Merging a selection which is more than a single row (e..g A–H in simple table) results in no selection
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	Feb 1 2016, 5:28 PM

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Presumably because the multi-merged rows get simplified into a single row, so the context gets lost.

Mentioned In: T243753: Vertical merging of table rows in Visual Editor may cause unwanted loss of a whole row

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The merge logic line-deletes the redundant rows. Currently there is no logic to work out where the selection goes after a line delete.