diff --git a/apps/opencs/view/render/pagedworldspacewidget.cpp b/apps/opencs/view/render/pagedworldspacewidget.cpp
index ab02d63eef..0f23dfe7b7 100644
--- a/apps/opencs/view/render/pagedworldspacewidget.cpp
+++ b/apps/opencs/view/render/pagedworldspacewidget.cpp
@@ -15,19 +15,26 @@ void CSVRender::PagedWorldspaceWidget::useViewHint (const std::string& hint)
 
         if (hint[0]=='c')
         {
-            char ignore1, ignore2, ignore3;
-            int x, y;
+            // syntax: c:#x1 y1; #x2 y2 (number of coordinate pairs can be 0 or larger)
+            char ignore;
 
             std::istringstream stream (hint.c_str());
-            if (stream >> ignore1 >> ignore2 >> ignore3 >> x >> y)
+            if (stream >> ignore)
             {
-                selection.add (CSMWorld::CellCoordinates (x, y));
+                char ignore1; // : or ;
+                char ignore2; // #
+                int x, y;
+
+                while (stream >> ignore1 >> ignore2 >> x >> y)
+                    selection.add (CSMWorld::CellCoordinates (x, y));
 
                 /// \todo adjust camera position
             }
         }
-
-        /// \todo implement 'r' type hints
+        else if (hint[0]=='r')
+        {
+            /// \todo implement 'r' type hints
+        }
 
         setCellSelection (selection);
     }