Toggling between Visual and Source mode with side-by-side editors switches both

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Issue type
Bug
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Needs clarification
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Tech stack
typescript
Domain
frontend

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Reproduce the issue in Positron with two Quarto documents open side by side, then trace the Visual/Source mode toggle handling from the active editor. Verify that toggling one document changes only that document and does not affect the other.

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bug visual-editor
Bug description

In Positron and Quarto ext v1.126.0

Positron Version: 2025.11.0 build 96
Code - OSS Version: 1.105.0
Commit: be70f215d8c3fe85d357a277f0966f85de39a237
Date: 2025-10-21T19:01:40.449Z
Electron: 37.6.0
Chromium: 138.0.7204.251
Node.js: 22.19.0
V8: 13.8.258.32-electron.0
OS: Darwin arm64 25.0.0

Switching between Visual and Source mode with two documents side by side switches both the toggle in both files but often affects the wrong file.

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/9d28eaa4-1ba1-4ba9-994e-da8a281ccd57

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