Index: scribus/canvasmode_normal.cpp
===================================================================
--- scribus/canvasmode_normal.cpp	(revision 27769)
+++ scribus/canvasmode_normal.cpp	(working copy)
@@ -915,6 +915,13 @@
 			m_view->updatesOn(false);
 			shiftSel = SeleItem(m);
 			m_view->updatesOn(true);
+			// SeleItem() may request a redraw (setForcedRedraw + update()) so the
+			// active-page indicator follows a click onto a different page. That
+			// request can be silently dropped while view updates are suppressed
+			// above, leaving the indicator on the previous page. Re-issue it now
+			// that updates are back on.
+			m_canvas->setForcedRedraw(true);
+			m_canvas->update();
 			m_doc->m_Selection->delaySignalsOff();
 		}
 		if (((m_doc->m_Selection->isEmpty()) || (!shiftSel)) && (m->modifiers() == Qt::ShiftModifier))
@@ -1176,25 +1183,7 @@
 		QRectF canvasSele = QRectF(m_mousePressPoint.x(), m_mousePressPoint.y(), dx, dy).normalized();
 		QRectF localSele  = m_canvas->canvasToLocalF(canvasSele).normalized();
 		if (!m_doc->masterPageMode())
-		{
-			uint docPagesCount = m_doc->Pages->count();
-			uint docCurrPageNo = m_doc->currentPageNumber();
-			for (uint i = 0; i < docPagesCount; ++i)
-			{
-				ScPage*  page = m_doc->Pages->at(i);
-				QRectF pageRect(page->xOffset(), page->yOffset(), page->width(), page->height());
-				if (pageRect.intersects(canvasSele))
-				{
-					if (docCurrPageNo != i)
-					{
-						m_doc->setCurrentPage(m_doc->Pages->at(i));
-						m_view->m_ScMW->slotSetCurrentPage(i);
-					}
-					break;
-				}
-			}
 			m_view->setRulerPos(m_view->contentsX(), m_view->contentsY());
-		}
 		int docItemCount = m_doc->Items->count();
 		if (docItemCount != 0)
 		{
@@ -1235,6 +1224,43 @@
 				m_view->getGroupRectScreen(&x, &y, &w, &h);
 			}
 		}
+		// Resolve the current page from the resulting selection's own bounding
+		// box, not from the raw drag rectangle: a drag can touch an empty page
+		// (e.g. the facing blank page of a spread) before it reaches the page
+		// the selected content is actually on. Copy relies on doc->currentPage()
+		// being the content's page (see WriteObjects() in
+		// scribus171format_save.cpp), so getting this wrong here sends pasted
+		// items to the wrong page. Fall back to the old drag-rect based lookup
+		// only when nothing ended up selected.
+		if (!m_doc->masterPageMode())
+		{
+			int targetPageNo = -1;
+			if (!m_doc->m_Selection->isEmpty())
+			{
+				double gx, gy, gw, gh;
+				m_doc->m_Selection->getGroupRect(&gx, &gy, &gw, &gh);
+				targetPageNo = m_doc->OnPage(gx + gw / 2.0, gy + gh / 2.0);
+			}
+			if (targetPageNo == -1)
+			{
+				uint docPagesCount = m_doc->Pages->count();
+				for (uint i = 0; i < docPagesCount; ++i)
+				{
+					ScPage* page = m_doc->Pages->at(i);
+					QRectF pageRect(page->xOffset(), page->yOffset(), page->width(), page->height());
+					if (pageRect.intersects(canvasSele))
+					{
+						targetPageNo = static_cast<int>(i);
+						break;
+					}
+				}
+			}
+			if ((targetPageNo != -1) && (m_doc->currentPageNumber() != targetPageNo))
+			{
+				m_doc->setCurrentPage(m_doc->Pages->at(targetPageNo));
+				m_view->m_ScMW->slotSetCurrentPage(targetPageNo);
+			}
+		}
 		m_view->HaveSelRect = false;
 		m_shiftSelItems = false;
 //		m_view->redrawMarker->hide();
@@ -1707,6 +1733,15 @@
 				m_doc->setCurrentPage(m_doc->Pages->at(pgNum));
 				m_view->m_ScMW->slotSetCurrentPage(pgNum);
 				pageChanged = true;
+				// The redraw request further below (`if (currItem) { if (pageChanged)
+				// {...} }`) only fires when an item is found under the cursor. A click
+				// on empty space on a different page - e.g. clicking away to deselect
+				// - never reaches that branch, so the active-page indicator never got
+				// refreshed there. Request the redraw here too, right where the page
