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Description

There are currently two distinct kinds of selection in Atom. It seems like one may be an uncanceled native one, however, simply ignoring it isn't enough to really fix the behavior.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Make a normal text selection. In the One Dark theme, it'll be highlighted in gray.
2. Right click another word. This will highlight that word in blue.
3. Select copy from the context menu. It will copy the Atom (gray-highlighted) selection.

Expected behavior: [What you expect to happen]

Right clicking a word updates the Atom selection. The word should then be highlighted in gray. There should be no blue selection.

Reproduces how often: [What percentage of the time does it reproduce?]

100%

Versions

OSX

$ atom --version
Atom    : 1.29.0
Electron: 2.0.5
Chrome  : 61.0.3163.100
Node    : 8.9.3
$ apm --version
apm  1.19.0
npm  3.10.10
node 6.9.5 x64
atom 1.29.0
python 2.7.10
git 2.13.5

cc @daniel-ohayon who originally raised this bug with the Nuclide team 😊