diff --git a/src/AddIns/DisplayBindings/XmlEditor/Project/Src/XmlView.cs b/src/AddIns/DisplayBindings/XmlEditor/Project/Src/XmlView.cs
index a46ffbab7b..5cddec5314 100644
--- a/src/AddIns/DisplayBindings/XmlEditor/Project/Src/XmlView.cs
+++ b/src/AddIns/DisplayBindings/XmlEditor/Project/Src/XmlView.cs
@@ -801,7 +801,7 @@ namespace ICSharpCode.XmlEditor
 			TextAreaControl activeTextAreaControl = xmlEditor.ActiveTextAreaControl;
 			int line = activeTextAreaControl.Caret.Line;
 			int col = activeTextAreaControl.Caret.Column;
-			StatusBarService.SetCaretPosition(activeTextAreaControl.TextArea.TextView.GetVisualColumn(line, col) + 1, line + 1, col = 1);
+			StatusBarService.SetCaretPosition(activeTextAreaControl.TextArea.TextView.GetVisualColumn(line, col) + 1, line + 1, col + 1);
 		}
 		
 		/// <summary>