diff --git a/src/ct/ct_main_win.h b/src/ct/ct_main_win.h
index 609cef7f1..56afa8e98 100644
--- a/src/ct/ct_main_win.h
+++ b/src/ct/ct_main_win.h
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ class CtMainWin : public Gtk::ApplicationWindow
     void                      apply_scalable_properties(Glib::RefPtr<Gtk::TextTag> rTextTag, CtScalableTag* pCtScalableTag);
     Glib::ustring             sourceview_hovering_link_get_tooltip(const Glib::ustring& link);
     bool                      apply_tag_try_automatic_bounds(Glib::RefPtr<Gtk::TextBuffer> text_buffer, Gtk::TextIter iter_start);
-    void                      apply_tag_try_automatic_bounds_triple_click(Glib::RefPtr<Gtk::TextBuffer> text_buffer, Gtk::TextIter iter_start);
+    void                      apply_tag_try_automatic_bounds_paragraph(Glib::RefPtr<Gtk::TextBuffer> text_buffer, Gtk::TextIter iter_start);
 
 private:
     Gtk::HBox&     _init_status_bar();
diff --git a/src/ct/ct_main_win_buffer.cc b/src/ct/ct_main_win_buffer.cc
index b4cf3a0bb..655c8070f 100644
--- a/src/ct/ct_main_win_buffer.cc
+++ b/src/ct/ct_main_win_buffer.cc
@@ -382,8 +382,8 @@ bool CtMainWin::apply_tag_try_automatic_bounds(Glib::RefPtr<Gtk::TextBuffer> tex
 }
 
 // Try to select the full paragraph
-void CtMainWin::apply_tag_try_automatic_bounds_triple_click(Glib::RefPtr<Gtk::TextBuffer> text_buffer,
-                                                            Gtk::TextIter iter_start)
+void CtMainWin::apply_tag_try_automatic_bounds_paragraph(Glib::RefPtr<Gtk::TextBuffer> text_buffer,
+                                                         Gtk::TextIter iter_start)
 {
     Gtk::TextIter iter_end = iter_start;
     iter_end.forward_to_line_end();
diff --git a/src/ct/ct_main_win_events.cc b/src/ct/ct_main_win_events.cc
index 3e417b529..8b2d379f2 100644
--- a/src/ct/ct_main_win_events.cc
+++ b/src/ct/ct_main_win_events.cc
@@ -510,11 +510,7 @@ void CtMainWin::_on_textview_event_after(GdkEvent* event)
         _ctTextview.for_event_after_double_click_button1(event);
     }
     if (event->type == GDK_3BUTTON_PRESS and event->button.button == 1) {
-        if (curr_tree_iter().get_node_is_rich_text() and _pCtConfig->tripleClickParagraph) {
-            if (_ctTextview.get_todo_rotate_time() != event->button.time) {
-                _ctTextview.for_event_after_triple_click_button1(event);
-            }
-        }
+        _ctTextview.for_event_after_triple_click_button1(event);
     }
     else if (event->type == GDK_BUTTON_PRESS or event->type == GDK_KEY_PRESS) {
         if (event->type == GDK_BUTTON_PRESS) {
diff --git a/src/ct/ct_text_view.cc b/src/ct/ct_text_view.cc
index f448a0a93..c8f6c148a 100644
--- a/src/ct/ct_text_view.cc
+++ b/src/ct/ct_text_view.cc
@@ -249,18 +249,32 @@ void CtTextView::for_event_after_double_click_button1(GdkEvent* event)
     window_to_buffer_coords(Gtk::TEXT_WINDOW_TEXT, (int)event->button.x, (int)event->button.y, x, y);
     Gtk::TextIter iter_start;
     get_iter_at_location(iter_start, x, y);
+    const auto pGutterLineNumbers = get_gutter(Gtk::TEXT_WINDOW_LEFT);
+    if (pGutterLineNumbers) {
+        const auto pGutterLNWindow = pGutterLineNumbers->get_window();
+        if (pGutterLNWindow and pGutterLNWindow->gobj() == event->button.window) {
+            // line number click
+            _pCtMainWin->apply_tag_try_automatic_bounds_paragraph(text_buffer, iter_start);
+            return;
+        }
+    }
     _pCtMainWin->apply_tag_try_automatic_bounds(text_buffer, iter_start);
 }
 
 // Called after every Triple Click with button 1
 void CtTextView::for_event_after_triple_click_button1(GdkEvent* event)
 {
-    auto text_buffer = get_buffer();
-    int x, y;
-    window_to_buffer_coords(Gtk::TEXT_WINDOW_TEXT, (int)event->button.x, (int)event->button.y, x, y);
-    Gtk::TextIter iter_start;
-    get_iter_at_location(iter_start, x, y);
-    _pCtMainWin->apply_tag_try_automatic_bounds_triple_click(text_buffer, iter_start);
+    if (_pCtConfig->tripleClickParagraph and
+        _pCtMainWin->curr_tree_iter().get_node_is_rich_text() and
+        get_todo_rotate_time() != event->button.time)
+    {
+        auto text_buffer = get_buffer();
+        int x, y;
+        window_to_buffer_coords(Gtk::TEXT_WINDOW_TEXT, (int)event->button.x, (int)event->button.y, x, y);
+        Gtk::TextIter iter_start;
+        get_iter_at_location(iter_start, x, y);
+        _pCtMainWin->apply_tag_try_automatic_bounds_paragraph(text_buffer, iter_start);
+    }
 }
 
 #ifdef MD_AUTO_REPLACEMENT
@@ -304,7 +318,7 @@ void CtTextView::for_event_after_button_press(GdkEvent* event)
                 const auto pGutterLNWindow = pGutterLineNumbers->get_window();
                 if (pGutterLNWindow and pGutterLNWindow->gobj() == event->button.window) {
                     // line number click
-                    _pCtMainWin->apply_tag_try_automatic_bounds_triple_click(text_buffer, text_iter);
+                    _pCtMainWin->apply_tag_try_automatic_bounds(text_buffer, text_iter);
                     return;
                 }
             }