fix #79798

src/vs/workbench/contrib/files/browser/explorerViewlet.ts

@@ -26,10 +26,9 @@ import { Disposable } from 'vs/base/common/lifecycle';
 import { IWorkbenchContribution } from 'vs/workbench/common/contributions';
 import { IWorkbenchLayoutService } from 'vs/workbench/services/layout/browser/layoutService';
 import { DelegatingEditorService } from 'vs/workbench/services/editor/browser/editorService';
-import { IEditorGroup, IEditorGroupsService } from 'vs/workbench/services/editor/common/editorGroupsService';
+import { IEditorGroupsService } from 'vs/workbench/services/editor/common/editorGroupsService';
 import { IEditorService } from 'vs/workbench/services/editor/common/editorService';
-import { IEditorOptions } from 'vs/platform/editor/common/editor';
-import { IEditorInput, IEditor } from 'vs/workbench/common/editor';
+import { IEditor } from 'vs/workbench/common/editor';
 import { ViewletPanel } from 'vs/workbench/browser/parts/views/panelViewlet';
 import { KeyChord, KeyMod, KeyCode } from 'vs/base/common/keyCodes';
 import { Registry } from 'vs/platform/registry/common/platform';
@@ -158,7 +157,6 @@ export class ExplorerViewlet extends ViewContainerViewlet {
 		@ITelemetryService telemetryService: ITelemetryService,
 		@IWorkspaceContextService protected contextService: IWorkspaceContextService,
 		@IStorageService protected storageService: IStorageService,
-		@IEditorService private readonly editorService: IEditorService,
 		@IEditorGroupsService private readonly editorGroupService: IEditorGroupsService,
 		@IConfigurationService configurationService: IConfigurationService,
 		@IInstantiationService protected instantiationService: IInstantiationService,
@@ -187,7 +185,7 @@ export class ExplorerViewlet extends ViewContainerViewlet {
 			// We try to be smart and only use the delay if we recognize that the user action is likely to cause
 			// a new entry in the opened editors view.
 			const delegatingEditorService = this.instantiationService.createInstance(DelegatingEditorService);
-			delegatingEditorService.setEditorOpenHandler(async (group: IEditorGroup, editor: IEditorInput, options?: IEditorOptions): Promise<IEditor | null> => {
+			delegatingEditorService.setEditorOpenHandler(async (delegate, group, editor, options): Promise<IEditor | null> => {
 				let openEditorsView = this.getOpenEditorsView();
 				if (openEditorsView) {
 					let delay = 0;
@@ -205,7 +203,7 @@ export class ExplorerViewlet extends ViewContainerViewlet {
 
 				let openedEditor: IEditor | undefined;
 				try {
-					openedEditor = await this.editorService.openEditor(editor, options, group);
+					openedEditor = await delegate(group, editor, options);
 				} catch (error) {
 					// ignore
 				} finally {

src/vs/workbench/contrib/files/browser/views/openEditorsView.ts

@@ -357,11 +357,7 @@ export class OpenEditorsView extends ViewletPanel {
 			if (!preserveActivateGroup) {
 				this.editorGroupService.activateGroup(element.group); // needed for https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues/6672
 			}
-			this.editorService.openEditor(element.editor, options, options.sideBySide ? SIDE_GROUP : element.group).then(editor => {
-				if (editor && !preserveActivateGroup && editor.group) {
-					this.editorGroupService.activateGroup(editor.group);
-				}
-			});
+			this.editorService.openEditor(element.editor, options, options.sideBySide ? SIDE_GROUP : element.group);
 		}
 	}
 

