diff -wur nano-cvs/src/winio.c nano-new/src/winio.c
--- nano-cvs/src/winio.c	2006-04-14 18:59:44.000000000 +0200
+++ nano-new/src/winio.c	2006-04-18 16:03:14.000000000 +0200
@@ -1568,7 +1568,7 @@
      * was clicked and put back the equivalent keystroke(s) for it. */
     if (allow_shortcuts && !ISSET(NO_HELP) && wenclose(bottomwin,
 	*mouse_y, *mouse_x)) {
-	int i, j;
+	int i, j, extra;
 	size_t currslen;
 	    /* The number of shortcuts in the current shortcut list. */
 	const shortcut *s = currshortcut;
@@ -1587,25 +1587,30 @@
 		currslen = MAIN_VISIBLE;
 	}
 
-	/* Calculate the width of each shortcut in the list.  It's the
-	 * same for all of them. */
+	/* Calculate the width of most of the shortcuts in the list. */
 	if (currslen < 2)
+	    /* XXX Should this 6 maybe be MAIN_VISIBLE/2 ? */
 	    i = COLS / 6;
 	else
 	    i = COLS / ((currslen / 2) + (currslen % 2));
 
+	/* The last two shortcuts are longer by this amount. */
+	extra = COLS % i;
+
 	/* Calculate the y-coordinate relative to the beginning of
 	 * the shortcut list in bottomwin, i.e, with the sizes of
 	 * topwin, edit, and the first line of bottomwin subtracted
 	 * out. */
 	j = *mouse_y - (2 - no_more_space()) - editwinrows - 1;
 
-	/* If we're on the statusbar, beyond the end of the shortcut
-	 * list, or beyond the end of a shortcut on the right side of
-	 * the screen, don't do anything. */
-	if (j < 0 || (*mouse_x / i) >= currslen)
+	/* If we're on the statusbar, don't do anything. */
+	if (j < 0)
 	    return FALSE;
 	j = (*mouse_x / i) * 2 + j;
+	/* Adjust when the mouse pointed in the extra space. */
+	if ((j >= currslen) && (*mouse_x % i < extra))
+	    j = j - 2;
+	/* If we're beyond the last shortcut, don't do anything. */
 	if (j >= currslen)
 	    return FALSE;
 
@@ -2205,7 +2210,7 @@
  * portion of the window. */
 void bottombars(const shortcut *s)
 {
-    size_t i, colwidth, slen;
+    size_t i, colwidth, extra, slen;
 
     if (ISSET(NO_HELP))
 	return;
@@ -2225,6 +2230,8 @@
     /* There will be this many characters per column.  We need at least
      * 3 to display anything properly. */
     colwidth = COLS / ((slen / 2) + (slen % 2));
+    /* The slack at the end -- is used to run on into. */
+    extra = COLS % colwidth;
 
     blank_bottombars();
 
@@ -2247,7 +2254,7 @@
 	keystr = foo;
 
 	wmove(bottomwin, 1 + i % 2, (i / 2) * colwidth);
-	onekey(keystr, s->desc, colwidth);
+	onekey(keystr, s->desc, colwidth + extra);
     }
 
     wnoutrefresh(bottomwin);