diff --git a/src/insets/ChangeLog b/src/insets/ChangeLog
index c7f03ff94c..8596597a06 100644
--- a/src/insets/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/insets/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+
+2005-03-21  Alfredo Braunstein  <abraunst@lyx.org>
+
+	* insettabular.[Ch]: rename setPos -> setCursorFromCoordinates and
+	make it *not* descend into insets (fix a crash). Move the part
+	needed from editXY to a new function getNearestCell
+
 2005-02-22  Jean-Marc Lasgouttes  <lasgouttes@lyx.org>
 
 	* insetinclude.C (InsetInclude): when constructing from another
diff --git a/src/insets/insettabular.C b/src/insets/insettabular.C
index 1a351fb2b3..2ab039b1cc 100644
--- a/src/insets/insettabular.C
+++ b/src/insets/insettabular.C
@@ -426,16 +426,6 @@ void InsetTabular::edit(LCursor & cur, bool left)
 }
 
 
-InsetBase * InsetTabular::editXY(LCursor & cur, int x, int y) const
-{
-	//lyxerr << "InsetTabular::editXY: " << this << endl;
-	cur.selection() = false;
-	cur.push(const_cast<InsetTabular&>(*this));
-	return setPos(cur, x, y);
-	//int xx = cursorx_ - xo() + tabular.getBeginningOfTextInCell(cur.idx());
-}
-
-
 void InsetTabular::doDispatch(LCursor & cur, FuncRequest & cmd)
 {
 	lyxerr << "# InsetTabular::dispatch: cmd: " << cmd << endl;
@@ -450,7 +440,7 @@ void InsetTabular::doDispatch(LCursor & cur, FuncRequest & cmd)
 
 		if (cmd.button() == mouse_button::button1) {
 			cur.selection() = false;
-			setPos(cur, cmd.x, cmd.y);
+			setCursorFromCoordinates(cur, cmd.x, cmd.y);
 			cur.resetAnchor();
 			bvcur = cur;
 			break;
@@ -474,7 +464,7 @@ void InsetTabular::doDispatch(LCursor & cur, FuncRequest & cmd)
 		if (cmd.button() == mouse_button::button1) {
 			// only accept motions to places not deeper nested than the real anchor
 			if (bvcur.anchor_.hasPart(cur)) {
-				setPos(cur, cmd.x, cmd.y);
+				setCursorFromCoordinates(cur, cmd.x, cmd.y);
 				bvcur.setCursor(cur);
 				bvcur.selection() = true;
 			} else
@@ -1136,9 +1126,30 @@ int dist(InsetOld const & inset, int x, int y)
 } //namespace anon
 
 
-InsetBase * InsetTabular::setPos(LCursor & cur, int x, int y) const
+InsetBase * InsetTabular::editXY(LCursor & cur, int x, int y) const
 {
-	lyxerr << "# InsetTabular::setPos()  x=" << x << " y=" << y << endl;
+	//lyxerr << "InsetTabular::editXY: " << this << endl;
+	cur.selection() = false;
+	cur.push(const_cast<InsetTabular&>(*this));
+	cur.idx() = getNearestCell(x, y);
+	resetPos(cur);
+	return cell(cur.idx())->text_.editXY(cur, x, y);
+	//int xx = cursorx_ - xo() + tabular.getBeginningOfTextInCell(cur.idx());
+}
+
+
+void InsetTabular::setCursorFromCoordinates(LCursor & cur, int x, int y) const
+{
+	//lyxerr << "# InsetTabular::setCursorFromCoordinates()\n" << cur << endl;
+	cur.idx() = getNearestCell(x, y);
+	resetPos(cur);
+	return cell(cur.idx())->text_.setCursorFromCoordinates(cur, x, y);
+}
+
+
+InsetTabular::idx_type InsetTabular::getNearestCell(int x, int y) const
+{
+	lyxerr << "# InsetTabular::getNearestCell()  x=" << x << " y=" << y << endl;
 	idx_type idx_min = 0;
 	int dist_min = std::numeric_limits<int>::max();
 	for (idx_type i = 0; i < nargs(); ++i) {
@@ -1150,10 +1161,7 @@ InsetBase * InsetTabular::setPos(LCursor & cur, int x, int y) const
 			}
 		}
 	}
-	cur.idx() = idx_min;
-	//lyxerr << "# InsetTabular::setPos()\n" << cur << endl;
-	resetPos(cur);
-	return cell(cur.idx())->text_.editXY(cur, x, y);
+	return idx_min;
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/insets/insettabular.h b/src/insets/insettabular.h
index b405518834..f3f8ad25ad 100644
--- a/src/insets/insettabular.h
+++ b/src/insets/insettabular.h
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ private:
 	void drawCellLines(Painter &, int x, int y, row_type row,
 	                   idx_type cell) const;
 	///
-	InsetBase * setPos(LCursor & cur, int x, int y) const;
+	void setCursorFromCoordinates(LCursor & cur, int x, int y) const;
 
 	///
 	void moveNextCell(LCursor & cur);
@@ -183,6 +183,9 @@ private:
 	/// are we operating on several cells?
 	bool tablemode(LCursor & cur) const;
 
+	/// return the cell nearest to x, y
+	idx_type getNearestCell(int x, int y) const;
+	
 	///
 	Buffer const * buffer_;
 	///