diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/ardour.menus.in b/gtk2_ardour/ardour.menus.in
index cb1278af31..d292e6791b 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/ardour.menus.in
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/ardour.menus.in
@@ -184,7 +184,6 @@
       <menuitem action='split-region'/>
       <menu action="SeparateMenu">
         <menuitem action='separate-under-region'/>
-        <menuitem action='editor-separate'/>
         <menuitem action='separate-from-loop'/>
         <menuitem action='separate-from-punch'/>
         <separator/>
diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/editor.cc b/gtk2_ardour/editor.cc
index 7107040db1..da1c25f374 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/editor.cc
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/editor.cc
@@ -4638,7 +4638,13 @@ Editor::get_preferred_edit_position (bool ignore_playhead, bool from_context_men
 
 	switch (ep) {
 	case EditAtPlayhead:
-		where = _session->audible_frame();
+		if (_dragging_playhead) {
+			if (!mouse_frame (where, ignored)) {
+				/* XXX not right but what can we do ? */
+				return 0;
+			}
+		} else
+			where = _session->audible_frame();
                 DEBUG_TRACE (DEBUG::CutNPaste, string_compose ("GPEP: use playhead @ %1\n", where));
 		break;
 
diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/editor_actions.cc b/gtk2_ardour/editor_actions.cc
index d6fcf7d27f..8c7c74858b 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/editor_actions.cc
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/editor_actions.cc
@@ -1989,7 +1989,7 @@ Editor::register_region_actions ()
 
 	reg_sens (_region_actions, "set-region-sync-position", _("Set Sync Position"), sigc::mem_fun (*this, &Editor::set_region_sync_position));
 	reg_sens (_region_actions, "place-transient", _("Place Transient"), sigc::mem_fun (*this, &Editor::place_transient));
-	reg_sens (_region_actions, "split-region", _("Split"), sigc::mem_fun (*this, &Editor::split_region));
+	reg_sens (_region_actions, "split-region", _("Split/Separate"), sigc::mem_fun (*this, &Editor::split_region));
 	reg_sens (_region_actions, "trim-front", _("Trim Start at Edit Point"), sigc::mem_fun (*this, &Editor::trim_region_front));
 	reg_sens (_region_actions, "trim-back", _("Trim End at Edit Point"), sigc::mem_fun (*this, &Editor::trim_region_back));
 
diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/editor_ops.cc b/gtk2_ardour/editor_ops.cc
index 4ce5d09f3b..ec196874d6 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/editor_ops.cc
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/editor_ops.cc
@@ -5794,20 +5794,25 @@ Editor::set_playhead_cursor ()
 void
 Editor::split_region ()
 {
+	//if a range is selected, separate it
 	if ( !selection->time.empty()) {
 		separate_regions_between (selection->time);
 		return;
 	}
 
-	RegionSelection rs = get_regions_from_selection_and_edit_point ();
+	//if no range was selected, try to find some regions to split
+	if (current_mouse_mode() == MouseObject) {  //don't try this for Internal Edit, Stretch, Draw, etc.
+	
+		RegionSelection rs = get_regions_from_selection_and_edit_point ();
 
-	framepos_t where = get_preferred_edit_position ();
+		framepos_t where = get_preferred_edit_position ();
 
-	if (rs.empty()) {
-		return;
+		if (rs.empty()) {
+			return;
+		}
+
+		split_regions_at (where, rs);
 	}
-
-	split_regions_at (where, rs);
 }
 
 struct EditorOrderRouteSorter {
diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/mnemonic-us.bindings.in b/gtk2_ardour/mnemonic-us.bindings.in
index b2aa557bfa..4055129e47 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/mnemonic-us.bindings.in
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/mnemonic-us.bindings.in
@@ -182,7 +182,6 @@ This mode provides many different operations on both regions and control points,
 @sess|Common/Save|<@PRIMARY@>s|save session
 @sess|Main/Snapshot|<@PRIMARY@><@TERTIARY@>s|snapshot session
 @trans|Editor/track-solo-toggle|<@SECONDARY@>s|toggle track solo status
-@-group|Editor/editor-separate|<@PRIMARY@><@SECONDARY@>s|some text
 @mmode|MouseMode/set-mouse-mode-draw|d|note-draw mode
 @rop|Region/duplicate-region|<@SECONDARY@>d|duplicate region (once)
 @rop|Region/multi-duplicate-region|<@TERTIARY@>d|duplicate region (multi)