diff --git a/core/modules/widgets/setvariable.js b/core/modules/widgets/setvariable.js
index f75fa2c98..76844b62d 100755
--- a/core/modules/widgets/setvariable.js
+++ b/core/modules/widgets/setvariable.js
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ SetWidget.prototype.execute = function() {
 	// Get our parameters
 	this.setName = this.getAttribute("name","currentTiddler");
 	this.setFilter = this.getAttribute("filter");
+	this.setSelect = this.getAttribute("select");
 	this.setValue = this.getAttribute("value");
 	this.setEmptyValue = this.getAttribute("emptyValue");
 	// Set context variable
@@ -56,7 +57,15 @@ SetWidget.prototype.getValue = function() {
 	if(this.setFilter) {
 		var results = this.wiki.filterTiddlers(this.setFilter,this);
 		if(!this.setValue) {
-			value = $tw.utils.stringifyList(results);
+			var select;
+			if(this.setSelect) {
+				select = parseInt(this.setSelect,10);
+			}
+			if(select !== undefined) {
+				value = results[select] || "";
+			} else {
+				value = $tw.utils.stringifyList(results);			
+			}
 		}
 		if(results.length === 0 && this.setEmptyValue !== undefined) {
 			value = this.setEmptyValue;
@@ -72,7 +81,7 @@ Selectively refreshes the widget if needed. Returns true if the widget or any of
 */
 SetWidget.prototype.refresh = function(changedTiddlers) {
 	var changedAttributes = this.computeAttributes();
-	if(changedAttributes.name || changedAttributes.filter || changedAttributes.value || changedAttributes.emptyValue ||
+	if(changedAttributes.name || changedAttributes.filter || changedAttributes.select ||changedAttributes.value || changedAttributes.emptyValue ||
 	   (this.setFilter && this.getValue() != this.variables[this.setName].value)) {
 		this.refreshSelf();
 		return true;
diff --git a/editions/tw5.com/tiddlers/widgets/SetWidget.tid b/editions/tw5.com/tiddlers/widgets/SetWidget.tid
index c4204be59..bf1ec571f 100644
--- a/editions/tw5.com/tiddlers/widgets/SetWidget.tid
+++ b/editions/tw5.com/tiddlers/widgets/SetWidget.tid
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
-title: SetWidget
-created: 201311151827
-modified: 20150220162217000
-tags: Widgets
 caption: set
+created: 20131115182700000
+modified: 20161017122456014
+tags: Widgets
+title: SetWidget
+type: text/vnd.tiddlywiki
 
 ! Introduction
 
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@ The content of the `<$set>` widget is the scope for the value assigned to the va
 |name |The name of the variable to assign (defaults to "currentTiddler") |
 |value |The value to assign to the variable if the filter is missing or not empty |
 |filter |An optional filter to be evaluated and assigned to the variable (see below) |
+|select |<<.from-version "5.1.14">> An optional zero-based index of the item to return from the filter output (see below) |
 |emptyValue |The value to assign to the variable if the filter is present and evaluates to an empty list (see below) |
 
 !! Simple Variable Assignment
@@ -55,3 +57,13 @@ This form of the set variable widget evaluates the filter and assigns the result
 <$text text=<<myVariable>>/>
 </$set>
 ```
+
+!! Filtered Item Variable Assignment
+
+<<.from-version "5.1.14">> This form of the set variable widget evaluates the filter and assigns the specified result to the variable as a single item (ie, not using double square brackets for titles containing spaces).
+
+```
+<$set name="myVariable" filter="[tag[HelloThere]]" select="0">
+<$text text=<<myVariable>>/>
+</$set>
+```