diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
index 5d46b4380c..6855488417 100644
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+2004-03-17  Alfredo Braunstein  <abraunst@lyx.org>
+
+	* text2.C (setCursorFromCoordinates): fix font problem
 
 2004-03-17  Alfredo Braunstein  <abraunst@lyx.org>
 
diff --git a/src/text2.C b/src/text2.C
index 50169bc3b8..f8ebd65b65 100644
--- a/src/text2.C
+++ b/src/text2.C
@@ -1294,10 +1294,7 @@ void LyXText::setCursorFromCoordinates(LCursor & cur, int x, int y)
 	bool bound = false;
 	int xx = x + xo_; // getRowNearX get absolute x coords
 	pos_type const pos = row.pos() + getColumnNearX(pit, row, xx, bound);
-	cur.par() = parOffset(pit);
-	cur.pos() = pos;
-	cur.boundary() = bound;
-	deleteEmptyParagraphMechanism(cur.top(), old_cursor);
+	setCursor(cur, parOffset(pit), pos, true, bound);
 }