From f803c242a9993a1ba768496717637952a24163c5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: mwganson <mwganson@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2021 18:05:49 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] [StdCmdSendToPythonConsole] make python console visible if
 not already visible and set keyboard focus to it when invoking the send to
 python console command

---
 src/Gui/CommandFeat.cpp | 25 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/Gui/CommandFeat.cpp b/src/Gui/CommandFeat.cpp
index 6cd4089f1b..a6729776d0 100644
--- a/src/Gui/CommandFeat.cpp
+++ b/src/Gui/CommandFeat.cpp
@@ -22,12 +22,17 @@
 
 
 #include "PreCompiled.h"
+#ifndef _PreComp_
+# include <QAction>
+# include <QDockWidget>
+#endif
 
 #include <App/DocumentObject.h>
-
 #include "Application.h"
 #include "CommandT.h"
+#include "DockWindowManager.h"
 #include "Document.h"
+#include "PythonConsole.h"
 #include "Selection.h"
 #include "ViewProvider.h"
 #include "ViewProviderDocumentObject.h"
@@ -161,6 +166,24 @@ void StdCmdSendToPythonConsole::activated(int iMsg)
                 Gui::Command::runCommand(Gui::Command::Gui,cmd.toLatin1());
             }
         }
+        //show the python console if it's not already visible, and set the keyboard focus to it
+        QWidget* pc = DockWindowManager::instance()->getDockWindow("Python console");
+        PythonConsole *pcPython = qobject_cast<PythonConsole*>(pc);
+        if (pcPython){
+            QDockWidget* dw = nullptr;
+            QWidget* par = pcPython->parentWidget();
+            while (par){
+                dw = qobject_cast<QDockWidget*>(par);
+                if (dw){
+                    break;
+                }
+                par = par->parentWidget();
+            }
+            if (dw && !dw->toggleViewAction()->isChecked()){
+                dw->toggleViewAction()->activate(QAction::Trigger);
+            }
+            pcPython->setFocus();
+        }
     }
     catch (const Base::Exception& e) {
         e.ReportException();