executeCommand action.find prerequisites

[kaisalmen]

What are the prerequisites for the following command to work (show the find widget)?

await vscode.commands.executeCommand('actions.find');

It works without any problem in your demo, but not in a monaco-langaugeclient example. Am I missing a service dependency (view or editor service don't seem to make a difference)?

Interestingly when I open the search widget with CTRL-F and invoke the close command with a timeout it closes the widget: If I invoke the actions.find command again it works. What am I missing? Does the DOM element require some sort of focus? Any idea is welcome. Thank you

Re-production:

    let feedback = await vscode.commands.executeCommand('actions.find');
    console.log(feedback);

    setTimeout(async () => {
        console.log('Trying to close find widget');
        feedback = await vscode.commands.executeCommand('closeFindWidget');
        console.log(feedback);

        setTimeout(async () => {
            console.log('Opening widget again');
            feedback = await vscode.commands.executeCommand('actions.find');
            console.log(feedback);
        }, 1000);
    }, 5000);

[kaisalmen]

I basically had the answer when I was finished writing. I need to call .focus() on the editor before invoking the command.