diff --git a/src/java/com/threerings/miso/client/MisoScenePanel.java b/src/java/com/threerings/miso/client/MisoScenePanel.java
index 24f60ce5a..30291778c 100644
--- a/src/java/com/threerings/miso/client/MisoScenePanel.java
+++ b/src/java/com/threerings/miso/client/MisoScenePanel.java
@@ -1141,9 +1141,8 @@ public class MisoScenePanel extends VirtualMediaPanel
                 continue;
             }
 
-            // skip actionless objects if we're configured to do so
-            if (skipActionlessObjects() &&
-                StringUtil.blank(scobj.info.action)) {
+            // see if we should skip it
+            if (skipHitObject(scobj)) {
                 continue;
             }
 
@@ -1159,12 +1158,14 @@ public class MisoScenePanel extends VirtualMediaPanel
     }
 
     /**
-     * Indicates whether or not actionless objects are allowed to be the
-     * hover object. By default, they are not.
+     * Determines whether we should skip the specified object when compiling
+     * the list of objects under a specified point using
+     * {@link #getHitObjects}.  The default implementation returns
+     * <code>true</code> iff the object has no action.
      */
-    protected boolean skipActionlessObjects ()
+    protected boolean skipHitObject (SceneObject scobj)
     {
-        return true;
+        return StringUtil.blank(scobj.info.action);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/java/com/threerings/stage/tools/editor/EditorScenePanel.java b/src/java/com/threerings/stage/tools/editor/EditorScenePanel.java
index b62757628..2ed42667d 100644
--- a/src/java/com/threerings/stage/tools/editor/EditorScenePanel.java
+++ b/src/java/com/threerings/stage/tools/editor/EditorScenePanel.java
@@ -961,9 +961,9 @@ public class EditorScenePanel extends StageScenePanel
     }
 
     // documentation inherited
-    protected boolean skipActionlessObjects ()
+    protected boolean skipHitObject (SceneObject scobj)
     {
-        return false;
+        return false; // skip nothing
     }
 
     /**