Selection styling isn't cleared after running command

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Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
45/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
csharp
Domain
cli

Research direction

Start by reproducing the selection behavior in a PSReadLine terminal on Windows and Linux, then trace the command execution and selection-rendering paths. Done means pressing Enter after selecting part or all of a command executes it and removes the selection styling on both platforms.

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Description

Issue-Bug Needs-Triage :mag:
Prerequisites
Steps to reproduce
  1. Open a new PowerShell terminal with (pwsh.exe) or without a profile (pwsh.exe -NoProfile).
  2. Write any command, for example cd .
  3. Select all or part of the command, for example with Ctrl+A or Shift+←.
  4. Run the command with Enter.
Expected behavior
The command is deselected and executed.
Actual behavior
The command is executed, but retains the selection styling.
Error details

No response

Environment data
Reproducible both on Windows and Ubuntu in latest stable and latest preview releases, for example these two environments:

Name                           Value
----                           -----
PSVersion                      7.3.0-preview.4
PSEdition                      Core
GitCommitId                    7.3.0-preview.4
OS                             Microsoft Windows 10.0.19044
Platform                       Win32NT
PSCompatibleVersions           {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0…}
PSRemotingProtocolVersion      2.3
SerializationVersion           1.1.0.1
WSManStackVersion              3.0

Name                           Value
----                           -----
PSVersion                      7.2.4
PSEdition                      Core
GitCommitId                    7.2.4
OS                             Linux 5.10.102.1-microsoft-standard-WSL2 PowerShell/PowerShell#1 SMP Wed Mar 2 00:30:59 UTC 2022
Platform                       Unix
PSCompatibleVersions           {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0…}
PSRemotingProtocolVersion      2.3
SerializationVersion           1.1.0.1
WSManStackVersion              3.0
Visuals

Typing out a command in PowerShell, selecting it, running it, and seeing the command still be styled as if it was selected

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