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Focus on already opened editor instead of default editor provided by extension

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#183,441 opened on May 25, 2023

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Description

Sometimes I open a file with the text editor instead of a customEditor. In this case, when this editor is still open and that I click in Explorer view on the file, I would like to have the focus on the text editor as there is already an opened editor for it.

Currently it is opening another editor for the same file:

openingWithAnotherEditorThanTheAlreadyOpenedOne

I'm wondering if it would make sense to even remember the last type of editor used for each file so that it will reopen will last editor used even if editor is still opened or not.

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Research direction
Investigate the editor group service and file opening logic in VS Code to understand how editors are opened for files and how to check if an editor is already open for a file. Look at the 'openTextDocument' and 'showTextDocument' functions, and the handling of custom editors vs text editors.
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typescript
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frontenddeveloper experience
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Feature
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3
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TypeScriptVS Code Extension API
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