Merge pull request #3088 from github/koesie10/locations-preserve-focus

Preserve focus on results viewer when showing location

Author: koesie10

extensions/ql-vscode/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 - Add a prompt to the "Quick query" command to encourage users in single-folder workspaces to use "Create query" instead. [#3082](https://github.com/github/vscode-codeql/pull/3082)
 - Remove support for CodeQL CLI versions older than 2.11.6. [#3087](https://github.com/github/vscode-codeql/pull/3087)
+- Preserve focus on results viewer when showing a location in a file. [#3088](https://github.com/github/vscode-codeql/pull/3088)
 
 ## 1.10.0 - 16 November 2023
 

extensions/ql-vscode/src/databases/local-databases/locations.ts

@@ -128,6 +128,8 @@ export async function showLocation(location?: Location) {
           // avoid preview mode so editor is sticky and will be added to navigation and search histories.
           preview: false,
           viewColumn: ViewColumn.One,
+          // Keep the focus on the results view so that the user can easily navigate to the next result.
+          preserveFocus: true,
         });
 
   const range = location.range;