src/vs/workbench/contrib/search/browser/searchView.ts

@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ import { IReplaceService } from 'vs/workbench/contrib/search/common/replace';
 import { getOutOfWorkspaceEditorResources } from 'vs/workbench/contrib/search/common/search';
 import { FileMatch, FileMatchOrMatch, FolderMatch, IChangeEvent, ISearchWorkbenchService, Match, RenderableMatch, searchMatchComparer, SearchModel, SearchResult, BaseFolderMatch } from 'vs/workbench/contrib/search/common/searchModel';
 import { ACTIVE_GROUP, IEditorService, SIDE_GROUP } from 'vs/workbench/services/editor/common/editorService';
-import { IEditorGroupsService } from 'vs/workbench/services/editor/common/editorGroupsService';
 import { IPreferencesService, ISettingsEditorOptions } from 'vs/workbench/services/preferences/common/preferences';
 import { IUntitledEditorService } from 'vs/workbench/services/untitled/common/untitledEditorService';
 import { relativePath } from 'vs/base/common/resources';
@@ -148,7 +147,6 @@ export class SearchView extends ViewletPanel {
 		@IPreferencesService private readonly preferencesService: IPreferencesService,
 		@IThemeService protected themeService: IThemeService,
 		@ISearchHistoryService private readonly searchHistoryService: ISearchHistoryService,
-		@IEditorGroupsService private readonly editorGroupsService: IEditorGroupsService,
 		@IContextMenuService contextMenuService: IContextMenuService,
 		@IMenuService private readonly menuService: IMenuService,
 		@IAccessibilityService private readonly accessibilityService: IAccessibilityService,
@@ -1570,10 +1568,6 @@ export class SearchView extends ViewletPanel {
 			} else {
 				this.viewModel.searchResult.rangeHighlightDecorations.removeHighlightRange();
 			}
-
-			if (editor) {
-				this.editorGroupsService.activateGroup(editor.group!);
-			}
 		}, errors.onUnexpectedError);
 	}
 

src/vs/workbench/services/editor/browser/editorService.ts

@@ -222,28 +222,59 @@ export class EditorService extends Disposable implements EditorServiceImpl {
 	openEditor(editor: IResourceDiffInput, group?: OpenInEditorGroup): Promise<ITextDiffEditor | undefined>;
 	openEditor(editor: IResourceSideBySideInput, group?: OpenInEditorGroup): Promise<ITextSideBySideEditor | undefined>;
 	async openEditor(editor: IEditorInput | IResourceEditor, optionsOrGroup?: IEditorOptions | ITextEditorOptions | OpenInEditorGroup, group?: OpenInEditorGroup): Promise<IEditor | undefined> {
+		let resolvedGroup: IEditorGroup | undefined;
+		let candidateGroup: OpenInEditorGroup | undefined;
+
+		let typedEditor: IEditorInput | undefined;
+		let typedOptions: IEditorOptions | undefined;
 
 		// Typed Editor Support
 		if (editor instanceof EditorInput) {
-			const editorOptions = this.toOptions(optionsOrGroup as IEditorOptions);
-			const targetGroup = this.findTargetGroup(editor, editorOptions, group);
+			typedEditor = editor;
+			typedOptions = this.toOptions(optionsOrGroup as IEditorOptions);
 
-			return this.doOpenEditor(targetGroup, editor, editorOptions);
+			candidateGroup = group;
+			resolvedGroup = this.findTargetGroup(typedEditor, typedOptions, candidateGroup);
 		}
 
 		// Untyped Text Editor Support
-		const textInput = <IResourceEditor>editor;
-		const typedInput = this.createInput(textInput);
-		if (typedInput) {
-			const editorOptions = TextEditorOptions.from(textInput);
-			const targetGroup = this.findTargetGroup(typedInput, editorOptions, optionsOrGroup as IEditorGroup | GroupIdentifier);
+		else {
+			const textInput = <IResourceEditor>editor;
+			typedEditor = this.createInput(textInput);
+			if (typedEditor) {
+				typedOptions = TextEditorOptions.from(textInput);
 
