elementary / elementary/files

When i open a new tab in one window, another window reloads

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Description

### What Happened?

https://youtu.be/veGiWXvZe5o?t=41 (see second window on the right)

this is an annoying UX issue. when i want to copy a file to my NAS and open 2 windows and have scrolled to the file i want to move and the window is reset, so i have to scroll down and find the file again...

### Steps to Reproduce

1. open 2 windows
2. scroll down in the first
3. open a new tab in the second
4. the view in the first resets

### Expected Behavior

actions in one window should not change settings in another

### OS Version

Other Linux

### Software Version

Latest release (I have run all updates)

### Log Output

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### Hardware Info

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