diff --git a/wintable/new/main.c b/wintable/new/main.c
index 9d92c6e..7d04efa 100644
--- a/wintable/new/main.c
+++ b/wintable/new/main.c
@@ -71,11 +71,11 @@ struct table {
 
 #include "util.h"
 #include "coord.h"
-#include "select.h"
-#include "events.h"
 #include "scroll.h"
 #include "hscroll.h"
 #include "vscroll.h"
+#include "select.h"
+#include "events.h"
 #include "header.h"
 #include "children.h"
 #include "resize.h"
diff --git a/wintable/new/select.h b/wintable/new/select.h
index 68e2eb6..299b382 100644
--- a/wintable/new/select.h
+++ b/wintable/new/select.h
@@ -6,18 +6,38 @@ static void doselect(struct table *t, intptr_t row, intptr_t column)
 	RECT r, client;
 	intptr_t oldrow;
 	LONG height;
+	struct rowcol rc;
+	BOOL dovscroll;
 
 	oldrow = t->selectedRow;
 	t->selectedRow = row;
 	t->selectedColumn = column;
 
-	// TODO scroll to ensure the full cell is visible
-
-	// now redraw the old and new /rows/
 	if (GetClientRect(t->hwnd, &client) == 0)
 		panic("error getting Table client rect in doselect()");
 	client.top += t->headerHeight;
 	height = rowht(t);
+
+	// first vertically scroll to the new row to make it fully visible (or as visible as possible)
+	if (t->selectedRow < t->vscrollpos)
+		vscrollto(t, t->selectedRow);
+	else {
+		rc.row = t->selectedRow;
+		rc.column = t->selectedColumn;
+		// first assume entirely outside the client area
+		dovscroll = TRUE;
+		if (rowColumnToClientRect(t, rc, &r))
+			// partially outside the client area?
+			if (r.bottom <= client.bottom)		// <= here since we are comparing bottoms (which are the first pixels outside the rectangle)
+				dovscroll = FALSE;
+		if (dovscroll)
+			vscrollto(t, t->selectedRow - t->vpagesize + 1);		// + 1 because apparently just t->selectedRow - t->vpagesize results in no scrolling (t->selectedRow - t->vpagesize == t->vscrollpos)...
+	}
+
+	// TODO horizontal scroll
+
+	// now redraw the old and new /rows/
+	// we do this after scrolling so the rectangles to be invalidated make sense
 	r.left = client.left;
 	r.right = client.right;
 	if (oldrow != -1 && oldrow >= t->vscrollpos) {