From 4b8f34ef7e433e849fc71fa4857cdac8a8314d79 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kyle Cutler <67761731+kycutler@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2026 07:08:01 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Preserve focus when opening browser with non-agentic tool
 (#312344)

---
 .../electron-browser/tools/openBrowserToolNonAgentic.ts         | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/browserView/electron-browser/tools/openBrowserToolNonAgentic.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/browserView/electron-browser/tools/openBrowserToolNonAgentic.ts
index 149fdd44c79..c280c295548 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/browserView/electron-browser/tools/openBrowserToolNonAgentic.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/browserView/electron-browser/tools/openBrowserToolNonAgentic.ts
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ export class OpenBrowserToolNonAgentic implements IToolImpl {
 		logBrowserOpen(this.telemetryService, 'chatTool');
 
 		const browserUri = BrowserViewUri.forId(generateUuid());
-		await this.editorService.openEditor({ resource: browserUri, options: { pinned: true, viewState: { url: params.url } } });
+		await this.editorService.openEditor({ resource: browserUri, options: { pinned: true, preserveFocus: true, viewState: { url: params.url } } });
 
 		return {
 			content: [{