Active item isn't being tracked on the File Explorer

[bruno-brant]

Issue Type: Bug

When switching files through open tabs, File Explorer neglects to select the current active item (even though it's part of the current workspace).

VS Code version: Code - Insiders 1.59.0-insider (f6df685, 2021-07-13T05:12:59.073Z)
OS version: Windows_NT x64 10.0.19043
Restricted Mode: No

System Info

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Load (avg)	undefined
Memory (System)	15.94GB (7.11GB free)
Process Argv	--crash-reporter-id 4e347825-8035-44ec-905f-4159d9ffe78f
Screen Reader	no
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[IllusionMH]

/needsMoreInfo

What is your value for explorer.autoReveal setting?

Does it happens for any editor tab or only only for diff/custom editors?

[bruno-brant]

What is your value for explorer.autoReveal setting?

Does it happens for any editor tab or only only for diff/custom editors?

Any tab. I'll upload a quick video.

Further info:

I'm can't be precisely sure when this issue arose, but I'm sure it was on one of the recent (let's say 3 or 4) versions. Tracking the active item is something I usually miss when navigating code (the first thing I configure in fresh VS Community installations since it's off by default 😊).

[bruno-brant]

Heck, it stopped happening. Not sure what I did (I don't think I restarted the environment since posting).

I'll try to reproduce and come back here.

[bruno-brant]

Okay, it is happening again. I did not restarted VS - it began just as it stopped, without any cause that I can track down. I would guess it has something to do with the VS window losing and regaining focus, because I'm alt-tabbing the whole time between VS and the browser.

PessoaLista.tsx.-.consignado-web.-.Visual.Studio.Code.-.Insiders.2021-07-13.13-49-09.mp4

[isidorn]

I unfortunately can not reproduce this.
Since you seem to be able to repro, can you please F1 > developer tools > put a breakpoint here and try to figure out why the activeFile is not being revealed