fix selection

Author: jogibear9988

src/vs/workbench/contrib/customEditor/browser/customEditorOutline.ts

@@ -291,6 +291,7 @@ class CustomEditorExtensionOutline implements IOutline<CustomEditorOutlineEntry>
 			getActionsContext: (entry: CustomEditorOutlineEntry) => {
 				return { id: entry.id };
 			},
+			alwaysRevealActiveElement: true,
 		};
 
 		// Listen for outline data changes from the extension provider

src/vs/workbench/contrib/outline/browser/outlinePane.ts

@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ export class OutlinePane extends ViewPane implements IOutlinePane {
 		}));
 		// feature: reveal editor selection in outline
 		const revealActiveElement = () => {
-			if (!this._outlineViewState.followCursor || !newOutline.activeElement) {
+			if (!(this._outlineViewState.followCursor || newOutline.config.alwaysRevealActiveElement) || !newOutline.activeElement) {
 				return;
 			}
 			let item = newOutline.activeElement;

src/vs/workbench/services/outline/browser/outline.ts

@@ -76,6 +76,13 @@ export interface IOutlineListConfig<E> {
 	readonly contextMenuId?: MenuId;
 	readonly getContextKeyOverlay?: (element: E) => [string, ContextKeyValue][];
 	readonly getActionsContext?: (element: E) => unknown;
+	/**
+	 * When true, the outline pane always reveals the active element regardless
+	 * of the "follow cursor" setting.  Useful for custom editors where the
+	 * extension explicitly sets the active item rather than deriving it from
+	 * cursor position.
+	 */
+	readonly alwaysRevealActiveElement?: boolean;
 }
 
 export interface OutlineChangeEvent {