Microsoft/vscode

Markdown preview switches to latest open markdown document

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#146,334 opened on Mar 30, 2022

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Description

Steps to Reproduce:

  1. Open a markdown preview
  2. Close the associated markdown file
  3. Scroll around
  4. Open the same markdown file again
  5. 🐛 Scroll position is reset.
  6. Close the markdown file
  7. Open a different markdown file
  8. 🐛 Preview changes to the new markdown file.

Maybe it's because I use the markdown previews as markdown readers but I don't expect their state to be tied to the currently open markdown file, especially because I can close the markdown file and keep viewing without issue

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Research direction
Investigate the markdown preview state management in VSCode. Look at how the preview is tied to the active editor and find the logic that updates the preview when the active file changes.
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