diff --git a/modules/gui/src/sequence/sequence_viewer.cc b/modules/gui/src/sequence/sequence_viewer.cc
index b4e4a8cc32cc682ebe73ee500943884d8c9efe08..552e856e9e8ecc8106b7becf6bc5fd2a7a4af926 100644
--- a/modules/gui/src/sequence/sequence_viewer.cc
+++ b/modules/gui/src/sequence/sequence_viewer.cc
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ void SequenceViewerV2::CopyEvent(QKeyEvent* event)
   if(list.size()>0){
     QString clipboard_string;
     QSet<int> rows;
-    int min_col=0;
+    int min_col=model_->columnCount();
     int max_col=0;
     for(int i = 0; i < list.size(); i++){
       if(list[i].column()>max_col){