From ed2b92c428ce55e8466033d245412b72bbab879b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Robert Fewell <14uBobIT@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2023 09:34:12 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Fix cursor position when deleting selected text

---
 gnucash/register/register-gnome/completioncell-gnome.c | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/gnucash/register/register-gnome/completioncell-gnome.c b/gnucash/register/register-gnome/completioncell-gnome.c
index c4bc0aaceb..6136200854 100644
--- a/gnucash/register/register-gnome/completioncell-gnome.c
+++ b/gnucash/register/register-gnome/completioncell-gnome.c
@@ -666,6 +666,10 @@ gnc_completion_cell_modify_verify (BasicCell* bcell,
          box->stop_searching = FALSE;
     }
 
+    // Are were deleting or inserting in the middle.
+    if (change == NULL || *cursor_position < bcell->value_chars)
+        *start_selection = *end_selection = *cursor_position;
+
     populate_list_store (cell, newval);
 
     if (g_strcmp0 (newval, "") == 0)