Index: scribus/pageitem_textframe.cpp
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--- scribus/pageitem_textframe.cpp	(revision 27773)
+++ scribus/pageitem_textframe.cpp	(working copy)
@@ -4915,6 +4915,18 @@
 	HasSel = false;
 //	m_Doc->updateFrameItems();
 	m_Doc->scMW()->setCopyCutEnabled(false);
+	// The deleted selection may have spanned into a linked neighbour frame -
+	// its own on-screen rendering otherwise stays stale (still showing the
+	// now-removed text as selected) until something else forces a redraw,
+	// e.g. clicking into it. invalidateLayout(true) walks the whole linked
+	// chain in both directions; explicitly updating the immediate neighbours
+	// too matches the same check-then-refresh pattern already used elsewhere
+	// in this file (see slotInvalidateLayout()).
+	invalidateLayout(true);
+	if (m_nextBox)
+		m_nextBox->updateLayout();
+	if (m_backBox)
+		m_backBox->updateLayout();
 }
 
 bool PageItem_TextFrame::checkKeyIsShortcut(QKeyEvent *k)