Bug [#2135]. Improve location of candidate window.

2 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/doc/ScintillaHistory.html b/doc/ScintillaHistory.html
index 39e82ef33..f210d64eb 100644
--- a/doc/ScintillaHistory.html
+++ b/doc/ScintillaHistory.html
@@ -599,6 +599,7 @@
 	<li>
 	Improve IME behaviour on GTK.
 	Set candidate position for windowed IME.
+	Improve location of candidate window.
 	<a href="https://sourceforge.net/p/scintilla/bugs/2135/">Bug #2135</a>.
 	</li>
     </ul>
diff --git a/gtk/ScintillaGTK.cxx b/gtk/ScintillaGTK.cxx
index c02c07365..33313b264 100755
--- a/gtk/ScintillaGTK.cxx
+++ b/gtk/ScintillaGTK.cxx
@@ -2315,8 +2315,10 @@ void ScintillaGTK::SetCandidateWindowPos() {
 	// Composition box accompanies candidate box.
 	const Point pt = PointMainCaret();
 	GdkRectangle imeBox = {0}; // No need to set width
-	imeBox.x = static_cast<gint>(pt.x);           // Only need positiion
-	imeBox.y = static_cast<gint>(pt.y) + vs.lineHeight; // underneath the first charater
+	imeBox.x = static_cast<gint>(pt.x);
+	imeBox.y = static_cast<gint>(pt.y + std::max(4, vs.lineHeight/4));
+	// prevent overlapping with current line
+	imeBox.height = vs.lineHeight;
 	gtk_im_context_set_cursor_location(im_context, &imeBox);
 }