Switching to different editor changes editor group

[mrichtarsky]

Does this issue occur when all extensions are disabled?: Yes

• VS Code Version:

Version: 1.98.2 (user setup)
Commit: ddc367e
Date: 2025-03-12T13:32:45.399Z
Electron: 34.2.0
ElectronBuildId: 11161602
Chromium: 132.0.6834.196
Node.js: 20.18.2
V8: 13.2.152.36-electron.0
OS: Windows_NT x64 10.0.19045

Steps to Reproduce:

• Start with an empty workspace
• Open a file
• View: Split editor. You now have two editor groups with the same file open.
• In the first editor group, open a new editor (e.g. Create: New File)
• Press hotkey for workbench.action.openEditorAtIndex1

Expectation: The first editor in editor group 1 gets focus
What happens instead: The editor in editor group 2 that has the file opened in the split view gets the focus.

More details in #239063

[bpasero]

Can you try to run code --disable-extensions --user-data-dir <directory> where <directory> is an empty folder? This will ensure Code is starting with a fresh data directory, e.g. no specific settings and without any extensions running.

[mrichtarsky]

Thank you, that worked!

As mentioned, I could also reproduce this before with extensions disabled and only the 4 custom keybindings as shown in #239063 defined. So the data dir is the issue. What in there could cause this?

What will I lose if I start over with a fresh data dir? Is there a recommended way to migrate stuff that might still needed from there?

[bpasero]

@mrichtarsky it would be helpful to know what of your settings or keybindings causes this. In that fresh setup can you first try adding back all your settings and then all your keybindings to narrow down the culprit?

[vs-code-engineering]

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Happy Coding!