Index: trunk/src/buffer.c
===================================================================
--- trunk/src/buffer.c	(revision 5651)
+++ trunk/src/buffer.c	(revision 5652)
@@ -84,12 +84,15 @@
 /* ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  * calculates the bounding box of the buffer
  */
-void pcb_set_buffer_bbox(pcb_buffer_t *Buffer)
+int pcb_set_buffer_bbox(pcb_buffer_t *Buffer)
 {
 	pcb_box_t tmp, *box = pcb_data_bbox(&tmp, Buffer->Data);
 
-	if (box)
+	if (box) {
 		Buffer->BoundingBox = *box;
+		return 0;
+	}
+	return -1;
 }
 
 /* ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Index: trunk/src/buffer.h
===================================================================
--- trunk/src/buffer.h	(revision 5651)
+++ trunk/src/buffer.h	(revision 5652)
@@ -42,7 +42,10 @@
  * prototypes
  */
 void pcb_buffer_flip_side(pcb_buffer_t *Buffer);
-void pcb_set_buffer_bbox(pcb_buffer_t *);
+
+/* returns 0 on success */
+int pcb_set_buffer_bbox(pcb_buffer_t *);
+
 void pcb_buffer_clear(pcb_buffer_t *);
 void pcb_buffer_add_selected(pcb_buffer_t *, pcb_coord_t, pcb_coord_t, pcb_bool);
 pcb_bool pcb_buffer_load_layout(pcb_buffer_t *Buffer, const char *Filename, const char *fmt);
Index: trunk/src/crosshair.c
===================================================================
--- trunk/src/crosshair.c	(revision 5651)
+++ trunk/src/crosshair.c	(revision 5652)
@@ -1240,12 +1240,15 @@
 void pcb_crosshair_range_to_buffer(void)
 {
 	if (conf_core.editor.mode == PCB_MODE_PASTE_BUFFER) {
-		pcb_set_buffer_bbox(PCB_PASTEBUFFER);
-		pcb_crosshair_set_range(PCB_PASTEBUFFER->X - PCB_PASTEBUFFER->BoundingBox.X1,
+		if (pcb_set_buffer_bbox(PCB_PASTEBUFFER) == 0) {
+			pcb_crosshair_set_range(PCB_PASTEBUFFER->X - PCB_PASTEBUFFER->BoundingBox.X1,
 											PCB_PASTEBUFFER->Y - PCB_PASTEBUFFER->BoundingBox.Y1,
 											PCB->MaxWidth -
 											(PCB_PASTEBUFFER->BoundingBox.X2 - PCB_PASTEBUFFER->X),
 											PCB->MaxHeight - (PCB_PASTEBUFFER->BoundingBox.Y2 - PCB_PASTEBUFFER->Y));
+		}
+		else /* failed to calculate the bounding box of the buffer, it's probably a single-object move, allow the whole page */
+			pcb_crosshair_set_range(0, 0, PCB->MaxWidth, PCB->MaxHeight);
 	}
 }