+				// actually changes, so it happens regardless of what currItem turns
+				// out to be.
+				m_canvas->setForcedRedraw(true);
+				m_canvas->update();
 			}
 		}
 		m_view->setRulerPos(m_view->contentsX(), m_view->contentsY());
Index: scribus/canvas.cpp
===================================================================
--- scribus/canvas.cpp	(revision 27769)
+++ scribus/canvas.cpp	(working copy)
@@ -880,6 +880,16 @@
 			t1 = t.elapsed();
 			t.start();
 #endif
+				// Unlike RENDER_NORMAL above, this case used to blit m_buffer
+				// unconditionally without checking m_viewMode.forceRedraw, so a
+				// pending forced redraw could be silently dropped whenever the
+				// render mode had already switched to RENDER_BUFFERED by the time
+				// this paintEvent() ran. Honour the flag here too, so a forced
+				// redraw always triggers a real buffer rebuild before blitting.
+				if ((m_viewMode.forceRedraw || m_viewMode.operTextSelecting) && (!bufferFilled))
+				{
+					fillBuffer(&m_buffer, m_bufferRect.topLeft(), p->rect());
+				}
 				int xV = p->rect().x() - m_bufferRect.x();
 				int yV = p->rect().y() - m_bufferRect.y();
 				int wV = p->rect().width();
Index: scribus/plugins/fileloader/scribus171format/scribus171format_save.cpp
===================================================================
--- scribus/plugins/fileloader/scribus171format/scribus171format_save.cpp	(revision 27769)
+++ scribus/plugins/fileloader/scribus171format/scribus171format_save.cpp	(working copy)
@@ -2054,6 +2054,21 @@
 			docu.writeAttribute("InID", item->inlineCharID);
 		if (master == ItemSelectionElements)
 		{
+			// Intentionally doc->currentPage() - the same page for every item in
+			// the selection, not each item's own page (doc->OnPage(item)). The
+			// normal in-app paste path (ScriXmlDoc::readElem() with loc=true, i.e.
+			// Ctrl+V) ignores the group offset and reconstructs each item as
+			// targetPage.offset + this value, so it needs to be an offset from one
+			// shared reference page for the whole selection: an item that is
+			// actually a page over from that reference then overflows past a
+			// single page's bounds, which is what carries it onto the matching
+			// page on the far side of the paste target and preserves multi-page
+			// spacing. A per-item page would give each item its own frame instead
+			// and collapse a multi-page selection onto one page on paste.
+			// doc->currentPage() itself is kept correct for a drag-selection by
+			// CanvasMode_Normal::mousePressEvent() in canvasmode_normal.cpp, which
+			// resolves it from the completed selection's bounding box rather than
+			// the first page the drag rectangle touches.
 			docu.writeAttribute("XPosition", item->xPos() - doc->currentPage()->xOffset());
 			docu.writeAttribute("YPosition", item->yPos() - doc->currentPage()->yOffset());
 		}
Index: scribus/scribusXml.cpp
===================================================================
--- scribus/scribusXml.cpp	(revision 27769)
+++ scribus/scribusXml.cpp	(working copy)
@@ -215,6 +215,15 @@
 		embedded->DrawObj(painter, QRectF());
 		painter->restore();
 	}
+	// This group-level offset is only consulted on the loc=false read path
+	// (e.g. dragging from the Scrapbook/shape palette); the normal in-app
+	// paste path (loc=true, Ctrl+C/Ctrl+V) ignores it and relies solely on
+	// each item's own offset from doc->currentPage(), written in
+	// Scribus171Format::WriteObjects() - see the comment there. For loc=false
+	// to stay consistent with that, this lookup needs to resolve to the same
+	// page doc->currentPage() has at copy time, which CanvasMode_Normal::
+	// mousePressEvent() (canvasmode_normal.cpp) guarantees for a drag
+	// selection.
 	int pg = doc->OnPage(xp + wp / 2.0, yp + hp / 2.0);
 	if (pg > -1)
 	{

