diff --git a/src/lib/component/controller/CodeController.cpp b/src/lib/component/controller/CodeController.cpp
index 31e0055b..c928a826 100644
--- a/src/lib/component/controller/CodeController.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/component/controller/CodeController.cpp
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ void CodeController::handleMessage(MessageActivateTokens* message)
 
 	if (message->keepContent())
 	{
+		view->showActiveTokenIds();
 		return;
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/lib/component/view/CodeView.h b/src/lib/component/view/CodeView.h
index 721037c3..55fed815 100644
--- a/src/lib/component/view/CodeView.h
+++ b/src/lib/component/view/CodeView.h
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ public:
 	virtual void showCodeFile(const CodeSnippetParams& params) = 0;
 
 	virtual void showFirstActiveSnippet() = 0;
+	virtual void showActiveTokenIds() = 0;
 
 	virtual void focusTokenIds(const std::vector<Id>& focusedTokenIds) = 0;
 	virtual void defocusTokenIds() = 0;
diff --git a/src/lib_gui/qt/element/QtCodeFileList.cpp b/src/lib_gui/qt/element/QtCodeFileList.cpp
index c71a7900..9643fa71 100644
--- a/src/lib_gui/qt/element/QtCodeFileList.cpp
+++ b/src/lib_gui/qt/element/QtCodeFileList.cpp
@@ -107,6 +107,11 @@ void QtCodeFileList::setErrorMessages(const std::vector<std::string>& errorMessa
 	m_errorMessages = errorMessages;
 }
 
+void QtCodeFileList::showActiveTokenIds()
+{
+	updateFiles();
+}
+
 bool QtCodeFileList::scrollToFirstActiveSnippet()
 {
 	updateFiles();
diff --git a/src/lib_gui/qt/element/QtCodeFileList.h b/src/lib_gui/qt/element/QtCodeFileList.h
index 6b035860..0783c655 100644
--- a/src/lib_gui/qt/element/QtCodeFileList.h
+++ b/src/lib_gui/qt/element/QtCodeFileList.h
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ public:
 	const std::vector<std::string>& getErrorMessages() const;
 	void setErrorMessages(const std::vector<std::string>& errorMessages);
 
+	void showActiveTokenIds();
+
 	bool scrollToFirstActiveSnippet();
 	void expandActiveSnippetFile();
 
diff --git a/src/lib_gui/qt/view/QtCodeView.cpp b/src/lib_gui/qt/view/QtCodeView.cpp
index 47b671e5..c1ed3995 100644
--- a/src/lib_gui/qt/view/QtCodeView.cpp
+++ b/src/lib_gui/qt/view/QtCodeView.cpp
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ QtCodeView::QtCodeView(ViewLayout* viewLayout)
 	, m_addCodeSnippetsFunctor(std::bind(&QtCodeView::doAddCodeSnippets, this, std::placeholders::_1, std::placeholders::_2))
 	, m_showCodeFileFunctor(std::bind(&QtCodeView::doShowCodeFile, this, std::placeholders::_1))
 	, m_doShowFirstActiveSnippetFunctor(std::bind(&QtCodeView::doShowFirstActiveSnippet, this))
+	, m_doShowActiveTokenIdsFunctor(std::bind(&QtCodeView::doShowActiveTokenIds, this))
 	, m_focusTokenIdsFunctor(std::bind(&QtCodeView::doFocusTokenIds, this, std::placeholders::_1))
 	, m_defocusTokenIdsFunctor(std::bind(&QtCodeView::doDefocusTokenIds, this))
 	, m_isExpanding(false)
@@ -71,6 +72,11 @@ void QtCodeView::showFirstActiveSnippet()
 	m_doShowFirstActiveSnippetFunctor();
 }
 
+void QtCodeView::showActiveTokenIds()
+{
+	m_doShowActiveTokenIdsFunctor();
+}
+
 void QtCodeView::focusTokenIds(const std::vector<Id>& focusedTokenIds)
 {
 	m_focusTokenIdsFunctor(focusedTokenIds);
@@ -159,6 +165,12 @@ void QtCodeView::doShowFirstActiveSnippet()
 	}
 }
 
+void QtCodeView::doShowActiveTokenIds()
+{
+	m_widget->setActiveTokenIds(m_activeTokenIds);
+	m_widget->showActiveTokenIds();
+}
+
 void QtCodeView::doFocusTokenIds(const std::vector<Id>& focusedTokenIds)
 {
 	m_widget->focusTokenIds(focusedTokenIds);
diff --git a/src/lib_gui/qt/view/QtCodeView.h b/src/lib_gui/qt/view/QtCodeView.h
index 2fe022f7..22ee5193 100644
--- a/src/lib_gui/qt/view/QtCodeView.h
+++ b/src/lib_gui/qt/view/QtCodeView.h
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ public:
 	virtual void showCodeFile(const CodeSnippetParams& params);
 
 	virtual void showFirstActiveSnippet();
+	virtual void showActiveTokenIds();
 
 	virtual void focusTokenIds(const std::vector<Id>& focusedTokenIds);
 	virtual void defocusTokenIds();
@@ -46,6 +47,7 @@ private:
 	void doShowCodeFile(const CodeSnippetParams& params);
 
 	void doShowFirstActiveSnippet();
+	void doShowActiveTokenIds();
 
 	void doFocusTokenIds(const std::vector<Id>& focusedTokenIds);
 	void doDefocusTokenIds();
@@ -57,6 +59,7 @@ private:
 	QtThreadedFunctor<const std::vector<CodeSnippetParams>&, bool> m_addCodeSnippetsFunctor;
 	QtThreadedFunctor<const CodeSnippetParams&> m_showCodeFileFunctor;
 	QtThreadedFunctor<> m_doShowFirstActiveSnippetFunctor;
+	QtThreadedFunctor<> m_doShowActiveTokenIdsFunctor;
 	QtThreadedFunctor<const std::vector<Id>&> m_focusTokenIdsFunctor;
 	QtThreadedFunctor<> m_defocusTokenIdsFunctor;