From 320602f7b6d39be529d2e715cb03569a8a7468d0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rob Lourens <roblourens@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2020 09:48:09 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Fix #109860

---
 .../contrib/preferences/browser/settingsEditor2.ts        | 8 +++++---
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/preferences/browser/settingsEditor2.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/preferences/browser/settingsEditor2.ts
index 44e4f80540656..186a54626866e 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/preferences/browser/settingsEditor2.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/preferences/browser/settingsEditor2.ts
@@ -1302,9 +1302,11 @@ export class SettingsEditor2 extends EditorPane {
 				this.tocTreeModel.update();
 			}
 
-			this.tocTree.setFocus([]);
-			this.viewState.filterToCategory = undefined;
-			this.tocTree.expandAll();
+			if (type === SearchResultIdx.Local) {
+				this.tocTree.setFocus([]);
+				this.viewState.filterToCategory = undefined;
+				this.tocTree.expandAll();
+			}
 
 			this.refreshTOCTree();
 			this.renderTree(undefined, true);