diff --git a/src/insets/ChangeLog b/src/insets/ChangeLog
index 289b7a6e30..568bc78994 100644
--- a/src/insets/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/insets/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+
+2005-03-21  Alfredo Braunstein  <abraunst@lyx.org>
+
+	* insettabular.C (drawSelection): cosmetic bugfix 
+
 2005-03-17  Jürgen Spitzmüller  <j.spitzmueller@gmx.de>
 
 	* insettabular.C (doDispatch): get middle mouse button back again
diff --git a/src/insets/insettabular.C b/src/insets/insettabular.C
index 029f0823e5..9b929b4c11 100644
--- a/src/insets/insettabular.C
+++ b/src/insets/insettabular.C
@@ -331,6 +331,7 @@ void InsetTabular::drawSelection(PainterInfo & pi, int x, int y) const
 		row_type rs, re;
 		col_type cs, ce;
 		getSelection(cur, rs, re, cs, ce);
+		y -= tabular.getAscentOfRow(0);
 		for (row_type j = 0; j < tabular.rows(); ++j) {
 			int const a = tabular.getAscentOfRow(j);
 			int const h = a + tabular.getDescentOfRow(j);
@@ -343,7 +344,7 @@ void InsetTabular::drawSelection(PainterInfo & pi, int x, int y) const
 					tabular.getCellNumber(j, i);
 				int const w = tabular.getWidthOfColumn(cell);
 				if (i >= cs && i <= ce && j >= rs && j <= re)
-					pi.pain.fillRectangle(xx, y - a, w, h,
+					pi.pain.fillRectangle(xx, y, w, h,
 							      LColor::selection);
 				xx += w;