In mouse-autoselect-window-select do autoselect when mouse pointer is on margin.

* window.el (mouse-autoselect-window-select): Do autoselect when
mouse pointer is on margin.

2 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index 5edb462adb5..11b465ba991 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2013-08-16  Martin Rudalics  <rudalics@gmx.at>
+
+        * window.el (mouse-autoselect-window-select): Do autoselect when
+        mouse pointer is on margin.
+
 2013-08-16  William Parsons  <wbparsons@alum.mit.edu>  (tiny change)
 
         * net/ange-ftp.el (ange-ftp-skip-msgs): Add 500 EPSV.  (Bug#1972)
diff --git a/lisp/window.el b/lisp/window.el
index e58496f6265..64cf0a72110 100644
--- a/lisp/window.el
+++ b/lisp/window.el
@@ -6680,8 +6680,10 @@ is active.  This function is run by `mouse-autoselect-window-timer'."
      (cond
       ((or (menu-or-popup-active-p)
            (and window
-                (not (consp (coordinates-in-window-p
-                             (cdr mouse-position) window)))))
+                (let ((coords (coordinates-in-window-p
+                               (cdr mouse-position) window)))
+                  (and (not (consp coords))
+                       (not (memq coords '(left-margin right-margin)))))))
        ;; A menu / popup dialog is active or the mouse is not on the
        ;; text region of WINDOW: Suspend autoselection temporarily.
        (mouse-autoselect-window-start mouse-position nil t))