Is it possible to tell when an item is below a mask?

Hello all,

I can't seem to find the answer to this problem. I apologize if I missed it. I am currently creating a menu for my game designed to use the keyboard or a controller. I created a scrolling menu with many buttons and used the scroll rect and scroll bars so the player could use the scrollbar scroll through the items. The problem is that when the player presses down and chooses an item that is outside the mask i would like the scroll rect to move upwards so the player can see what has been selected.

TLDR: Scroll rect problems. player uses key strokes and is able to select objects behind the mask but cannot see them.

 

http://emmanuelsalvacruz.com/scrollrect-and-unity-ui/

Exactly like this problem but his code isn't working for me