* lisp/mouse.el (mouse-posn-property): Ignore posn-point for mode-line

clicks.

Fixes: debbugs:17633

2 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index 8504fb3018a..3f803d47a76 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 2014-05-31  Stefan Monnier  <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
 
+        * mouse.el (mouse-posn-property): Ignore posn-point for mode-line
+        clicks (bug#17633).
+
         * leim/quail/latin-pre.el ("latin-2-prefix"): Use ",," rather than ", "
         for the single comma, since ", " is *very* common in normal French text
         (bug#17643).
diff --git a/lisp/mouse.el b/lisp/mouse.el
index 19aae2b62ad..48d25b87713 100644
--- a/lisp/mouse.el
+++ b/lisp/mouse.el
@@ -658,7 +658,10 @@ its value is returned."
             (str (posn-string pos)))
         (or (and str
                  (get-text-property (cdr str) property (car str)))
-            (and pt
+            ;; FIXME: mouse clicks on the mode-line come with a position in
+            ;; (nth 5).  Maybe we should change the C code instead so that
+            ;; mouse-clicks don't include a position there!
+            (and pt (not (memq (posn-area pos) '(mode-line header-line)))
                  (get-char-property pt property w))))
     (get-char-property pos property)))