[Problem] FreeCAD doesn't remember which workbench was being used last when loading a document

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Version

0.21 (Development)

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OS: Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS (pop:GNOME/pop)
Word size of FreeCAD: 64-bit
Version: 0.21.0.31731 (Git)
Build type: Unknown
Branch: master
Hash: c5c3077f8fe99efafc6112b3c5d27bc3e08813f0
Python 3.10.6, Qt 5.15.3, Coin 4.0.0, Vtk 7.1.1, OCC 7.5.1
Locale: English/United States (en_US)
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Issue description

The issue affects workflow across all workbenches.

The current system automatically loads and activates a single workbench on startup. The default workbench is 'start' but the user can select a different workbench. This behavior is somewhat limiting because during the normal lifecycle of a project a user my spend significant time in different workbenches and restart FreeCAD many times. Moreover, the user may be working on many documents that are in different stages of their lifecycle.

Thus the user may be working on project Nº1 and spending significant time in Part Design. Then load document Nº2 in which he is creating a Path Job. The result is that the user almost always has to switch workbenches when switching documents. A single default isn't sufficient.

What's needed is for the system to remember which workbench was active for any given document and reload that workbench when the document is loaded.

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