diff --git a/FL/Fl_Widget.H b/FL/Fl_Widget.H
index 5f5c9a2d6..bd42506b0 100644
--- a/FL/Fl_Widget.H
+++ b/FL/Fl_Widget.H
@@ -921,6 +921,7 @@ public:
 
   Fl_Window* window() const ;
   Fl_Window* top_window() const;
+  Fl_Window* top_window_offset(int& xoff, int& yoff) const;
 
   /** Returns an Fl_Group pointer if this widget is an Fl_Group.
 
diff --git a/FL/Fl_Window.H b/FL/Fl_Window.H
index bbd1f573f..d6997e601 100644
--- a/FL/Fl_Window.H
+++ b/FL/Fl_Window.H
@@ -120,7 +120,6 @@ protected:
     \see force_position(int)
   */
   int force_position() const { return ((flags() & FORCE_POSITION)?1:0); }
-  Fl_Window* top_window_offset(int& xoff, int& yoff) const;
 
 public:
 
diff --git a/src/Fl_Window.cxx b/src/Fl_Window.cxx
index f76615925..a3e0200b6 100644
--- a/src/Fl_Window.cxx
+++ b/src/Fl_Window.cxx
@@ -106,6 +106,22 @@ Fl_Window *Fl_Widget::top_window() const {
   return const_cast<Fl_Widget*>(w)->as_window();	// return if window, or NULL if not
 }
 
+/**
+  Finds the x/y offset of the current window relative to the top-level window.
+  \param[out] xoff,yoff Returns the x/y offset
+  \returns the top-level window
+*/
+Fl_Window* Fl_Widget::top_window_offset(int& xoff, int& yoff) const {
+  xoff = yoff = 0;
+  const Fl_Window *win = (const Fl_Window*)this;
+  while (win && win->window()) {
+    xoff += win->x();			// accumulate offsets
+    yoff += win->y();
+    win = win->window();		// walk up window hierarchy
+  }
+  return (Fl_Window*)win;
+}
+
 /** Gets the x position of the window on the screen */
 int Fl_Window::x_root() const {
   Fl_Window *p = window();
@@ -299,22 +315,6 @@ void Fl_Window::icon(const void * ic) {
   icon_ = ic;
 }
 
-/**
-  Finds the x/y offset of the current window relative to the top-level window.
-  \param[out] xoff,yoff Returns the x/y offset
-  \returns the top-level window
-*/
-Fl_Window* Fl_Window::top_window_offset(int& xoff, int& yoff) const {
-  xoff = yoff = 0;
-  const Fl_Window *win = (const Fl_Window*)this;
-  while (win && win->window()) {
-    xoff += win->x();			// accumulate offsets
-    yoff += win->y();
-    win = win->window();		// walk up window hierarchy
-  }
-  return (Fl_Window*)win;
-}
-
 //
 // End of "$Id$".
 //