Merge pull request #42961 from dominictb/fix/41197

chore: remove all selection ranges during navigation

Author: amyevans

src/libs/Navigation/NavigationRoot.tsx

@@ -135,6 +135,11 @@ function NavigationRoot({authenticated, lastVisitedPath, initialUrl, onReady}: N
 
         // We want to clean saved scroll offsets for screens that aren't anymore in the state.
         cleanStaleScrollOffsets(state);
+
+        // clear all window selection on navigation
+        // this is to prevent the selection from persisting when navigating to a new page in web
+        // using "?" to avoid crash in native
+        window?.getSelection?.()?.removeAllRanges?.();
     };
 
     return (