Public bug reported:

It seems a prior bug has resurfaced, with a slightly different behavior
now. (This is *not* a duplicate of gtk#1447)

**Version:** 3.32.1-2
**OS:** Ubuntu MATE 19.04

In the email composer window, if you select text in the body, and
*click* anywhere else in the composition pane, the text you selected is
sometimes permanently deleted (cannot be accessed from undo).

When this happens, the undo history itself is mangled, so pressing
Ctrl+Z will try to "undo" as if the text were still there, meaning
intentionally deleted text will be inserted in strange places, etc.

This can be a bit unpredictable. For example, if you change the style of
text (Normal/Preformatted/Header) first, it seems to prevent it. There
seem to be other actions that can sometimes prevent it, or sometimes it
just won't happen at all, even following the steps below exactly. (It
happens about half the time for me...usually more often when the email
is important, ha ha.)

1. Open a new Compose window.
2. Type some text in the body.
3. Using the mouse, select some text.
4. Click elsewhere in the composition pane.

Be advised, **modifier keys, arrow keys, or clicking outside the
composer window do NOT cause the text to be deleted.**

Be advised, this was previously reported at
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/evolution/issues/500 and dismissed as
"blame the environment".

** Affects: evolution (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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  Selecting Text and CLICKING Permanently Removes Text

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