It is annoying, but having some item selected is worse, and that happens also. After moving a group of items from one folder to another, the first item in the folder becomes highlighted as if selected. Sometimes it is, sometimes it isn’t. Another problem in the orders grid is that after some operation like printing carrier labels, a newly paid order will insert itself into the list displacing one of the selected orders out of the list. Never click on Mark as Shipped without checking the select list to make sure it is still the same.
Even more troubling is that Item Specifics and categories may unexpectedly be overwritten from another item if an Items edit window is open when switching between Items views. Specifically. Assume the third item in the grid is selected and has an open edit window when switching to a different Items view. Upon returning to the original view, the first item may appear to be selected instead of the third item. However, the edit window remains with the third item, but when it is closed, some information from the first item overwrites the third item.
Yes, the grid selection logic needs to be cleaned up as much as possible given that Windows often requires one mouse click too many to return to a previous context.