diff --git a/lib/ace/autocomplete.js b/lib/ace/autocomplete.js
index 65fdfd7c..12b8453e 100644
--- a/lib/ace/autocomplete.js
+++ b/lib/ace/autocomplete.js
@@ -146,14 +146,16 @@ var Autocomplete = function() {
             data.completer.insertMatch(this.editor);
         } else {
             if (this.completions.filterText) {
-                var range = this.editor.selection.getRange();
-                range.start.column -= this.completions.filterText.length;
-                this.editor.session.remove(range);
+                var ranges = this.editor.selection.getAllRanges();
+                for (var i = 0, range; range = ranges[i]; i++) {
+                    range.start.column -= this.completions.filterText.length;
+                    this.editor.session.remove(range);
+                }
             }
             if (data.snippet)
                 snippetManager.insertSnippet(this.editor, data.snippet);
             else
-                this.editor.insert(data.value || data);
+                this.editor.execCommand("insertstring", data.value || data);
         }
         this.detach();
     };