diff --git a/gui-doc/scribblings/gui/snip-class.scrbl b/gui-doc/scribblings/gui/snip-class.scrbl
index 24ffbc16..763a4553 100644
--- a/gui-doc/scribblings/gui/snip-class.scrbl
+++ b/gui-doc/scribblings/gui/snip-class.scrbl
@@ -312,6 +312,12 @@ following symbols:
        not have the keyboard focus (see also
        @method[snip% on-goodbye-event])}
 
+ @item{@indexed-racket['handles-between-events] --- this snip wishes
+       to handle mouse events that are between items in the snip
+       (instead of defaulting to treating mouse clicks as
+        setting the position or other event handling that happens
+        at the @racket[text%] or @racket[pasteboard%] level}
+
  @item{@indexed-racket['width-depends-on-x] --- this snip's display
        width depends on the snip's x-@techlink{location} within the
        editor; e.g.: tab}
diff --git a/gui-lib/info.rkt b/gui-lib/info.rkt
index ff0c5652..21397950 100644
--- a/gui-lib/info.rkt
+++ b/gui-lib/info.rkt
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
                ["base" #:version "6.2.900.17"]
                "syntax-color-lib"
                ["draw-lib" #:version "1.11"]
-               "snip-lib"
+               ["snip-lib" #:version "1.2"]
                "wxme-lib"
                "pict-lib"
                "scheme-lib"
@@ -30,4 +30,4 @@
 
 (define pkg-authors '(mflatt robby))
 
-(define version "1.20")
+(define version "1.21")
diff --git a/gui-lib/mred/private/wxme/text.rkt b/gui-lib/mred/private/wxme/text.rkt
index f658ee65..ce026f57 100644
--- a/gui-lib/mred/private/wxme/text.rkt
+++ b/gui-lib/mred/private/wxme/text.rkt
@@ -470,8 +470,10 @@
                      (set-box! now (find-position x y #f onit? how-close))
                    ;; FIXME: the following refinement of `onit?' seems pointless
                    (let ([onit? (and onit?
-                                     (not (zero? how-close))
-                                     ((abs how-close) . > . between-threshold))])
+                                     (or (and (not (zero? how-close))
+                                              ((abs how-close) . > . between-threshold))
+                                         (has-flag? (snip->flags s-caret-snip)
+                                                    HANDLES-BETWEEN-EVENTS)))])
                      (if onit?
                          ;; we're in the snip's horizontal region...
                          (let ([snip (do-find-snip now 'after)])