diff --git a/src/BufferView.cpp b/src/BufferView.cpp
index d0fbeb59f4..e7aa2826c9 100644
--- a/src/BufferView.cpp
+++ b/src/BufferView.cpp
@@ -3429,20 +3429,10 @@ Point BufferView::coordOffset(DocIterator const & dit) const
 
 	LBUFERR(!pm.rows().empty());
 	y -= pm.rows()[0].ascent();
-#if 1
-	// FIXME: document this mess
-	size_t rend;
-	if (sl.pos() > 0 && dit.depth() == 1) {
-		int pos = sl.pos();
-		if (pos && dit.boundary())
-			--pos;
-//		lyxerr << "coordOffset: boundary:" << dit.boundary() << " depth:" << dit.depth() << " pos:" << pos << " sl.pos:" << sl.pos() << endl;
-		rend = pm.pos2row(pos);
-	} else
-		rend = pm.pos2row(sl.pos());
-#else
-	size_t rend = pm.pos2row(sl.pos());
-#endif
+
+	// Take boundary into account if cursor is in main text.
+	bool const has_boundary = dit.depth() == 1 && dit.boundary();
+	size_t const rend = pm.getRowIndex(sl.pos(), has_boundary);
 	for (size_t rit = 0; rit != rend; ++rit)
 		y += pm.rows()[rit].height();
 	y += pm.rows()[rend].ascent();
@@ -3450,13 +3440,12 @@ Point BufferView::coordOffset(DocIterator const & dit) const
 	TextMetrics const & bottom_tm = textMetrics(dit.bottom().text());
 
 	// Make relative position from the nested inset now bufferview absolute.
-	int xx = bottom_tm.cursorX(dit.bottom(), dit.boundary() && dit.depth() == 1);
+	int xx = bottom_tm.cursorX(dit.bottom(), has_boundary);
 	x += xx;
 
 	// In the RTL case place the nested inset at the left of the cursor in
 	// the outer paragraph
-	bool boundary_1 = dit.boundary() && 1 == dit.depth();
-	bool rtl = bottom_tm.isRTL(dit.bottom(), boundary_1);
+	bool rtl = bottom_tm.isRTL(dit.bottom(), has_boundary);
 	if (rtl)
 		x -= lastw;
 
diff --git a/src/Cursor.cpp b/src/Cursor.cpp
index 76f4be407e..225e4a685c 100644
--- a/src/Cursor.cpp
+++ b/src/Cursor.cpp
@@ -1412,11 +1412,7 @@ bool Cursor::atFirstOrLastRow(bool up)
 	TextMetrics const & tm = bv_->textMetrics(text());
 	ParagraphMetrics const & pm = tm.parMetrics(pit());
 
-	int row;
-	if (pos() && boundary())
-		row = pm.pos2row(pos() - 1);
-	else
-		row = pm.pos2row(pos());
+	int const row = pm.getRowIndex(pos(), boundary());
 
 	if (up) {
 		if (pit() == 0 && row == 0)
@@ -2196,11 +2192,7 @@ bool Cursor::upDownInText(bool up)
 	// first get the current line
 	TextMetrics & tm = bv_->textMetrics(text());
 	ParagraphMetrics const & pm = tm.parMetrics(pit());
-	int row;
-	if (pos() && boundary())
-		row = pm.pos2row(pos() - 1);
-	else
-		row = pm.pos2row(pos());
+	int const row = pm.getRowIndex(pos(), boundary());
 
 	if (atFirstOrLastRow(up)) {
 		// Is there a place for the cursor to go ? If yes, we
diff --git a/src/ParagraphMetrics.cpp b/src/ParagraphMetrics.cpp
index e1284b0e80..470c765350 100644
--- a/src/ParagraphMetrics.cpp
+++ b/src/ParagraphMetrics.cpp
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ bool ParagraphMetrics::hasPosition() const
 }
 
 
-Row const & ParagraphMetrics::getRow(pos_type pos, bool boundary) const
+size_t ParagraphMetrics::getRowIndex(pos_type pos, bool boundary) const
 {
 	LBUFERR(!rows().empty());
 
@@ -106,21 +106,13 @@ Row const & ParagraphMetrics::getRow(pos_type pos, bool boundary) const
 	for (--rit; rit != begin && rit->pos() > pos; --rit)
 		;
 
-	return *rit;
+	return rit - begin;
 }
 
 
-size_t ParagraphMetrics::pos2row(pos_type pos) const
+Row const & ParagraphMetrics::getRow(pos_type pos, bool boundary) const
 {
-	LBUFERR(!rows().empty());
-
-	RowList::const_iterator rit = rows_.end();
-	RowList::const_iterator const begin = rows_.begin();
-
-	for (--rit; rit != begin && rit->pos() > pos; --rit)
-		;
-
-	return rit - begin;
+	return *(rows_.begin() + getRowIndex(pos, boundary));
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/ParagraphMetrics.h b/src/ParagraphMetrics.h
index b572f122b5..15f2d61749 100644
--- a/src/ParagraphMetrics.h
+++ b/src/ParagraphMetrics.h
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ public:
 	///
 	Row const & getRow(pos_type pos, bool boundary) const;
 	///
-	size_t pos2row(pos_type pos) const;
+	size_t getRowIndex(pos_type pos, bool boundary) const;
 
 	/// TextMetrics::redoParagraph updates this
 	Dimension const & dim() const { return dim_; }
diff --git a/src/TextMetrics.cpp b/src/TextMetrics.cpp
index 6ba15b0251..c5f2bf498a 100644
--- a/src/TextMetrics.cpp
+++ b/src/TextMetrics.cpp
@@ -1762,13 +1762,10 @@ int TextMetrics::cursorY(CursorSlice const & sl, bool boundary) const
 
 	int h = 0;
 	h -= parMetrics(0).rows()[0].ascent();
-	for (pit_type pit = 0; pit < sl.pit(); ++pit) {
+	for (pit_type pit = 0; pit < sl.pit(); ++pit)
 		h += parMetrics(pit).height();
-	}
-	int pos = sl.pos();
-	if (pos && boundary)
-		--pos;
-	size_t const rend = pm.pos2row(pos);
+
+	size_t const rend = pm.getRowIndex(sl.pos(), boundary);
 	for (size_t rit = 0; rit != rend; ++rit)
 		h += pm.rows()[rit].height();
 	h += pm.rows()[rend].ascent();