-			return this.doOpenEditor(targetGroup, typedInput, editorOptions);
+				candidateGroup = optionsOrGroup as OpenInEditorGroup;
+				resolvedGroup = this.findTargetGroup(typedEditor, typedOptions, candidateGroup);
+			}
+		}
+
+		if (typedEditor && resolvedGroup) {
+			const control = await this.doOpenEditor(resolvedGroup, typedEditor, typedOptions);
+
+			this.ensureGroupActive(resolvedGroup, candidateGroup);
+
+			return control;
 		}
 
 		return undefined;
 	}
 
+	private ensureGroupActive(resolvedGroup: IEditorGroup, candidateGroup?: OpenInEditorGroup): void {
+
+		// Ensure we activate the group the editor opens in unless already active. Typically
+		// an editor always opens in the active group, but there are some cases where the
+		// target group is not the active one. If `preserveFocus: true` we do not activate
+		// the target group and as such have to do this manually.
+		// There is one exception: opening to the side with `preserveFocus: true` will keep
+		// the current behaviour for historic reasons. The scenario is that repeated Alt-clicking
+		// of files in the explorer always open into the same side group and not cause a group
+		// to be created each time.
+		if (this.editorGroupService.activeGroup !== resolvedGroup && candidateGroup !== SIDE_GROUP) {
+			this.editorGroupService.activateGroup(resolvedGroup);
+		}
+	}
+
 	protected async doOpenEditor(group: IEditorGroup, editor: IEditorInput, options?: IEditorOptions): Promise<IEditor | undefined> {
 		return withNullAsUndefined(await group.openEditor(editor, options));
 	}
@@ -377,14 +408,23 @@ export class EditorService extends Disposable implements EditorServiceImpl {
 			});
 		}
 
-		// Open in targets
+		// Open in target groups
 		const result: Promise<IEditor | null>[] = [];
+		let firstGroup: IEditorGroup | undefined;
 		mapGroupToEditors.forEach((editorsWithOptions, group) => {
+			if (!firstGroup) {
+				firstGroup = group;
+			}
+
 			result.push(group.openEditors(editorsWithOptions));
 		});
 
 		const openedEditors = await Promise.all(result);
 
+		if (firstGroup) {
+			this.ensureGroupActive(firstGroup, group);
+		}
+
 		return coalesce(openedEditors);
 	}
 
@@ -625,7 +665,12 @@ export class EditorService extends Disposable implements EditorServiceImpl {
 }
 
 export interface IEditorOpenHandler {
-	(group: IEditorGroup, editor: IEditorInput, options?: IEditorOptions | ITextEditorOptions): Promise<IEditor | null>;
+	(
+		delegate: (group: IEditorGroup, editor: IEditorInput, options?: IEditorOptions) => Promise<IEditor | undefined>,
+		group: IEditorGroup,
+		editor: IEditorInput,
+		options?: IEditorOptions | ITextEditorOptions
+	): Promise<IEditor | null>;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -662,7 +707,13 @@ export class DelegatingEditorService extends EditorService {
 			return super.doOpenEditor(group, editor, options);
 		}
 
-		const control = await this.editorOpenHandler(group, editor, options);
+		const control = await this.editorOpenHandler(
+			(group: IEditorGroup, editor: IEditorInput, options?: IEditorOptions) => super.doOpenEditor(group, editor, options),
+			group,
+			editor,
+			options
+		);
+
 		if (control) {
 			return control; // the opening was handled, so return early
 		}

src/vs/workbench/services/editor/test/browser/editorService.test.ts

@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ suite('EditorService', () => {
 
 		const inp = instantiationService.createInstance(ResourceEditorInput, 'name', 'description', URI.parse('my://resource-delegate'), undefined);
 		const delegate = instantiationService.createInstance(DelegatingEditorService);
-		delegate.setEditorOpenHandler((group: IEditorGroup, input: IEditorInput, options?: EditorOptions) => {
+		delegate.setEditorOpenHandler((delegate, group: IEditorGroup, input: IEditorInput, options?: EditorOptions) => {
 			assert.strictEqual(input, inp);
 
 			done();