# Cross-page selection & active-page indicator fixes (r27769)

Patch: `fix-page-selection-and-indicator_v1.5_r27769.patch`
Files touched: `canvasmode_normal.cpp`, `canvas.cpp`, `scribus171format_save.cpp`, `scribusXml.cpp`

---

## 1. Cross-page rubber-band selection copies relative to the wrong page

**Symptom:** Drag-select an item, copy, paste — pasted item lands offset by a page gap instead of at the paste target.

**Where:** `CanvasMode_Normal::mousePressEvent()` in `canvasmode_normal.cpp`.

**Root cause:** The current-page lookup ran *before* the item-selection loop, using whichever page the raw drag rectangle touched first. A drag can cross an empty/facing page before reaching the page the selected content is actually on, so `doc->currentPage()` ended up wrong at the moment `Copy` read it.

**Fix:** Moved the current-page resolution to *after* selection completes, and resolve it from the selection's own bounding-box center (`doc->OnPage(selectionCenter)`) instead of the drag rectangle. Falls back to the old drag-rect lookup only if nothing got selected.

---

## 2. Regression: multi-page selections collapsed onto one page on paste

This surfaced while fixing #1 — an earlier version of the fix additionally changed `WriteObjects()` (`scribus171format_save.cpp`) to anchor each copied item to *its own* page (`doc->OnPage(item)`) instead of `doc->currentPage()`. That looked like the natural companion fix, but broke multi-page selections.

**Why:** The standard in-app paste path (`ScriXmlDoc::readElem(..., loc=true)`, i.e. Ctrl+V) ignores the saved *group* offset entirely and reconstructs each item as `targetPage.offset + item.savedOffset`. That only works if every item's saved offset is expressed relative to **one shared reference page** for the whole selection — an item that's genuinely a page over from that reference then overflows past a single page's bounds, which is exactly what carries it onto the matching page on the far side of the paste target. Giving each item *its own* reference page breaks that: all items collapse onto whatever the single target page is.

**Fix:** Left `WriteObjects()` and the paired group-offset calculation in `ScriXmlDoc::writeElem()` (`scribusXml.cpp`) exactly as originally written — both keyed off one shared page (`doc->currentPage()` / `doc->OnPage(bbox center)`). The only actual defect was #1 (that shared page being resolved wrong); once that's fixed, this code was already correct. Added comments at both spots warning against reintroducing a per-item page reference here.

---

## 3. Active-page border doesn't refresh on a single click

**Symptom:** Clicking to select/deselect on another page updates document state correctly, but the red current-page border stays on the old page until an unrelated repaint (second click, zoom) forces a refresh.

**Where:** `Canvas::paintEvent()` in `canvas.cpp`; `SeleItem()` and `mousePressEvent()` in `canvasmode_normal.cpp`.

**Root cause (two parts):**
- `paintEvent()`'s `RENDER_BUFFERED` branch blitted the cached buffer unconditionally, never checking `forceRedraw` (unlike `RENDER_NORMAL`, which does). Since the render mode flips to `RENDER_BUFFERED` before a queued repaint actually runs, any pending redraw request was silently dropped.
- `SeleItem()` only requested a redraw when an item was found under the cursor, so deselecting by clicking empty space on a different page never requested one at all.

**Fix:**
- `RENDER_BUFFERED` now rebuilds the buffer when `forceRedraw` is set, same as `RENDER_NORMAL`.
- Redraw request moved to fire as soon as the page actually changes in `SeleItem()`, regardless of what's under the cursor.
- Re-issued the redraw request in `mousePressEvent()` after `updatesOn(true)`, since a request made while updates are suppressed can otherwise be lost.

