diff --git a/gui/sidebar.c b/gui/sidebar.c
index 3256c0e0..8aa8add8 100644
--- a/gui/sidebar.c
+++ b/gui/sidebar.c
@@ -486,3 +486,19 @@ gboolean gui_sidebar_iter_from_string(const gchar *path, GtkTreeIter *child)
 	__gui_sidebar_filter_iter_convert(&iter, child);
 	return TRUE;
 }
+
+gboolean gui_sidebar_iter_from_xy(gint x, gint y, GtkTreeIter *child)
+{
+	GtkTreeModel *model = GTK_TREE_MODEL(gui_sidebar_filter());
+	GtkTreePath  *path;
+	GtkTreeIter   iter;
+
+	if (!gtk_tree_view_get_path_at_pos(gui_sidebar_treeview(), x, y,
+					   &path, NULL, NULL, NULL))
+		return false;
+
+	gtk_tree_model_get_iter(model, &iter, path);
+	__gui_sidebar_filter_iter_convert(&iter, child);
+	gtk_tree_path_free(path);
+	return true;
+}
diff --git a/include/gui/sidebar.h b/include/gui/sidebar.h
index a5732161..2dcfa3e5 100644
--- a/include/gui/sidebar.h
+++ b/include/gui/sidebar.h
@@ -76,6 +76,9 @@ gboolean gui_sidebar_iter_find(GtkTreeIter *, const gchar *,
 /* Called to set the a GtkTreeIter to the row at path string */
 gboolean gui_sidebar_iter_from_string(const gchar *, GtkTreeIter *);
 
+/* Called to set the GtkTreeIter to the row at (x, y) */
+gboolean gui_sidebar_iter_from_xy(gint, gint, GtkTreeIter *);
+
 /* Called to get the sidebar widget. */
 static inline GtkPaned *gui_sidebar()
 {