From 70ac6c51f99ba055ebced0dc3ab2be1b00d95992 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: toasted-nutbread <toasted-nutbread@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 13 Nov 2021 11:11:33 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Don't clear the selection before the text scanner has been
 enabled (#2006)

---
 ext/js/app/frontend.js | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/ext/js/app/frontend.js b/ext/js/app/frontend.js
index 9fa6009b..0f72e06b 100644
--- a/ext/js/app/frontend.js
+++ b/ext/js/app/frontend.js
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ class Frontend {
             searchTerms: true,
             searchKanji: true
         });
+        this._textScannerHasBeenEnabled = false;
         this._popupCache = new Map();
         this._popupEventListeners = new EventListenerCollection();
         this._updatePopupToken = null;
@@ -620,7 +621,12 @@ class Frontend {
         const enabled = (this._options !== null && this._options.general.enable && !this._disabledOverride);
         if (enabled === this._textScanner.isEnabled()) { return; }
         this._textScanner.setEnabled(enabled);
-        this._clearSelection(true);
+        if (this._textScannerHasBeenEnabled) {
+            this._clearSelection(true);
+        }
+        if (enabled) {
+            this._textScannerHasBeenEnabled = true;
+        }
     }
 
     _updateContentScale() {