Having mouseSelectionMode: TextInput.SelectWords in TextEdit makes it harder to select text

With following QML application:

import QtQuick 1.1

Rectangle {
    width: 360
    height: 200

    TextEdit {
        id: textEdit
        selectByMouse: true
        mouseSelectionMode: TextInput.SelectWords
        anchors {left: parent.left; right: parent.right}
        wrapMode: TextEdit.Wrap
        font.pixelSize: 30
        text: "these are the Lines of\nand text\nhere which cant be selected"
    }
}

Start mouse selection from the first letter and drag the mouse to bottom right corner of the window.

Expected behavior:
Lines should get selected as the y position gets to a new line. See the behavior without mouseSelectionMode: TextInput.SelectWords

Actual behavior:
Line is only selected when mouse is dragged over the word.

Now it's very hard to select text with touch devices