Independent of #1/#2 — no functional overlap.

diff --git a/scribus/canvasmode_normal.cpp b/scribus/canvasmode_normal.cpp
index c66730126..08e27db3e 100644
--- a/scribus/canvasmode_normal.cpp
+++ b/scribus/canvasmode_normal.cpp
@@ -868,7 +868,7 @@ void CanvasMode_Normal::mousePressEvent(QMouseEvent *m)
 		{
 			if (!m_lineMoveGesture)
 				m_lineMoveGesture = new LineMove(this);
-			
+
 			m_lineMoveGesture->mousePressEvent(m);
 			if (m_lineMoveGesture->haveLineItem())
 			{
@@ -1176,25 +1176,7 @@ void CanvasMode_Normal::mouseReleaseEvent(QMouseEvent *m)
 		QRectF canvasSele = QRectF(m_mousePressPoint.x(), m_mousePressPoint.y(), dx, dy).normalized();
 		QRectF localSele  = m_canvas->canvasToLocalF(canvasSele).normalized();
 		if (!m_doc->masterPageMode())
-		{
-			uint docPagesCount = m_doc->Pages->count();
-			uint docCurrPageNo = m_doc->currentPageNumber();
-			for (uint i = 0; i < docPagesCount; ++i)
-			{
-				ScPage*  page = m_doc->Pages->at(i);
-				QRectF pageRect(page->xOffset(), page->yOffset(), page->width(), page->height());
-				if (pageRect.intersects(canvasSele))
-				{
-					if (docCurrPageNo != i)
-					{
-						m_doc->setCurrentPage(m_doc->Pages->at(i));
-						m_view->m_ScMW->slotSetCurrentPage(i);
-					}
-					break;
-				}
-			}
 			m_view->setRulerPos(m_view->contentsX(), m_view->contentsY());
-		}
 		int docItemCount = m_doc->Items->count();
 		if (docItemCount != 0)
 		{
@@ -1235,6 +1217,43 @@ void CanvasMode_Normal::mouseReleaseEvent(QMouseEvent *m)
 				m_view->getGroupRectScreen(&x, &y, &w, &h);
 			}
 		}
+		// Resolve the current page from the resulting selection's own bounding
+		// box, not from the raw drag rectangle: a drag can touch an empty page
+		// (e.g. the facing blank page of a spread) before it reaches the page
+		// the selected content is actually on. Copy relies on doc->currentPage()
+		// being the content's page (see WriteObjects() in
+		// scribus171format_save.cpp), so getting this wrong here sends pasted
+		// items to the wrong page. Fall back to the old drag-rect based lookup
+		// only when nothing ended up selected.
+		if (!m_doc->masterPageMode())
+		{
+			int targetPageNo = -1;
+			if (!m_doc->m_Selection->isEmpty())
+			{
+				double gx, gy, gw, gh;
+				m_doc->m_Selection->getGroupRect(&gx, &gy, &gw, &gh);
+				targetPageNo = m_doc->OnPage(gx + gw / 2.0, gy + gh / 2.0);
+			}
+			if (targetPageNo == -1)
+			{
+				uint docPagesCount = m_doc->Pages->count();
+				for (uint i = 0; i < docPagesCount; ++i)
+				{
+					ScPage* page = m_doc->Pages->at(i);
+					QRectF pageRect(page->xOffset(), page->yOffset(), page->width(), page->height());
+					if (pageRect.intersects(canvasSele))
+					{
+						targetPageNo = static_cast<int>(i);
+						break;
+					}
+				}
+			}
+			if ((targetPageNo != -1) && (m_doc->currentPageNumber() != targetPageNo))
+			{
+				m_doc->setCurrentPage(m_doc->Pages->at(targetPageNo));
+				m_view->m_ScMW->slotSetCurrentPage(targetPageNo);
+			}
+		}
 		m_view->HaveSelRect = false;
 		m_shiftSelItems = false;
 //		m_view->redrawMarker->hide();

Cross-page selection & active-page indicator fixes (r27769)

Patch: `fix-page-selection-and-indicator_v1.5_r27769.patch`
Files touched: `canvasmode_normal.cpp`, `canvas.cpp`, `scribus171format_save.cpp`, `scribusXml.cpp`

---

#1. Cross-page rubber-band selection copies relative to the wrong page

Symptom: Drag-select an item, copy, paste — pasted item lands offset by a page gap instead of at the paste target.

