diff --git a/resources/viewer/referencing.js b/resources/viewer/referencing.js
index eceea9f31d..7c2a9d0a3f 100644
--- a/resources/viewer/referencing.js
+++ b/resources/viewer/referencing.js
@@ -60,8 +60,13 @@ function goto_reference(ref) {
     if (num < 0) {alert("Invalid reference: "+ref); return;}
     var p = $("p");
     if (num >= p.length) {alert("Reference not found: "+ref); return;}
-    $.scrollTo($(p[num]), 1000,
-        {onAfter:function(){window.py_bridge.animated_scroll_done()}});
+    var dest = $(p[num]);
+    if (window.paged_display.in_paged_mode) {
+        var xpos = dest.offset().left;
+        window.paged_display.scroll_to_xpos(xpos, true, true, 1000);
+    } else 
+        $.scrollTo(dest, 1000,
+            {onAfter:function(){window.py_bridge.animated_scroll_done()}});
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/calibre/ebooks/oeb/display/paged.coffee b/src/calibre/ebooks/oeb/display/paged.coffee
index 263fe27f72..ff16c05085 100644
--- a/src/calibre/ebooks/oeb/display/paged.coffee
+++ b/src/calibre/ebooks/oeb/display/paged.coffee
@@ -50,14 +50,12 @@ absleft = (elem) -> # {{{
 # }}}
 
 class PagedDisplay
-    ###
-    This class is a namespace to expose functions via the
-    window.paged_display object. The most important functions are:
-
-    set_geometry(): sets the parameters used to layout text in paged mode
-
-    layout(): causes the currently loaded document to be laid out in columns.
-    ###
+    # This class is a namespace to expose functions via the
+    # window.paged_display object. The most important functions are:
+    #
+    # set_geometry(): sets the parameters used to layout text in paged mode
+    #
+    # layout(): causes the currently loaded document to be laid out in columns.
 
     constructor: () ->
         if not this instanceof arguments.callee
@@ -163,7 +161,7 @@ class PagedDisplay
         xpos = Math.floor(document.body.scrollWidth * frac)
         this.scroll_to_xpos(xpos)
 
-    scroll_to_xpos: (xpos) ->
+    scroll_to_xpos: (xpos, animated=false, notify=false, duration=1000) ->
         # Scroll so that the column containing xpos is the left most column in
         # the viewport
         if typeof(xpos) != 'number'
@@ -177,7 +175,31 @@ class PagedDisplay
             pos += this.page_width
         limit = document.body.scrollWidth - this.screen_width
         pos = limit if pos > limit
-        window.scrollTo(pos, 0)
+        if animated
+            this.animated_scroll(pos, duration=1000, notify=notify)
+        else
+            window.scrollTo(pos, 0)
+
+    animated_scroll: (pos, duration=1000, notify=true) ->
+        delta = pos - window.pageXOffset
+        interval = 50
+        steps = Math.floor(duration/interval)
+        step_size = Math.floor(delta/steps)
+        this.current_scroll_animation = {target:pos, step_size:step_size, interval:interval, notify:notify, fn: () =>
+            a = this.current_scroll_animation
+            npos = window.pageXOffset + a.step_size
+            completed = false
+            if Math.abs(npos - a.target) < Math.abs(a.step_size)
+                completed = true
+                npos = a.target
+            window.scrollTo(npos, 0)
+            if completed
+                if notify
+                    window.py_bridge.animated_scroll_done()
+            else
+                setTimeout(a.fn, a.interval)
+        }
+        this.current_scroll_animation.fn()
 
     current_pos: (frac) ->
         # The current scroll position as a fraction between 0 and 1
@@ -329,7 +351,6 @@ if window?
     window.paged_display = new PagedDisplay()
 
 # TODO:
-# Go to reference positions
 # Indexing
 # Resizing of images
 # Full screen mode
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/viewer/main.py b/src/calibre/gui2/viewer/main.py
index c74fd649de..8200169025 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/viewer/main.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/viewer/main.py
@@ -138,7 +138,9 @@ class Reference(QLineEdit):
         self.editingFinished.connect(self.editing_finished)
 
     def editing_finished(self):
-        self.goto.emit(unicode(self.text()))
+        text = unicode(self.text())
+        self.setText('')
+        self.goto.emit(text)
 
 class RecentAction(QAction):