDockWindowController.h"
-#include "RimProject.h"
 
 #include "RiuDockWidgetTools.h"
 
 #include "cafPdmUiTreeAttributes.h"
-#include "cafPdmUiTreeViewEditor.h"
 
 #include "DockManager.h"
 #include "DockWidget.h"
 
-#include <QDebug>
+#include <QApplication>
 #include <QImage>
 #include <QPainter>
 #include <QPixmap>
@@ -234,22 +231,33 @@ QImage RimViewWindow::snapshotWindowContent()
 //--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 QImage RimViewWindow::captureSnapshot( int width, int height )
 {
-    return internalCaptureSnapshot( viewWidget(), width, height );
+    return internalCaptureSnapshot( m_dockWidget, viewWidget(), width, height );
 }
 
 //--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ///
 //--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-QImage RimViewWindow::internalCaptureSnapshot( QWidget* widget, int width, int height )
+QImage RimViewWindow::internalCaptureSnapshot( ads::CDockWidget* dockWidget, QWidget* widget, int width, int height )
 {
     if ( !widget ) return QImage();
 
+    if ( dockWidget && !dockWidget->isCurrentTab() )
+    {
+        // Move the dock widget that is stacked behind others in the same dock area to the top to make sure the snapshot is rendered
+        dockWidget->setAsCurrentTab();
+        QApplication::processEvents();
+    }
+
     bool shouldResize = width > 0 && height > 0 && ( widget->width() != width || widget->height() != height );
 
     QSize orgSize = widget->size();
     if ( shouldResize )
     {
         widget->setFixedSize( width, height );
+
+        // setFixedSize() only posts a deferred resize. If the pending resize is delivered from inside QWidget::render() below, a child
+        // QScrollArea may move its viewport mid-render and crash in Qt's backing-store blit (QWidgetRepaintManager::bltRect).
+        QApplication::processEvents();
     }
     else
     {
diff --git a/ApplicationLibCode/ProjectDataModel/RimViewWindow.h b/ApplicationLibCode/ProjectDataModel/RimViewWindow.h
index 7679c3dfe0..47a1154702 100644
--- a/ApplicationLibCode/ProjectDataModel/RimViewWindow.h
+++ b/ApplicationLibCode/ProjectDataModel/RimViewWindow.h
@@ -25,8 +25,7 @@
 #include "cafPdmField.h"
 #include "cafPdmObject.h"
 
-#include <QImage>
-
+class QImage;
 class RimDockWindowController;
 
 namespace ads
@@ -103,7 +102,7 @@ protected:
 
     void defineObjectEditorAttribute( QString uiConfigName, caf::PdmUiEditorAttribute* attribute ) override;
 
-    static QImage internalCaptureSnapshot( QWidget* widget, int width, int height );
+    static QImage internalCaptureSnapshot( ads::CDockWidget* dockWidget, QWidget* widget, int width, int height );
 
 private:
     friend class RimProject;