diff --git a/frontend/math.lua b/frontend/math.lua
index 46b6a319c..7ca80eb0c 100644
--- a/frontend/math.lua
+++ b/frontend/math.lua
@@ -22,4 +22,39 @@ function math.oddEven(number)
 	end
 end
 
+function tmin_max(tab, func, op)
+	if #tab == 0 then return nil, nil end
+	local index, value = 1, tab[1]
+    for i = 2, #tab do
+    	if func then
+    		if func(value, tab[i]) then
+	        	index, value = i, tab[i]
+	        end
+	    elseif op == "min" then
+	    	if value > tab[i] then
+	    		index, value = i, tab[i]
+	    	end
+	    elseif op == "max" then
+	   		if value < tab[i] then
+	    		index, value = i, tab[i]
+	    	end
+	    end
+    end
+    return index, value
+end
+
+--[[
+Return the minimum element of a table.
+The optional argument func specifies a one-argument ordering function.
+]]--
+function math.tmin(tab, func)
+	return tmin_max(tab, func, "min")
+end
 
+--[[
+Return the maximum element of a table.
+The optional argument func specifies a one-argument ordering function.
+]]--
+function math.tmax(tab, func)
+	return tmin_max(tab, func, "max")
+end
diff --git a/frontend/ui/bbox.lua b/frontend/ui/bbox.lua
index 678e49f16..ee1889c85 100644
--- a/frontend/ui/bbox.lua
+++ b/frontend/ui/bbox.lua
@@ -110,22 +110,39 @@ function BBoxWidget:onAdjustScreenBBox(ges, rate)
 	local upper_right = Geom:new{ x = bbox.x1, y = bbox.y0}
 	local bottom_left = Geom:new{ x = bbox.x0, y = bbox.y1}
 	local bottom_right = Geom:new{ x = bbox.x1, y = bbox.y1}
-	local corners = {upper_left, upper_right, bottom_left, bottom_right}
-	table.sort(corners, function(a,b)
-		return a:distance(ges.pos) < b:distance(ges.pos)
+	local upper_center = Geom:new{ x = (bbox.x0 + bbox.x1) / 2, y = bbox.y0}
+	local bottom_center = Geom:new{ x = (bbox.x0 + bbox.x1) / 2, y = bbox.y1}
+	local right_center = Geom:new{ x = bbox.x1, y = (bbox.y0 + bbox.y1) / 2}
+	local left_center = Geom:new{ x = bbox.x0, y = (bbox.y0 + bbox.y1) / 2}
+	local anchors = {
+		upper_left, upper_center, 	upper_right,
+		left_center, 				right_center,
+		bottom_left, bottom_center, bottom_right,
+	}
+	local _, nearest = math.tmin(anchors, function(a,b)
+		return a:distance(ges.pos) > b:distance(ges.pos)
 	end)
-	if corners[1] == upper_left then
+	--DEBUG("nearest anchor", nearest)
+	if nearest == upper_left then
 		upper_left.x = ges.pos.x
 		upper_left.y = ges.pos.y
-	elseif corners[1] == bottom_right then
+	elseif nearest == bottom_right then
 		bottom_right.x = ges.pos.x
 		bottom_right.y = ges.pos.y
-	elseif corners[1] == upper_right then
+	elseif nearest == upper_right then
 		bottom_right.x = ges.pos.x
 		upper_left.y = ges.pos.y
-	elseif corners[1] == bottom_left then
+	elseif nearest == bottom_left then
 		upper_left.x = ges.pos.x
 		bottom_right.y = ges.pos.y
+	elseif nearest == upper_center then
+		upper_left.y = ges.pos.y
+	elseif nearest == right_center then
+		bottom_right.x = ges.pos.x
+	elseif nearest == bottom_center then
+		bottom_right.y = ges.pos.y
+	elseif nearest == left_center then
+		upper_left.x = ges.pos.x
 	end
 	self.screen_bbox = {
 		x0 = upper_left.x,