diff --git a/src/libs/utils/textutils.cpp b/src/libs/utils/textutils.cpp
index 3b475aef3cd..4e0764fffb7 100644
--- a/src/libs/utils/textutils.cpp
+++ b/src/libs/utils/textutils.cpp
@@ -88,9 +88,9 @@ QTextCursor selectAt(QTextCursor textCursor, int line, int column, uint length)
     if (column < 1)
         column = 1;
 
-    const int anchorPosition = positionInText(textCursor.document(), line, column + length);
+    const int anchorPosition = positionInText(textCursor.document(), line, column);
     textCursor.setPosition(anchorPosition);
-    textCursor.setPosition(anchorPosition - length, QTextCursor::KeepAnchor);
+    textCursor.setPosition(anchorPosition + int(length), QTextCursor::KeepAnchor);
 
     return textCursor;
 }