Where: `CanvasMode_Normal::mousePressEvent()` in `canvasmode_normal.cpp`.

Root cause: The current-page lookup ran before the item-selection loop, using whichever page the raw drag rectangle touched first. A drag can cross an empty/facing page before reaching the page the selected content is actually on, so `doc->currentPage()` ended up wrong at the moment `Copy` read it.

Fix: Moved the current-page resolution to after selection completes, and resolve it from the selection's own bounding-box center (`doc->OnPage(selectionCenter)`) instead of the drag rectangle. Falls back to the old drag-rect lookup only if nothing got selected.

---

#2. Active-page border doesn't refresh on a single click

Symptom: Clicking to select/deselect on another page updates document state correctly, but the red current-page border stays on the old page until an unrelated repaint (second click, zoom) forces a refresh.

Where: `Canvas::paintEvent()` in `canvas.cpp`; `SeleItem()` and `mousePressEvent()` in `canvasmode_normal.cpp`.

Root cause (two parts):
- `paintEvent()`'s `RENDER_BUFFERED` branch blitted the cached buffer unconditionally, never checking `forceRedraw` (unlike `RENDER_NORMAL`, which does). Since the render mode flips to `RENDER_BUFFERED` before a queued repaint actually runs, any pending redraw request was silently dropped.
- `SeleItem()` only requested a redraw when an item was found under the cursor, so deselecting by clicking empty space on a different page never requested one at all.

Fix:
- `RENDER_BUFFERED` now rebuilds the buffer when `forceRedraw` is set, same as `RENDER_NORMAL`.
- Redraw request moved to fire as soon as the page actually changes in `SeleItem()`, regardless of what's under the cursor.
- Re-issued the redraw request in `mousePressEvent()` after `updatesOn(true)`, since a request made while updates are suppressed can otherwise be lost.

