Make it possible to deselect what was selected on the server (#8235)

* Make it possible to deselect what was selected on the server

Fixes #8221

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/client/src/main/java/com/vaadin/client/connectors/SingleSelectionModelConnector.java b/client/src/main/java/com/vaadin/client/connectors/SingleSelectionModelConnector.java
index ea0d6171af..55c1eddf61 100644
--- a/client/src/main/java/com/vaadin/client/connectors/SingleSelectionModelConnector.java
+++ b/client/src/main/java/com/vaadin/client/connectors/SingleSelectionModelConnector.java
@@ -153,8 +153,14 @@ public class SingleSelectionModelConnector extends
 
         @Override
         public boolean deselect(JsonObject row) {
-            if (getRowHandle(row).equals(selectedRow)) {
-                select(null);
+            if (isSelected(row)) {
+                // If no selection has happened client side, then selectedRow is
+                // null but must be set so that a deselection event with the
+                // correct key can be sent to the server
+                selectedRow = getRowHandle(row);
+                selectedRow.pin();
+
+                return select(null);
             }
             return false;
         }