diff --git a/src/core/utilities.cpp b/src/core/utilities.cpp
index e4bfe0c05..7ed5a6052 100644
--- a/src/core/utilities.cpp
+++ b/src/core/utilities.cpp
@@ -21,14 +21,16 @@
 
 #include "sha2.h"
 
-#include <QCoreApplication>
+#include <QApplication>
 #include <QDateTime>
 #include <QDesktopServices>
 #include <QDir>
 #include <QIODevice>
+#include <QMouseEvent>
 #include <QStringList>
 #include <QTemporaryFile>
 #include <QUrl>
+#include <QWidget>
 #include <QtDebug>
 #include <QtGlobal>
 
@@ -348,6 +350,18 @@ QString PrettySize(const QSize& size) {
          QString::number(size.height());
 }
 
+void ForwardMouseEvent(const QMouseEvent* e, QWidget* target) {
+  QMouseEvent c(e->type(), target->mapFromGlobal(e->globalPos()),
+                e->globalPos(), e->button(), e->buttons(), e->modifiers());
+
+  target->setAttribute(Qt::WA_UnderMouse, true);
+  QApplication::sendEvent(target, &c);
+}
+
+bool IsMouseEventInWidget(const QMouseEvent* e, const QWidget* widget) {
+  return widget->rect().contains(widget->mapFromGlobal(e->globalPos()));
+}
+
 }  // namespace Utilities
 
 
diff --git a/src/core/utilities.h b/src/core/utilities.h
index 4f0dcb621..6400c8113 100644
--- a/src/core/utilities.h
+++ b/src/core/utilities.h
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include <boost/scoped_array.hpp>
 
 class QIODevice;
+class QMouseEvent;
 
 namespace Utilities {
   QString PrettyTime(int seconds);
@@ -60,6 +61,14 @@ namespace Utilities {
   QByteArray Sha256(const QByteArray& data);
 
 
+  // Forwards a mouse event to a different widget, remapping the event's widget
+  // coordinates relative to those of the target widget.
+  void ForwardMouseEvent(const QMouseEvent* e, QWidget* target);
+
+  // Checks if the mouse event was inside the widget's rectangle.
+  bool IsMouseEventInWidget(const QMouseEvent* e, const QWidget* widget);
+
+
   enum ConfigPath {
     Path_Root,
     Path_AlbumCovers,
diff --git a/src/globalsearch/globalsearchtooltip.cpp b/src/globalsearch/globalsearchtooltip.cpp
index c2d57af0b..b02ff0510 100644
--- a/src/globalsearch/globalsearchtooltip.cpp
+++ b/src/globalsearch/globalsearchtooltip.cpp
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #include "tooltipactionwidget.h"
 #include "tooltipresultwidget.h"
 #include "core/logging.h"
+#include "core/utilities.h"
 
 #include <QAction>
 #include <QApplication>
@@ -154,17 +155,11 @@ bool GlobalSearchTooltip::event(QEvent* e) {
   case QEvent::MouseButtonRelease:
   case QEvent::MouseButtonDblClick:
     if (!underMouse()) {
-      QMouseEvent* me = static_cast<QMouseEvent*>(e);
-      QMouseEvent c(me->type(), event_target_->mapFromGlobal(me->globalPos()),
-                    me->globalPos(), me->button(),
-                    me->buttons(), me->modifiers());
+      const QMouseEvent* me = static_cast<QMouseEvent*>(e);
+      QWidget* child = event_target_->childAt(
+            event_target_->mapFromGlobal(me->globalPos()));
 
-      QWidget* child = event_target_->childAt(c.pos());
-
-      if (child)
-        child->setAttribute(Qt::WA_UnderMouse, true);
-
-      QApplication::sendEvent(child ? child : event_target_, &c);
+      Utilities::ForwardMouseEvent(me, child ? child : event_target_);
       return true;
     }
     break;
diff --git a/src/globalsearch/globalsearchwidget.cpp b/src/globalsearch/globalsearchwidget.cpp
index 2d733e3b5..f0b0829a2 100644
--- a/src/globalsearch/globalsearchwidget.cpp
+++ b/src/globalsearch/globalsearchwidget.cpp
@@ -354,11 +354,6 @@ bool GlobalSearchWidget::EventFilterSearchWidget(QObject* o, QEvent* e) {
     break;
   }
 
-  case QEvent::MouseButtonPress:
-    if (!ui_->search->text().isEmpty())
-      RepositionPopup();
-    break;
-
   default:
     break;
   }