diff --git a/news/2 Fixes/7249.md b/news/2 Fixes/7249.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..80d9276f515
--- /dev/null
+++ b/news/2 Fixes/7249.md	
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Code cell submissions should go to active window in 'multiple' mode.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/client/datascience/interactive-window/interactiveWindow.ts b/src/client/datascience/interactive-window/interactiveWindow.ts
index 996263b5700..6bba671f94e 100644
--- a/src/client/datascience/interactive-window/interactiveWindow.ts
+++ b/src/client/datascience/interactive-window/interactiveWindow.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ import {
     TextEditorRevealType,
     ViewColumn,
     NotebookEditor,
-    Disposable
+    Disposable,
+    window
 } from 'vscode';
 import { IPythonExtensionChecker } from '../../api/types';
 import {
@@ -55,8 +56,7 @@ import {
     IInteractiveWindowInfo,
     IInteractiveWindowLoadable,
     IJupyterDebugger,
-    INotebookExporter,
-    WebViewViewChangeEventArgs
+    INotebookExporter
 } from '../types';
 import { createInteractiveIdentity, getInteractiveWindowTitle } from './identity';
 import { generateMarkdownFromCodeLines } from '../../../datascience-ui/common';
@@ -203,6 +203,13 @@ export class InteractiveWindow implements IInteractiveWindowLoadable {
         }
         this._notebookEditor = notebookEditor;
         this.notebookDocument = notebookEditor.document;
+        this.internalDisposables.push(
+            window.onDidChangeActiveNotebookEditor((e) => {
+                if (e === this._notebookEditor) {
+                    this._onDidChangeViewState.fire();
+                }
+            })
+        );
         this.listenForControllerSelection(notebookEditor.document);
         this.initializeRendererCommunication();
         return notebookEditor;
@@ -538,10 +545,6 @@ export class InteractiveWindow implements IInteractiveWindowLoadable {
         return undefined;
     }
 
-    protected async onViewStateChanged(_args: WebViewViewChangeEventArgs) {
-        this._onDidChangeViewState.fire();
-    }
-
     protected get notebookMetadata(): Readonly<nbformat.INotebookMetadata> | undefined {
         return undefined;
     }