diff --git a/widget/editor.go b/widget/editor.go
index ad124da1..3c11464d 100644
--- a/widget/editor.go
+++ b/widget/editor.go
@@ -984,6 +984,12 @@ func (e *Editor) Read(p []byte) (int, error) {
 	return e.text.Read(p)
 }
 
+// Regions returns visible regions covering the rune range [start,end).
+func (e *Editor) Regions(start, end int, regions []Region) []Region {
+	e.initBuffer()
+	return e.text.Regions(start, end, regions)
+}
+
 func max(a, b int) int {
 	if a > b {
 		return a
diff --git a/widget/index.go b/widget/index.go
index af092d7a..58308c48 100644
--- a/widget/index.go
+++ b/widget/index.go
@@ -307,6 +307,10 @@ type Region struct {
 	Baseline int
 }
 
+// region is identical to Region except that its coordinates are in document
+// space instead of a widget coordinate space.
+type region = Region
+
 // locate returns highlight regions covering the glyphs that represent the runes in
 // [startRune,endRune). If the rects parameter is non-nil, locate will use it to
 // return results instead of allocating, provided that there is enough capacity.
diff --git a/widget/selectable.go b/widget/selectable.go
index d8411fff..9cdd1fc6 100644
--- a/widget/selectable.go
+++ b/widget/selectable.go
@@ -341,3 +341,9 @@ func (l *Selectable) Events() []EditorEvent {
 	l.prevEvents = 0
 	return events
 }
+
+// Regions returns visible regions covering the rune range [start,end).
+func (l *Selectable) Regions(start, end int, regions []Region) []Region {
+	l.initialize()
+	return l.text.Regions(start, end, regions)
+}