diff --git a/doc/source/changes.rst b/doc/source/changes.rst
index 3387b72..dc305a6 100644
--- a/doc/source/changes.rst
+++ b/doc/source/changes.rst
@@ -1,6 +1,14 @@
 Change log
 ##########
 
+Version 0.34.3
+==============
+
+In development.
+
+.. include:: ./changes/version_0_34_3.rst.inc
+
+
 Version 0.34.2
 ==============
 
diff --git a/doc/source/changes/version_0_34_3.rst.inc b/doc/source/changes/version_0_34_3.rst.inc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..be99fa5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/source/changes/version_0_34_3.rst.inc
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+.. py:currentmodule:: larray_editor
+
+Fixes
+^^^^^
+
+* changes made to arrays in the console using the "points" syntax (for example: `arr.points['a0,a1', 'b0,b1'] = 0`)
+  and the other special `.something[]` syntaxes were not detected by the viewer and thus not displayed (closes
+  :editor_issue:`269`).
diff --git a/larray_editor/__init__.py b/larray_editor/__init__.py
index e23cad5..684e726 100644
--- a/larray_editor/__init__.py
+++ b/larray_editor/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 from larray_editor.api import *  # noqa: F403
 
-__version__ = '0.34.2'
+__version__ = '0.34.3-dev'
diff --git a/larray_editor/editor.py b/larray_editor/editor.py
index ca7f706..857a8a6 100644
--- a/larray_editor/editor.py
+++ b/larray_editor/editor.py
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
 REOPEN_LAST_FILE = object()
 
 assignment_pattern = re.compile(r'[^\[\]]+[^=]=[^=].+')
-setitem_pattern = re.compile(r'(.+)\[.+\][^=]=[^=].+')
+setitem_pattern = re.compile(r'(\w+)(\.i|\.iflat|\.points|\.ipoints)?\[.+\][^=]=[^=].+')
 history_vars_pattern = re.compile(r'_i?\d+')
 # XXX: add all scalars except strings (from numpy or plain Python)?
 # (long) strings are not handled correctly so should NOT be in this list
@@ -695,9 +695,9 @@ def ipython_cell_executed(self):
         # 'In' and '_ih' point to the same object (but '_ih' is supposed to be the non-overridden one)
         cur_input_num = len(user_ns['_ih']) - 1
         last_input = user_ns['_ih'][-1]
-        if setitem_pattern.match(last_input):
-            m = setitem_pattern.match(last_input)
-            varname = m.group(1)
+        setitem_match = setitem_pattern.match(last_input)
+        if setitem_match:
+            varname = setitem_match.group(1)
             # otherwise it should have failed at this point, but let us be sure
             if varname in clean_ns:
                 if self._display_in_grid(varname, clean_ns[varname]):
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index baaec93..58d342e 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ def readlocal(fname):
 
 
 DISTNAME = 'larray-editor'
-VERSION = '0.34.2'
+VERSION = '0.34.3-dev'
 AUTHOR = 'Gaetan de Menten, Geert Bryon, Johan Duyck, Alix Damman'
 AUTHOR_EMAIL = 'gdementen@gmail.com'
 DESCRIPTION = "Graphical User Interface for LArray library"