[FIX] mail: fix text selection in composer using SHIFT and arrow keys

This commit corrects the faulty SHIFT + ArrowKey selection behavior.

task-2388650

closes odoo/odoo#62059

Signed-off-by: Alexandre Kühn (aku) <aku@odoo.com>

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/addons/mail/static/src/components/composer_text_input/composer_text_input.js b/addons/mail/static/src/components/composer_text_input/composer_text_input.js
index 5afb99c4990..38b6cf30014 100644
--- a/addons/mail/static/src/components/composer_text_input/composer_text_input.js
+++ b/addons/mail/static/src/components/composer_text_input/composer_text_input.js
@@ -87,8 +87,9 @@ class ComposerTextInput extends Component {
     saveStateInStore() {
         this.composer.update({
             textInputContent: this._getContent(),
-            textInputCursorStart: this._getSelectionStart(),
             textInputCursorEnd: this._getSelectionEnd(),
+            textInputCursorStart: this._getSelectionStart(),
+            textInputSelectionDirection: this._textareaRef.el.selectionDirection,
         });
     }
 
@@ -149,7 +150,8 @@ class ComposerTextInput extends Component {
         this._textareaRef.el.value = this.composer.textInputContent;
         this._textareaRef.el.setSelectionRange(
             this.composer.textInputCursorStart,
-            this.composer.textInputCursorEnd
+            this.composer.textInputCursorEnd,
+            this.composer.textInputSelectionDirection,
         );
         this._updateHeight();
     }