diff --git a/src/vs/editor/browser/viewParts/lines/rangeUtil.ts b/src/vs/editor/browser/viewParts/lines/rangeUtil.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..24a7d714ef3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/vs/editor/browser/viewParts/lines/rangeUtil.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ *  Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
+ *  Licensed under the MIT License. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
+ *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+'use strict';
+
+import {HorizontalRange} from 'vs/editor/common/editorCommon';
+
+export class RangeUtil {
+
+	/**
+	 * Reusing the same range here
+	 * because IE is buggy and constantly freezes when using a large number
+	 * of ranges and calling .detach on them
+	 */
+	private static _handyReadyRange:Range;
+
+	private static _createRange(): Range {
+		if (!this._handyReadyRange) {
+			this._handyReadyRange = document.createRange();
+		}
+		return this._handyReadyRange;
+	}
+
+	private static _detachRange(range:Range, endNode:HTMLElement): void {
+		// Move range out of the span node, IE doesn't like having many ranges in
+		// the same spot and will act badly for lines containing dashes ('-')
+		range.selectNodeContents(endNode);
+	}
+
+	private static _readClientRects(startElement:Node, startOffset:number, endElement:Node, endOffset:number, endNode:HTMLElement): ClientRectList {
+		let range = this._createRange();
+		try {
+			range.setStart(startElement, startOffset);
+			range.setEnd(endElement, endOffset);
+
+			return range.getClientRects();
+		} catch (e) {
+			// This is life ...
+			return null;
+		} finally {
+			this._detachRange(range, endNode);
+		}
+	}
+
+	private static _createHorizontalRangesFromClientRects(clientRects:ClientRectList, clientRectDeltaLeft:number, scaleRatio:number): HorizontalRange[] {
+		if (!clientRects || clientRects.length === 0) {
+			return null;
+		}
+
+		let result:HorizontalRange[] = [];
+		let prevLeft = Math.max(0, clientRects[0].left * scaleRatio - clientRectDeltaLeft);
+		let prevWidth = clientRects[0].width * scaleRatio;
+
+		for (let i = 1, len = clientRects.length; i < len; i++) {
+			let myLeft = Math.max(0, clientRects[i].left * scaleRatio - clientRectDeltaLeft);
+			let myWidth = clientRects[i].width * scaleRatio;
+
+			if (myLeft < prevLeft) {
+				console.error('Unexpected: RangeUtil._createHorizontalRangesFromClientRects: client rects are not sorted');
+			}
+
+			if (prevLeft + prevWidth + 0.9 /* account for browser's rounding errors*/ >= myLeft) {
+				prevWidth = Math.max(prevWidth, myLeft + myWidth - prevLeft);
+			} else {
+				result.push(new HorizontalRange(prevLeft, prevWidth));
+				prevLeft = myLeft;
+				prevWidth = myWidth;
+			}
+		}
+
+		result.push(new HorizontalRange(prevLeft, prevWidth));
+
+		return result;
+	}
+
+	public static readHorizontalRanges(domNode:HTMLElement, startChildIndex:number, startOffset:number, endChildIndex:number, endOffset:number, clientRectDeltaLeft:number, scaleRatio:number, endNode:HTMLElement): HorizontalRange[] {
+		// Panic check
+		let min = 0;
+		let max = domNode.children.length - 1;
+		if (min > max) {
+			return null;
+		}
+		startChildIndex = Math.min(max, Math.max(min, startChildIndex));
+		endChildIndex = Math.min(max, Math.max(min, endChildIndex));
+
+		// If crossing over to a span only to select offset 0, then use the previous span's maximum offset
+		// Chrome is buggy and doesn't handle 0 offsets well sometimes.
+		if (startChildIndex !== endChildIndex) {
+			if (endChildIndex > 0 && endOffset === 0) {
+				endChildIndex--;
+				endOffset = Number.MAX_VALUE;
+			}
+		}
+
+		let startElement = domNode.children[startChildIndex].firstChild;
+		let endElement = domNode.children[endChildIndex].firstChild;
+
+		if (!startElement || !endElement) {
+			return null;
+		}
+
+		startOffset = Math.min(startElement.textContent.length, Math.max(0, startOffset));
+		endOffset = Math.min(endElement.textContent.length, Math.max(0, endOffset));
+
+		let clientRects = this._readClientRects(startElement, startOffset, endElement, endOffset, endNode);
+		return this._createHorizontalRangesFromClientRects(clientRects, clientRectDeltaLeft, scaleRatio);
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/vs/editor/browser/viewParts/lines/viewLine.ts b/src/vs/editor/browser/viewParts/lines/viewLine.ts
index 2272bfc2eac..f88bbcd71c0 100644
--- a/src/vs/editor/browser/viewParts/lines/viewLine.ts
+++ b/src/vs/editor/browser/viewParts/lines/viewLine.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import {ILineParts, createLineParts} from 'vs/editor/common/viewLayout/viewLineP
 import {renderLine, RenderLineInput} from 'vs/editor/common/viewLayout/viewLineRenderer';
 import {ClassNames, IViewContext} from 'vs/editor/browser/editorBrowser';
 import {IVisibleLineData} from 'vs/editor/browser/view/viewLayer';
+import {RangeUtil} from 'vs/editor/browser/viewParts/lines/rangeUtil';
 
