diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/Edit/ManiaHitObjectComposer.cs b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/Edit/ManiaHitObjectComposer.cs
index 6280f93606..8c8fe3b8b9 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/Edit/ManiaHitObjectComposer.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/Edit/ManiaHitObjectComposer.cs
@@ -19,26 +19,33 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Edit
     [Cached(Type = typeof(IManiaHitObjectComposer))]
     public class ManiaHitObjectComposer : HitObjectComposer<ManiaHitObject>, IManiaHitObjectComposer
     {
+        protected new ManiaEditRulesetContainer RulesetContainer { get; private set; }
+
         public ManiaHitObjectComposer(Ruleset ruleset)
             : base(ruleset)
         {
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Retrieves the column that intersects a screen-space position.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="screenSpacePosition">The screen-space position.</param>
+        /// <returns>The column which intersects with <paramref name="screenSpacePosition"/>.</returns>
+        public Column ColumnAt(Vector2 screenSpacePosition) => RulesetContainer.GetColumnByPosition(screenSpacePosition);
+
         private DependencyContainer dependencies;
 
         protected override IReadOnlyDependencyContainer CreateChildDependencies(IReadOnlyDependencyContainer parent)
             => dependencies = new DependencyContainer(base.CreateChildDependencies(parent));
 
-        public Column ColumnAt(Vector2 screenSpacePosition) => ((ManiaPlayfield)RulesetContainer.Playfield).GetColumnByPosition(screenSpacePosition);
-
         protected override RulesetContainer<ManiaHitObject> CreateRulesetContainer(Ruleset ruleset, WorkingBeatmap beatmap)
         {
-            var rulesetContainer = new ManiaEditRulesetContainer(ruleset, beatmap);
+            RulesetContainer = new ManiaEditRulesetContainer(ruleset, beatmap);
 
             // This is the earliest we can cache the scrolling info to ourselves, before masks are added to the hierarchy and inject it
-            dependencies.CacheAs(rulesetContainer.ScrollingInfo);
+            dependencies.CacheAs(RulesetContainer.ScrollingInfo);
 
-            return rulesetContainer;
+            return RulesetContainer;
         }
 
         protected override IReadOnlyList<HitObjectCompositionTool> CompositionTools => new HitObjectCompositionTool[]
diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/UI/ManiaRulesetContainer.cs b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/UI/ManiaRulesetContainer.cs
index 321dd4e1cb..5263d4dcb9 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/UI/ManiaRulesetContainer.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/UI/ManiaRulesetContainer.cs
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ using osu.Game.Rulesets.Replays;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Scoring;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.UI;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.UI.Scrolling;
+using osuTK;
 
 namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.UI
 {
@@ -80,6 +81,13 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.UI
             Config.BindWith(ManiaSetting.ScrollTime, TimeRange);
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Retrieves the column that intersects a screen-space position.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="screenSpacePosition">The screen-space position.</param>
+        /// <returns>The column which intersects with <paramref name="screenSpacePosition"/>.</returns>
+        public Column GetColumnByPosition(Vector2 screenSpacePosition) => Playfield.GetColumnByPosition(screenSpacePosition);
+
         protected override Playfield CreatePlayfield() => new ManiaPlayfield(Beatmap.Stages)
         {
             Anchor = Anchor.Centre,