this is reproducable easily, but not automatically. 1) create a 5x5 table 2) set two cells to be multicolumn 3) whilst continuously typing text, use the mouse to select between the multicolumn cell and the two cells below. eventually you'll get a crash : #7 0x811f5bd in _ZNK7LyXText9SetCursorEP10BufferViewR9LyXCursorP12LyXParagraphib (this=0x84b3a10, bview=0x848c4d0, cur=@0x84b3aa4, par=0x84bc090, pos=1, boundary=false) at text2.C:2062 2062 y += row->baseline(); (gdb) print row $1 = (class Row *) 0x0 thanks john -- "To live outside the law you must be honest." - Bob Dylan