diff --git a/src/vs/editor/common/controller/cursor.ts b/src/vs/editor/common/controller/cursor.ts
index 5ba0f617220c06a23621747c45df029919865150..41110b32938f6a8cef8ede90a0c33ab7c93d886c 100644
--- a/src/vs/editor/common/controller/cursor.ts
+++ b/src/vs/editor/common/controller/cursor.ts
@@ -841,13 +841,19 @@ export class Cursor extends EventEmitter {
 	}
 
 	private emitCursorSelectionChanged(source:string, reason:string): void {
-		var selections = this.cursors.getSelections();
-		var primarySelection = selections[0];
-		var secondarySelections = selections.slice(1);
+		let selections = this.cursors.getSelections();
+		let primarySelection = selections[0];
+		let secondarySelections = selections.slice(1);
+
+		let viewSelections = this.cursors.getViewSelections();
+		let primaryViewSelection = viewSelections[0];
+		let secondaryViewSelections = viewSelections.slice(1);
 
-		var e:EditorCommon.ICursorSelectionChangedEvent = {
+		let e:EditorCommon.ICursorSelectionChangedEvent = {
 			selection: primarySelection,
+			viewSelection: primaryViewSelection,
 			secondarySelections: secondarySelections,
+			secondaryViewSelections: secondaryViewSelections,
 			source: source,
 			reason: reason
 		};
diff --git a/src/vs/editor/common/editorCommon.ts b/src/vs/editor/common/editorCommon.ts
index d5dd1f6660261de2300e801871f3e81ce5ef8c90..c0301683a919d07faa1fe240bb3b9707dd8a05b7 100644
--- a/src/vs/editor/common/editorCommon.ts
+++ b/src/vs/editor/common/editorCommon.ts
@@ -2022,10 +2022,18 @@ export interface ICursorSelectionChangedEvent {
 	 * The primary selection.
 	 */
 	selection:IEditorSelection;
+	/**
+	 * The primary selection in view coordinates.
+	 */
+	viewSelection:IEditorSelection;
 	/**
 	 * The secondary selections.
 	 */
 	secondarySelections:IEditorSelection[];
+	/**
+	 * The secondary selections in view coordinates.
+	 */
+	secondaryViewSelections:IEditorSelection[];
 	/**
 	 * Source of the call that caused the event.
 	 */
diff --git a/src/vs/editor/common/viewModel/viewModel.ts b/src/vs/editor/common/viewModel/viewModel.ts
index 2851eae9e3591e47875b0161a342a8d6015d90e2..0b9825a0df000d93a019c0cea1fb14f396a8df8b 100644
--- a/src/vs/editor/common/viewModel/viewModel.ts
+++ b/src/vs/editor/common/viewModel/viewModel.ts
@@ -334,6 +334,17 @@ export class ViewModel extends EventEmitter implements EditorCommon.IViewModel {
 		}
 		return this.convertModelPositionToViewPosition(modelPosition.lineNumber, modelPosition.column);
 	}
+
+	public validateViewSelection(viewSelection:EditorCommon.IEditorSelection, modelSelection:EditorCommon.IEditorSelection): EditorCommon.IEditorSelection {
+		let modelSelectionStart = new Position(modelSelection.selectionStartLineNumber, modelSelection.selectionStartColumn);
+		let modelPosition = new Position(modelSelection.positionLineNumber, modelSelection.positionColumn);
+
+		let viewSelectionStart = this.validateViewPosition(viewSelection.selectionStartLineNumber, viewSelection.selectionStartColumn, modelSelectionStart);
+		let viewPosition = this.validateViewPosition(viewSelection.positionLineNumber, viewSelection.positionColumn, modelPosition);
+
+		return new Selection(viewSelectionStart.lineNumber, viewSelectionStart.column, viewPosition.lineNumber, viewPosition.column);
+	}
+
 	private onCursorPositionChanged(e:EditorCommon.ICursorPositionChangedEvent): void {
 		this.cursors.onCursorPositionChanged(e, (eventType:string, payload:any) => this.emit(eventType, payload));
 	}
diff --git a/src/vs/editor/common/viewModel/viewModelCursors.ts b/src/vs/editor/common/viewModel/viewModelCursors.ts
index 2c74e941d1ad6642edfdd93ae639289d9f3e2f97..e7e8e249ec12d33cacad8e32f8fc1e758f6cd8af 100644
--- a/src/vs/editor/common/viewModel/viewModelCursors.ts
+++ b/src/vs/editor/common/viewModel/viewModelCursors.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import EditorCommon = require('vs/editor/common/editorCommon');
 
 export interface IConverter {
 	validateViewPosition(viewLineNumber:number, viewColumn:number, modelPosition:EditorCommon.IEditorPosition): EditorCommon.IEditorPosition;
+	validateViewSelection(viewSelection:EditorCommon.IEditorSelection, modelSelection:EditorCommon.IEditorSelection): EditorCommon.IEditorSelection;
 	convertModelSelectionToViewSelection(modelSelection:EditorCommon.IEditorSelection): EditorCommon.IEditorSelection;
 	convertModelRangeToViewRange(modelRange:EditorCommon.IRange): EditorCommon.IEditorRange;
 }
@@ -74,13 +75,13 @@ export class ViewModelCursors {
 	public onCursorSelectionChanged(e:EditorCommon.ICursorSelectionChangedEvent, emit:(eventType:string, payload:any)=>void): void {
 		this.lastCursorSelectionChangedEvent = e;
 
-		var selection = this.converter.convertModelSelectionToViewSelection(e.selection);
-		var secondarySelections: EditorCommon.IEditorSelection[] = [];
-		for (var i = 0, len = e.secondarySelections.length; i < len; i++) {
-			secondarySelections[i] = this.converter.convertModelSelectionToViewSelection(e.secondarySelections[i]);
+		let selection = this.converter.validateViewSelection(e.viewSelection, e.selection);
+		let secondarySelections: EditorCommon.IEditorSelection[] = [];
+		for (let i = 0, len = e.secondarySelections.length; i < len; i++) {
+			secondarySelections[i] = this.converter.validateViewSelection(e.secondaryViewSelections[i], e.secondarySelections[i]);
 		}
 
-		var newEvent:EditorCommon.IViewCursorSelectionChangedEvent = {
+		let newEvent:EditorCommon.IViewCursorSelectionChangedEvent = {
 			selection: selection,
 			secondarySelections: secondarySelections
 		};