diff --git a/addons/xterm-addon-search/src/SearchAddon.ts b/addons/xterm-addon-search/src/SearchAddon.ts
index 57f115f8e..8fcfc6908 100644
--- a/addons/xterm-addon-search/src/SearchAddon.ts
+++ b/addons/xterm-addon-search/src/SearchAddon.ts
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ export class SearchAddon implements ITerminalAddon {
     this._terminal = terminal;
   }
 
-  public dispose(): void {}
+  public dispose(): void { }
 
   /**
    * Find the next instance of the term, then scroll to and select it. If it
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ export class SearchAddon implements ITerminalAddon {
    */
   private _isWholeWord(searchIndex: number, line: string, term: string): boolean {
     return (((searchIndex === 0) || (NON_WORD_CHARACTERS.indexOf(line[searchIndex - 1]) !== -1)) &&
-        (((searchIndex + term.length) === line.length) || (NON_WORD_CHARACTERS.indexOf(line[searchIndex + term.length]) !== -1)));
+      (((searchIndex + term.length) === line.length) || (NON_WORD_CHARACTERS.indexOf(line[searchIndex + term.length]) !== -1)));
   }
 
   /**
@@ -373,7 +373,9 @@ export class SearchAddon implements ITerminalAddon {
       return false;
     }
     terminal.select(result.col, result.row, result.term.length);
-    terminal.scrollLines(result.row - terminal.buffer.viewportY);
+    let scroll = result.row - terminal.buffer.viewportY;
+    scroll = scroll - Math.floor(terminal.rows / 2);
+    terminal.scrollLines(scroll);
     return true;
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/AccessibilityManager.ts b/src/AccessibilityManager.ts
index 9124a4775..915a86d60 100644
--- a/src/AccessibilityManager.ts
+++ b/src/AccessibilityManager.ts
@@ -258,7 +258,11 @@ export class AccessibilityManager extends Disposable {
       const posInSet = (buffer.ydisp + i + 1).toString();
       const element = this._rowElements[i];
       if (element) {
-        element.textContent = lineData.length === 0 ? Strings.blankLine : lineData;
+        if (lineData.length === 0) {
+          element.innerHTML = ' ';
+        } else {
+          element.textContent = lineData;
+        }
         element.setAttribute('aria-posinset', posInSet);
         element.setAttribute('aria-setsize', setSize);
       }
diff --git a/src/browser/LocalizableStrings.ts b/src/browser/LocalizableStrings.ts
index 86f0ebe13..8e7823333 100644
--- a/src/browser/LocalizableStrings.ts
+++ b/src/browser/LocalizableStrings.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,5 @@
  * @license MIT
  */
 
-export let blankLine = 'Blank line';
 export let promptLabel = 'Terminal input';
 export let tooMuchOutput = 'Too much output to announce, navigate to rows manually to read';
diff --git a/src/browser/services/SelectionService.ts b/src/browser/services/SelectionService.ts
index 7fd821fb7..6a9498a14 100644
--- a/src/browser/services/SelectionService.ts
+++ b/src/browser/services/SelectionService.ts
@@ -506,7 +506,7 @@ export class SelectionService implements ISelectionService {
     }
 
     // Return early if the click event is not in the buffer (eg. in scroll bar)
-    if (line.length >= this._model.selectionStart[0]) {
+    if (line.length === this._model.selectionStart[0]) {
       return;
     }
 
diff --git a/typings/xterm.d.ts b/typings/xterm.d.ts
index 7a2eb3647..c915a4ba7 100644
--- a/typings/xterm.d.ts
+++ b/typings/xterm.d.ts
@@ -316,11 +316,6 @@ declare module 'xterm' {
    * The set of localizable strings.
    */
   export interface ILocalizableStrings {
-    /**
-     * Announcement for a blank line when `screenReaderMode` is enabled.
-     */
-    blankLine: string;
-
     /**
      * The aria label for the underlying input textarea for the terminal.
      */