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-rw-r--r--Lib/idlelib/NEWS.txt3
-rw-r--r--Lib/idlelib/editor.py1
-rw-r--r--Misc/NEWS.d/next/IDLE/2020-03-08-14-27-36.bpo-39885.29ERiR.rst2
3 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/NEWS.txt b/Lib/idlelib/NEWS.txt
index 1e6cd45..b88b1e3 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/NEWS.txt
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/NEWS.txt
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ Released on 2020-10-05?
======================================
+bpo-39885: Since clicking to get an IDLE context menu moves the
+cursor, any text selection should be and now is cleared.
+
bpo-39852: Edit "Go to line" now clears any selection, preventing
accidental deletion. It also updates Ln and Col on the status bar.
diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/editor.py b/Lib/idlelib/editor.py
index 5b81b52..5194190 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/editor.py
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/editor.py
@@ -499,6 +499,7 @@ class EditorWindow(object):
rmenu = None
def right_menu_event(self, event):
+ self.text.tag_remove("sel", "1.0", "end")
self.text.mark_set("insert", "@%d,%d" % (event.x, event.y))
if not self.rmenu:
self.make_rmenu()
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/IDLE/2020-03-08-14-27-36.bpo-39885.29ERiR.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/IDLE/2020-03-08-14-27-36.bpo-39885.29ERiR.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f0f434a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/IDLE/2020-03-08-14-27-36.bpo-39885.29ERiR.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Since clicking to get an IDLE context menu moves the cursor,
+any text selection should be and now is cleared.