Fix #59926

src/vs/workbench/browser/parts/views/views.ts

@@ -546,7 +546,7 @@ export class ViewsService extends Disposable implements IViewsService {
 		if (viewDescriptor) {
 			const viewletDescriptor = this.viewletService.getViewlet(viewDescriptor.container.id);
 			if (viewletDescriptor) {
-				return this.viewletService.openViewlet(viewletDescriptor.id)
+				return this.viewletService.openViewlet(viewletDescriptor.id, focus)
 					.then((viewlet: IViewsViewlet) => {
 						if (viewlet && viewlet.openView) {
 							return viewlet.openView(id, focus);

src/vs/workbench/parts/scm/electron-browser/scmViewlet.ts

@@ -1487,7 +1487,9 @@ export class SCMViewlet extends PanelViewlet implements IViewModel, IViewsViewle
 		}
 		panel = this.panels.filter(panel => panel instanceof ViewletPanel && panel.id === id)[0];
 		panel.setExpanded(true);
+		if (focus) {
 			panel.focus();
+		}
 		return TPromise.as(panel);
 	}