iswitchb-read-buffer: check that iswitchb-exit is not 'usefirst (set when user presses RETURN to select buffer) before running: ;; This happens for example if the buffer was chosen with the mouse. (setq iswitchb-matches (list iswitchb-final-text))) iswitchb-exit-minibuffer: set iswitchb-exit to 'usefirst. These changes were made to fix the following bug reported by Markus Rost and John Wiegley: Evaluate: (progn (iswitchb-mode 1) (get-buffer-create "12") (get-buffer-create "1") (iswitchb-buffer)) You get prompted in the minibuffer. Type "1". The minibuffer shows iswitch 1{12,1} Hit RET. You find yourself in buffer "1" instead of "12", as you would expect from the documentation. This bug was introduced when iswitchb-read-buffer was updated to allow user to select items from the *Completions* buffer with the mouse.