Cursor *model* clears selection when cursor moves, not the view.

src/app/cursor-view.coffee

@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ class CursorView extends View
     @cursor.on 'change-screen-position', (position, options) =>
       @updateAppearance()
       unless options.bufferChange
-        @clearSelection()
         @removeIdleClassTemporarily()
       @trigger 'cursor-move', bufferChange: options.bufferChange
 
@@ -74,7 +73,3 @@ class CursorView extends View
     window.clearTimeout(@idleTimeout) if @idleTimeout
     @removeClass 'idle'
     _.defer => @addClass 'idle'
-
-  clearSelection: ->
-    if selectionView = @getSelectionView()
-      selectionView.clearSelection() unless selectionView.retainSelection

src/app/cursor.coffee

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ class Cursor
   setScreenPosition: (screenPosition, options) ->
     @anchor.setScreenPosition(screenPosition, options)
     @goalColumn = null
+    @clearSelection()
     @trigger 'change-screen-position', @getScreenPosition(), bufferChange: false
 
   getScreenPosition: ->
@@ -31,11 +32,16 @@ class Cursor
   setBufferPosition: (bufferPosition, options) ->
     @anchor.setBufferPosition(bufferPosition, options)
     @goalColumn = null
+    @clearSelection()
     @trigger 'change-screen-position', @getScreenPosition(), bufferChange: false
 
   getBufferPosition: ->
     @anchor.getBufferPosition()
 
+  clearSelection: ->
+    if @selection
+      @selection.clear() unless @selection.retainSelection
+
   getCurrentScreenRow: ->
     @getScreenPosition().row