Index: scribus/canvasmode_normal.cpp
===================================================================
--- scribus/canvasmode_normal.cpp	(revision 27773)
+++ scribus/canvasmode_normal.cpp	(working copy)
@@ -1176,25 +1176,7 @@
 		QRectF canvasSele = QRectF(m_mousePressPoint.x(), m_mousePressPoint.y(), dx, dy).normalized();
 		QRectF localSele  = m_canvas->canvasToLocalF(canvasSele).normalized();
 		if (!m_doc->masterPageMode())
-		{
-			uint docPagesCount = m_doc->Pages->count();
-			uint docCurrPageNo = m_doc->currentPageNumber();
-			for (uint i = 0; i < docPagesCount; ++i)
-			{
-				ScPage*  page = m_doc->Pages->at(i);
-				QRectF pageRect(page->xOffset(), page->yOffset(), page->width(), page->height());
-				if (pageRect.intersects(canvasSele))
-				{
-					if (docCurrPageNo != i)
-					{
-						m_doc->setCurrentPage(m_doc->Pages->at(i));
-						m_view->m_ScMW->slotSetCurrentPage(i);
-					}
-					break;
-				}
-			}
 			m_view->setRulerPos(m_view->contentsX(), m_view->contentsY());
-		}
 		int docItemCount = m_doc->Items->count();
 		if (docItemCount != 0)
 		{
@@ -1235,6 +1217,43 @@
 				m_view->getGroupRectScreen(&x, &y, &w, &h);
 			}
 		}
+		// Resolve the current page from the resulting selection's own bounding
+		// box, not from the raw drag rectangle: a drag can touch an empty page
+		// (e.g. the facing blank page of a spread) before it reaches the page
+		// the selected content is actually on. Copy relies on doc->currentPage()
+		// being the content's page (see WriteObjects() in
+		// scribus171format_save.cpp), so getting this wrong here sends pasted
+		// items to the wrong page. Fall back to the old drag-rect based lookup
+		// only when nothing ended up selected.
+		if (!m_doc->masterPageMode())
+		{
+			int targetPageNo = -1;
+			if (!m_doc->m_Selection->isEmpty())
+			{
+				double gx, gy, gw, gh;
+				m_doc->m_Selection->getGroupRect(&gx, &gy, &gw, &gh);
+				targetPageNo = m_doc->OnPage(gx + gw / 2.0, gy + gh / 2.0);
+			}
+			if (targetPageNo == -1)
+			{
+				uint docPagesCount = m_doc->Pages->count();
+				for (uint i = 0; i < docPagesCount; ++i)
+				{
+					ScPage* page = m_doc->Pages->at(i);
+					QRectF pageRect(page->xOffset(), page->yOffset(), page->width(), page->height());
+					if (pageRect.intersects(canvasSele))
+					{
+						targetPageNo = static_cast<int>(i);
+						break;
+					}
+				}
+			}
+			if ((targetPageNo != -1) && (m_doc->currentPageNumber() != targetPageNo))
+			{
+				m_doc->setCurrentPage(m_doc->Pages->at(targetPageNo));
+				m_view->m_ScMW->slotSetCurrentPage(targetPageNo);
+			}
+		}
 		m_view->HaveSelRect = false;
 		m_shiftSelItems = false;
 //		m_view->redrawMarker->hide();
Index: scribus/plugins/fileloader/scribus171format/scribus171format_save.cpp
===================================================================
--- scribus/plugins/fileloader/scribus171format/scribus171format_save.cpp	(revision 27773)
+++ scribus/plugins/fileloader/scribus171format/scribus171format_save.cpp	(working copy)
@@ -2054,6 +2054,21 @@
 			docu.writeAttribute("InID", item->inlineCharID);
 		if (master == ItemSelectionElements)
 		{
+			// Intentionally doc->currentPage() - the same page for every item in
+			// the selection, not each item's own page (doc->OnPage(item)). The
+			// normal in-app paste path (ScriXmlDoc::readElem() with loc=true, i.e.
+			// Ctrl+V) ignores the group offset and reconstructs each item as
+			// targetPage.offset + this value, so it needs to be an offset from one
+			// shared reference page for the whole selection: an item that is
+			// actually a page over from that reference then overflows past a
+			// single page's bounds, which is what carries it onto the matching
+			// page on the far side of the paste target and preserves multi-page
+			// spacing. A per-item page would give each item its own frame instead
+			// and collapse a multi-page selection onto one page on paste.
+			// doc->currentPage() itself is kept correct for a drag-selection by
+			// CanvasMode_Normal::mousePressEvent() in canvasmode_normal.cpp, which
+			// resolves it from the completed selection's bounding box rather than
+			// the first page the drag rectangle touches.
 			docu.writeAttribute("XPosition", item->xPos() - doc->currentPage()->xOffset());
 			docu.writeAttribute("YPosition", item->yPos() - doc->currentPage()->yOffset());
 		}
Index: scribus/scribusXml.cpp
===================================================================
--- scribus/scribusXml.cpp	(revision 27773)
+++ scribus/scribusXml.cpp	(working copy)
@@ -215,6 +215,15 @@
 		embedded->DrawObj(painter, QRectF());
 		painter->restore();
 	}
+	// This group-level offset is only consulted on the loc=false read path
+	// (e.g. dragging from the Scrapbook/shape palette); the normal in-app
+	// paste path (loc=true, Ctrl+C/Ctrl+V) ignores it and relies solely on
+	// each item's own offset from doc->currentPage(), written in
+	// Scribus171Format::WriteObjects() - see the comment there. For loc=false
+	// to stay consistent with that, this lookup needs to resolve to the same
+	// page doc->currentPage() has at copy time, which CanvasMode_Normal::
+	// mousePressEvent() (canvasmode_normal.cpp) guarantees for a drag
+	// selection.
 	int pg = doc->OnPage(xp + wp / 2.0, yp + hp / 2.0);
 	if (pg > -1)
 	{