Fix active notebook editor staying active as long as the editor is active #14419
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What it does
This fixes the activeTextEditor should stay as the active cell as long as the associated notebook editor is also active.
This is important for extensions with a chat window that want to access the current selected code while the chat input is active
How to test
You can find a test extension including vsix here
You can use the
Notebook-Test: get current selection
to print out the current notebook selection or use the output channel to see the change events.Even when for example selecting the workspace search or debug side panels, the selection inside the cell should still be available in the extension.
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