(note_mouse_highlight): Process overlays in the right

order of priority.

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/src/xterm.c b/src/xterm.c
index 309ed552b1e..aec7d3b7338 100644
--- a/src/xterm.c
+++ b/src/xterm.c
@@ -6522,7 +6522,8 @@ note_mouse_highlight (f, x, y)
             overlay_vec = (Lisp_Object *) alloca (len * sizeof (Lisp_Object));
             noverlays = overlays_at (pos, 0, &overlay_vec, &len, NULL, NULL);
           }
-          
+
+        /* Sort overlays into increasing priority order.  */
         noverlays = sort_overlays (overlay_vec, noverlays, w);
 
         /* Check mouse-face highlighting.  */
@@ -6540,7 +6541,7 @@ note_mouse_highlight (f, x, y)
 
             /* Find the highest priority overlay that has a mouse-face prop.  */
             overlay = Qnil;
-            for (i = 0; i < noverlays; i++)
+            for (i = noverlays - 1; i >= 0; --i)
               {
                 mouse_face = Foverlay_get (overlay_vec[i], Qmouse_face);
                 if (!NILP (mouse_face))
@@ -6630,7 +6631,7 @@ note_mouse_highlight (f, x, y)
 
           /* Check overlays first.  */
           help = Qnil;
-          for (i = 0; i < noverlays && NILP (help); ++i)
+          for (i = noverlays - 1; i >= 0 && NILP (help); --i)
             {
               overlay = overlay_vec[i];
               help = Foverlay_get (overlay, Qhelp_echo);