2 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/gui/itemviews/qabstractitemview.cpp b/src/gui/itemviews/qabstractitemview.cpp
index 4a450b7..47b5f66 100644
--- a/src/gui/itemviews/qabstractitemview.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/itemviews/qabstractitemview.cpp
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ QAbstractItemViewPrivate::QAbstractItemViewPrivate()
         itemDelegate(0),
         selectionModel(0),
         ctrlDragSelectionFlag(QItemSelectionModel::NoUpdate),
+        noSelectionOnMousePress(false),
         selectionMode(QAbstractItemView::ExtendedSelection),
         selectionBehavior(QAbstractItemView::SelectItems),
         currentlyCommittingEditor(0),
@@ -1622,6 +1623,7 @@ void QAbstractItemView::mousePressEvent(QMouseEvent *event)
     d->pressedIndex = index;
     d->pressedModifiers = event->modifiers();
     QItemSelectionModel::SelectionFlags command = selectionCommand(index, event);
+    d->noSelectionOnMousePress = command == QItemSelectionModel::NoUpdate || !index.isValid();
     QPoint offset = d->offset();
     if ((command & QItemSelectionModel::Current) == 0)
         d->pressedPosition = pos + offset;
@@ -1760,9 +1762,10 @@ void QAbstractItemView::mouseReleaseEvent(QMouseEvent *event)
 
     d->ctrlDragSelectionFlag = QItemSelectionModel::NoUpdate;
 
-    //in the case the user presses on no item we might decide to clear the selection
-    if (d->selectionModel && !index.isValid())
-        d->selectionModel->select(QModelIndex(), selectionCommand(index, event));
+    if (d->selectionModel && d->noSelectionOnMousePress) {
+        d->noSelectionOnMousePress = false;
+        d->selectionModel->select(index, selectionCommand(index, event));
+    }
 
     setState(NoState);
 
diff --git a/src/gui/itemviews/qabstractitemview_p.h b/src/gui/itemviews/qabstractitemview_p.h
index 0b5cfbe..7fc6780 100644
--- a/src/gui/itemviews/qabstractitemview_p.h
+++ b/src/gui/itemviews/qabstractitemview_p.h
@@ -347,6 +347,7 @@ public:
     QMap<int, QPointer<QAbstractItemDelegate> > columnDelegates;
     QPointer<QItemSelectionModel> selectionModel;
     QItemSelectionModel::SelectionFlag ctrlDragSelectionFlag;
+    bool noSelectionOnMousePress;
 
     QAbstractItemView::SelectionMode selectionMode;
     QAbstractItemView::SelectionBehavior selectionBehavior;