Add API method to set the active view in a group (without switching focus to it)

[mattst]

I would like a method added to the API to set the active view in any group.

The Window class currently contains the active_view_in_group(group) method which returns the active view in the specified group.

A companion method for this would be useful: set_active_view_in_group(group, view) to allow the active view in any group to be changed. At the moment the active view in a group can only be changed by using focus_view(view) which switches the focus to that view. In some circumstances you could use that and then immediately switch the focus back, but not, for example, from the on_highlighted method of the show_quick_panel() panel without that panel losing focus.

This would be useful because it would give plugin developers greater control of what is displayed in the window's groups.

Thanks.

[keith-hall]

You may also want to cross post this at the API Suggestions thread on the forums

[mnieber]

This feature would make the following work-around obsolete: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/30626639/how-to-restore-focus-to-quick-panel-after-focusing-some-other-group-to-open-a-fi

I'm mentioning this for people who need the work-around, and also as a suggestion to update the SO item once the feature is there.