diff --git a/src/gui/EditableWidget.cxx b/src/gui/EditableWidget.cxx
index 7732694c4..8314a847f 100644
--- a/src/gui/EditableWidget.cxx
+++ b/src/gui/EditableWidget.cxx
@@ -246,6 +246,8 @@ bool EditableWidget::tryInsertChar(char c, int pos)
 {
   if(_filter(tolower(c)))
   {
+    if(_selectSize < 0)   // left to right selection
+      pos += _selectSize; // adjust to new position after removing selected text
     killSelectedText();
     if(!_maxLen || static_cast<int>(_editString.length()) < _maxLen)
     {