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CmdPal: Fix selection desync when clearing search query (#45949)

## Summary of the Pull Request

A single search-text change produces multiple ItemsUpdated callbacks. A
later soft update (ForceFirstItem=false) could overwrite the prior
force-first intent, restoring a stale sticky selection.

- Adds latched _forceFirstPending flag that survives across successive
ItemsUpdated passes until selection stabilizes or user navigates;
- Fixes scroll position on first-item reselection via UpdateLayout +
ScrollToItem + ResetScrollToTop in the deferred callback.

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Jiří Polášek committed
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Parent: d160564
Committed by GitHub <[email protected]> on 3/9/2026, 7:12:53 PM