Background color applied on a selection of text is lost when the selection is deleted

Source/core/editing/DeleteSelectionCommand.cpp

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     // typing style at the start of the selection, nor is there a reason to
     // compute the style at the start of the selection after deletion (see the
     // early return in calculateTypingStyleAfterDelete).
     if (m_upstreamStart.deprecatedNode() == m_downstreamEnd.deprecatedNode() && m_upstreamStart.deprecatedNode()->isTextNode())
         return;
 
     if (shouldNotInheritStyleFrom(*m_selectionToDelete.start().anchorNode()))
         return;
 
     // Figure out the typing style in effect before the delete is done.
-    m_typingStyle = EditingStyle::create(m_selectionToDelete.start());
+    m_typingStyle = EditingStyle::create(m_selectionToDelete.start(), EditingStyle::EditingPropertiesInEffect);
     m_typingStyle->removeStyleAddedByNode(enclosingAnchorElement(m_selectionToDelete.start()));
 
     // If we're deleting into a Mail blockquote, save the style at end() instead of start()
     // We'll use this later in computeTypingStyleAfterDelete if we end up outside of a Mail blockquote
     if (enclosingNodeOfType(m_selectionToDelete.start(), isMailBlockquote))
         m_deleteIntoBlockquoteStyle = EditingStyle::create(m_selectionToDelete.end());
     else
         m_deleteIntoBlockquoteStyle = 0;
 }
 
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 // Normally deletion doesn't preserve the typing style that was present before it.  For example,
 // type a character, Bold, then delete the character and start typing.  The Bold typing style shouldn't
 // stick around.  Deletion should preserve a typing style that *it* sets, however.
 bool DeleteSelectionCommand::preservesTypingStyle() const
 {
     return m_typingStyle;
 }
 
 } // namespace WebCore