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Selection remains active when switching to a different application (losing focus) #8949

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Steps to reproduce

  1. Start making a range selection in Audacity
  2. Switch to a different window by Alt-Tab (Cmd-Tab)
  3. Go back to Audacity via Alt-Tab (Cmd-Tab)
  4. Observe

Expected behavior

As soon as Audacity loses focus, selection should be aborted.

Actual behavior

When Audacity is back in focus, the selection mode is still active: moving the mouse cursor extends the selection.

2025-06-18_14-48-48.mp4

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master

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OS independent

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