diff --git a/src/db/db/gsiDeclDbTexts.cc b/src/db/db/gsiDeclDbTexts.cc
index 9ea593ac3..4088142f8 100644
--- a/src/db/db/gsiDeclDbTexts.cc
+++ b/src/db/db/gsiDeclDbTexts.cc
@@ -404,24 +404,24 @@ Class<db::Texts> decl_Texts ("db", "Texts",
     "If \"inverse\" is false, this method returns the texts matching the pattern.\n"
     "If \"inverse\" is true, this method returns the texts not matching the pattern.\n"
   ) +
-  method ("interacting", (db::Edges (db::Edges::*) (const db::Region &) const)  &db::Edges::selected_interacting, gsi::arg ("other"),
+  method ("interacting", (db::Texts (db::Texts::*) (const db::Region &) const)  &db::Texts::selected_interacting, gsi::arg ("other"),
     "@brief Returns the texts from this text collection which are inside or on the edge of polygons from the given region\n"
     "\n"
     "@return A new text collection containing the texts inside or on the edge of polygons from the region\n"
   ) +
-  method ("not_interacting", (db::Edges (db::Edges::*) (const db::Region &) const)  &db::Edges::selected_not_interacting, gsi::arg ("other"),
+  method ("not_interacting", (db::Texts (db::Texts::*) (const db::Region &) const)  &db::Texts::selected_not_interacting, gsi::arg ("other"),
     "@brief Returns the texts from this text collection which are not inside or on the edge of polygons from the given region\n"
     "\n"
     "@return A new text collection containing the texts not inside or on the edge of polygons from the region\n"
   ) +
-  method ("select_interacting", (db::Edges &(db::Edges::*) (const db::Region &)) &db::Edges::select_interacting, gsi::arg ("other"),
+  method ("select_interacting", (db::Texts &(db::Texts::*) (const db::Region &)) &db::Texts::select_interacting, gsi::arg ("other"),
     "@brief Selects the texts from this text collection which are inside or on the edge of polygons from the given region\n"
     "\n"
     "@return A text collection after the texts have been selected (self)\n"
     "\n"
     "In contrast to \\interacting, this method will modify self.\n"
   ) +
-  method ("select_not_interacting", (db::Edges &(db::Edges::*) (const db::Region &)) &db::Edges::select_not_interacting, gsi::arg ("other"),
+  method ("select_not_interacting", (db::Texts &(db::Texts::*) (const db::Region &)) &db::Texts::select_not_interacting, gsi::arg ("other"),
     "@brief Selects the texts from this text collection which are not inside or on the edge of polygons from the given region\n"
     "\n"
     "@return A text collection after the texts have been selected (self)\n"
diff --git a/testdata/ruby/dbTextsTest.rb b/testdata/ruby/dbTextsTest.rb
index 9cbb4b82c..dcd30d305 100644
--- a/testdata/ruby/dbTextsTest.rb
+++ b/testdata/ruby/dbTextsTest.rb
@@ -211,6 +211,8 @@ class DBTexts_TestClass < TestBase
     assert_equal(RBA::Texts::new(target.cell("TOP").shapes(target_li)).to_s, "")
     assert_equal(RBA::Texts::new(target.cell("C2").shapes(target_li)).to_s, "('abc',r0 100,-200)")
 
+    target = RBA::Layout::new
+    target_top = target.add_cell("TOP")
     target_li = target.layer
     r.with_text("abc", false).insert_into(target, target_top, target_li)
     cells = []
@@ -259,6 +261,8 @@ class DBTexts_TestClass < TestBase
     assert_equal(RBA::Texts::new(target.cell("TOP").shapes(target_li)).to_s, "")
     assert_equal(RBA::Texts::new(target.cell("C2").shapes(target_li)).to_s, "")
 
+    target = RBA::Layout::new
+    target_top = target.add_cell("TOP")
     target_li = target.layer
     r.insert_into_as_polygons(target, target_top, target_li, 1)
     cells = []
@@ -267,6 +271,38 @@ class DBTexts_TestClass < TestBase
     assert_equal(RBA::Region::new(target.cell("TOP").shapes(target_li)).to_s, "")
     assert_equal(RBA::Region::new(target.cell("C2").shapes(target_li)).to_s, "(99,-201;99,-199;101,-199;101,-201)")
 
+    target_li = target.layer
+    target.insert(target_top, target_li, r)
+    cells = []
+    target.each_cell { |c| cells << c.name }
+    assert_equal(cells.join(","), "TOP,C2")
+    assert_equal(RBA::Texts::new(target.cell("TOP").shapes(target_li)).to_s, "")
+    assert_equal(RBA::Region::new(target.cell("TOP").shapes(target_li)).to_s, "")
+    assert_equal(RBA::Texts::new(target.cell("C2").shapes(target_li)).to_s, "('abc',r0 100,-200)")
+    assert_equal(RBA::Region::new(target.cell("C2").shapes(target_li)).to_s, "")
+
+  end
+
+  # interact
+  def test_5
+
+    r = RBA::Texts::new
+    r.insert(RBA::Text::new("abc", RBA::Trans::new(RBA::Vector::new(100, 200))))
+    r.insert(RBA::Text::new("uvw", RBA::Trans::new(RBA::Vector::new(110, -210))))
+    g2 = RBA::Region::new
+    g2.insert(RBA::Box::new(0, 100, 200, 200))
+
+    assert_equal(r.interacting(g2).to_s, "('abc',r0 100,200)")
+    assert_equal(r.not_interacting(g2).to_s, "('uvw',r0 110,-210)")
+    rr = r.dup
+    rr.select_interacting(g2)
+    assert_equal(rr.to_s, "('abc',r0 100,200)")
+    rr = r.dup
+    rr.select_not_interacting(g2)
+    assert_equal(rr.to_s, "('uvw',r0 110,-210)")
+
+    assert_equal(r.pull_interacting(g2).to_s, "(0,100;0,200;200,200;200,100)")
+
   end
 
 end