 export class ViewLine implements IVisibleLineData {
 
@@ -412,107 +413,6 @@ class WebKitViewLine extends ViewLine {
 	}
 }
 
-class RangeUtil {
-
-	/**
-	 * Reusing the same range here
-	 * because IE is buggy and constantly freezes when using a large number
-	 * of ranges and calling .detach on them
-	 */
-	private static _handyReadyRange:Range;
-
-	private static _createRange(): Range {
-		if (!this._handyReadyRange) {
-			this._handyReadyRange = document.createRange();
-		}
-		return this._handyReadyRange;
-	}
-
-	private static _detachRange(range:Range, endNode:HTMLElement): void {
-		// Move range out of the span node, IE doesn't like having many ranges in
-		// the same spot and will act badly for lines containing dashes ('-')
-		range.selectNodeContents(endNode);
-	}
-
-	private static _readClientRects(startElement:Node, startOffset:number, endElement:Node, endOffset:number, endNode:HTMLElement): ClientRectList {
-		let range = this._createRange();
-		try {
-			range.setStart(startElement, startOffset);
-			range.setEnd(endElement, endOffset);
-
-			return range.getClientRects();
-		} catch (e) {
-			// This is life ...
-			return null;
-		} finally {
-			this._detachRange(range, endNode);
-		}
-	}
-
-	private static _createHorizontalRangesFromClientRects(clientRects:ClientRectList, clientRectDeltaLeft:number, scaleRatio:number): HorizontalRange[] {
-		if (!clientRects || clientRects.length === 0) {
-			return null;
-		}
-
-		let result:HorizontalRange[] = [];
-		let prevLeft = Math.max(0, clientRects[0].left * scaleRatio - clientRectDeltaLeft);
-		let prevWidth = clientRects[0].width * scaleRatio;
-
-		for (let i = 1, len = clientRects.length; i < len; i++) {
-			let myLeft = Math.max(0, clientRects[i].left * scaleRatio - clientRectDeltaLeft);
-			let myWidth = clientRects[i].width * scaleRatio;
-
-			if (myLeft < prevLeft) {
-				console.error('Unexpected: RangeUtil._createHorizontalRangesFromClientRects: client rects are not sorted');
-			}
-
-			if (prevLeft + prevWidth + 0.9 /* account for browser's rounding errors*/ >= myLeft) {
-				prevWidth = Math.max(prevWidth, myLeft + myWidth - prevLeft);
-			} else {
-				result.push(new HorizontalRange(prevLeft, prevWidth));
-				prevLeft = myLeft;
-				prevWidth = myWidth;
-			}
-		}
-
-		result.push(new HorizontalRange(prevLeft, prevWidth));
-
-		return result;
-	}
-
-	public static readHorizontalRanges(domNode:HTMLElement, startChildIndex:number, startOffset:number, endChildIndex:number, endOffset:number, clientRectDeltaLeft:number, scaleRatio:number, endNode:HTMLElement): HorizontalRange[] {
-		// Panic check
-		let min = 0;
-		let max = domNode.children.length - 1;
-		if (min > max) {
-			return null;
-		}
-		startChildIndex = Math.min(max, Math.max(min, startChildIndex));
-		endChildIndex = Math.min(max, Math.max(min, endChildIndex));
-
-		// If crossing over to a span only to select offset 0, then use the previous span's maximum offset
-		// Chrome is buggy and doesn't handle 0 offsets well sometimes.
-		if (startChildIndex !== endChildIndex) {
-			if (endChildIndex > 0 && endOffset === 0) {
-				endChildIndex--;
-				endOffset = Number.MAX_VALUE;
-			}
-		}
-
-		let startElement = domNode.children[startChildIndex].firstChild;
-		let endElement = domNode.children[endChildIndex].firstChild;
-
-		if (!startElement || !endElement) {
-			return null;
-		}
-
-		startOffset = Math.min(startElement.textContent.length, Math.max(0, startOffset));
-		endOffset = Math.min(endElement.textContent.length, Math.max(0, endOffset));
-
-		let clientRects = this._readClientRects(startElement, startOffset, endElement, endOffset, endNode);
-		return this._createHorizontalRangesFromClientRects(clientRects, clientRectDeltaLeft, scaleRatio);
-	}
-}
 
 function findIndexInArrayWithMax(lineParts:ILineParts, desiredIndex: number, maxResult:number): number {
 	let r = lineParts.findIndexOfOffset(desiredIndex);