diff --git a/lib/TerminalDisplay.cpp b/lib/TerminalDisplay.cpp
index 1d8de89..57d0075 100644
--- a/lib/TerminalDisplay.cpp
+++ b/lib/TerminalDisplay.cpp
@@ -1399,7 +1399,8 @@ void TerminalDisplay::paintFilters(QPainter& painter)
     }
 }
 
-int TerminalDisplay::textWidth(int startColumn, int length, int line) {
+int TerminalDisplay::textWidth(const int startColumn, const int length, const int line) const
+{
   QFontMetrics fm(font());
   int result = 0;
   for (int column = 0; column < length; column++) {
@@ -2204,9 +2205,19 @@ void TerminalDisplay::mouseReleaseEvent(QMouseEvent* ev)
 
 void TerminalDisplay::getCharacterPosition(const QPoint& widgetPoint,int& line,int& column) const
 {
-    column = (widgetPoint.x() + _fontWidth/2 -contentsRect().left()-_leftMargin) / _fontWidth;
     line = (widgetPoint.y()-contentsRect().top()-_topMargin) / _fontHeight;
 
+    if ( _fixedFont )
+        column = (widgetPoint.x() + _fontWidth/2 -contentsRect().left()-_leftMargin) / _fontWidth;
+    else
+    {
+        int x = contentsRect().left() + widgetPoint.x() - _fontWidth/2;
+        column = 0;
+
+        while(x > textWidth(0, column, line))
+            column++;
+    }
+
     if ( line < 0 )
         line = 0;
     if ( column < 0 )
diff --git a/lib/TerminalDisplay.h b/lib/TerminalDisplay.h
index d962c3a..2b7e493 100644
--- a/lib/TerminalDisplay.h
+++ b/lib/TerminalDisplay.h
@@ -643,7 +643,7 @@ private:
     // -- Drawing helpers --
 
     // determine the width of this text
-    int textWidth(int startColumn, int length, int line);
+    int textWidth(int startColumn, int length, int line) const;
     // determine the area that encloses this series of characters
     QRect calculateTextArea(int topLeftX, int topLeftY, int startColumn, int line, int length);