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Helix: selection gets "stuck" during scroll up/down #47022

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Reproduction steps

  1. Turn on helix mode
  2. Make a non-visual-mode selection, e.g. word, line, etc.
  3. Scroll up or down with ctrl-d/u

Current vs. Expected behavior

Current behavior: Selection gets expanded to where your cursor lands

Expected behavior: Selection is cancelled

Zed version and system specs

Zed: v0.220.0+nightly (Zed Nightly)
OS: Linux X11 nixos 26.05
Memory: 30.5 GiB
Architecture: x86_64
GPU: AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT (RADV NAVI21) || radv || Mesa 25.3.3

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settings.json

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keymap.json

(for AI issues) Model provider details

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If you are using WSL on Windows, what flavor of Linux are you using?

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area:editorFeedback for code editing, formatting, editor iterations, etcarea:parity/helixFeedback for Helix parity featuresfrequency:uncommonBugs that happen for a small subset of users, special configurations, rare circumstances, etcpriority:P2Average run-of-the-mill bugsstate:reproducibleVerified steps to reproduce included and someone on the team managed to reproduce

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