Index: /CKEditor/trunk/CHANGES.html
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--- /CKEditor/trunk/CHANGES.html	(revision 5759)
+++ /CKEditor/trunk/CHANGES.html	(revision 5760)
@@ -95,4 +95,5 @@
 		<li><a href="http://dev.fckeditor.net/ticket/5781">#5781</a> : Firefox: Editing was not possible in an empty document.</li>
 		<li><a href="http://dev.fckeditor.net/ticket/5293">#5293</a> : Firefox: Unwanted BR tags were being left in the editor output when it should be empty.</li>
+		<li><a href="http://dev.fckeditor.net/ticket/5280">#5280</a> : IE: Scrollbars where reacting improperly when clicking in the bar space.</li>
 		<li>Updated the following language files:<ul>
 			<li><a href="http://dev.fckeditor.net/ticket/5962">#5962</a> : German;</li>
Index: /CKEditor/trunk/_source/plugins/selection/plugin.js
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--- /CKEditor/trunk/_source/plugins/selection/plugin.js	(revision 5759)
+++ /CKEditor/trunk/_source/plugins/selection/plugin.js	(revision 5760)
@@ -193,4 +193,18 @@
 							restoreEnabled = 1;
 						});
+
+						// In IE6/7 the blinking cursor appears, but contents are
+						// not editable. (#5634)
+						if ( CKEDITOR.env.ie && ( CKEDITOR.env.ie7Compat || CKEDITOR.env.version < 8 || CKEDITOR.env.quirks ) )
+						{
+							// The 'click' event is not fired when clicking the
+							// scrollbars, so we can use it to check whether
+							// the empty space following <body> has been clicked.
+							html.on( 'click', function( evt )
+							{
+								if ( evt.data.getTarget().getName() == 'html' )
+									editor.getSelection().getRanges()[ 0 ].select();
+							});
+						}
 
 						// IE fires the "selectionchange" event when clicking
Index: /CKEditor/trunk/_source/plugins/wysiwygarea/plugin.js
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--- /CKEditor/trunk/_source/plugins/wysiwygarea/plugin.js	(revision 5759)
+++ /CKEditor/trunk/_source/plugins/wysiwygarea/plugin.js	(revision 5760)
@@ -929,8 +929,4 @@
 						{
 							editor.focus();
-
-							// In IE7 the blinking cursor appears, but contents are not editable. (#5634)
-							if ( CKEDITOR.env.ie7Compat )
-								editor.getSelection().getRanges()[ 0 ].select();
 						} );
 				} );
