robotframework · HelioGuilherme66 · Jul 22, 2026 · Jul 20, 2026 · Jul 22, 2026 · Jul 22, 2026
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.adoc b/CHANGELOG.adoc
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ and this project adheres to http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html[Semantic Versioni
 == https://github.com/robotframework/RIDE[Unreleased]
 
 === Fixed
+- Fix selection of items (variables, test names, keywords) from Project Explorer and highlight at Text Editor.
 - Fixed Tab spacing in Text Editor. When pressing tab the expected spaces were not written, causing failing steps.
 
 == https://github.com/robotframework/RIDE/blob/master/doc/releasenotes/ride-2.2.4.rst[2.2.4] - 2026-07-09

diff --git a/README.adoc b/README.adoc
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ Likewise, the current version of wxPython, is 4.2.5, but RIDE is known to work w
 
 `pip install -U robotframework-ride`
 
-(3.9 &lt;= python &lt;= 3.14) Install current development version (**2.2.5dev2**) with:
+(3.9 &lt;= python &lt;= 3.14) Install current development version (**2.2.5dev3**) with:
 
 `pip install -U https://github.com/robotframework/RIDE/archive/develop.zip`
 

diff --git a/src/robotide/application/CHANGELOG.html b/src/robotide/application/CHANGELOG.html
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><title>Changelog</title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="docbook-xsl.css" /><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets Vsnapshot" /></head><body><div xml:lang="en" class="article" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title"><a id="id1337">_</a>Changelog</h2></div></div><hr /></div><p>All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.</p><p>The format is based on <a class="ulink" href="http://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/" target="_top">Keep a Changelog</a>
 and this project adheres to <a class="ulink" href="http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html" target="_top">Semantic Versioning</a>.</p><div class="section"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="_ulink_url_https_github_com_robotframework_ride_unreleased_ulink">_</a>1. <a class="ulink" href="https://github.com/robotframework/RIDE" target="_top">Unreleased</a></h2></div></div></div><div class="section"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="_fixed">_</a>1.1. Fixed</h3></div></div></div><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; "><li class="listitem">
+Fix selection of items (variables, test names, keywords) from Project Explorer and highlight at Text Editor.
+</li><li class="listitem">
 Fixed Tab spacing in Text Editor. When pressing tab the expected spaces were not written, causing failing steps.
 </li></ul></div></div></div><div class="section"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="_ulink_url_https_github_com_robotframework_ride_blob_master_doc_releasenotes_ride_2_2_4_rst_2_2_4_ulink_2026_07_09">_</a>2. <a class="ulink" href="https://github.com/robotframework/RIDE/blob/master/doc/releasenotes/ride-2.2.4.rst" target="_top">2.2.4</a> - 2026-07-09</h2></div></div></div><div class="section"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="_fixed_2">_</a>2.1. Fixed</h3></div></div></div><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; "><li class="listitem">
 Fixed <span class="emphasis"><em>background assign</em></span> setting in Grid Editor preferences.

diff --git a/src/robotide/application/releasenotes.py b/src/robotide/application/releasenotes.py
@@ -179,6 +179,7 @@ def set_content(self, html_win, content):
 </ul>
 <p><strong>New Features and Fixes Highlights</strong></p>
 <ul class="simple">
+<li>Fix selection of items (variables, test names, keywords) from Project Explorer and highlight at Text Editor.</li>
 <li>Fixed Tab spacing in Text Editor. When pressing tab the expected spaces were not written, causing failing steps.</li>
 <li>Changed Auto-Save to only save when user is not typing, and if code is in error show message in status bar.</li>
 <li>Applied STC_LEX colorization on Code Editor (external files editor).</li>
@@ -236,7 +237,7 @@ def set_content(self, html_win, content):
 <pre class="literal-block">python -m robotide.postinstall -install</pre>
 <p>or</p>
 <pre class="literal-block">ride_postinstall.py -install</pre>
-<p>RIDE {VERSION} was released on 16/July/2026.</p>
+<p>RIDE {VERSION} was released on 22/July/2026.</p>
 <br/>
 <!-- 
 <h3>Celebrate the bank holiday, 1st December, Restoration of the Independence of Portugal (from Spain in 1640)!!</h3>

diff --git a/src/robotide/editor/texteditor.py b/src/robotide/editor/texteditor.py
@@ -560,29 +560,28 @@ def on_tree_selection(self, message):
         # print(f"DEBUG: texteditor.py TextEditorPlugin on_tree_selection ENTER {message=} type={type(message.item)}")
         self._editor.store_position()
         # self.jump = True
-        if self.is_focused():
-            next_datafile_controller = message.item and message.item.datafile_controller
-            if self._editor.datafile_controller == message.item.datafile_controller == next_datafile_controller:
-                # print(f"DEBUG: OnTreeSelection Same FILE item type={type(message.item)}\n"
-                #      f"value of {self._save_flag=}")
-                self._editor.locate_tree_item(message.item)
-                self.jump = True
-                return
-            if self._editor.dirty and not self._apply_txt_changes_to_model(auto=False):
-                if self._editor.datafile_controller != next_datafile_controller:
-                    self.tree.select_controller_node(self._editor.datafile_controller)
-                self._editor.set_editor_caret_position()
-                return
-            if next_datafile_controller:
-                self.jump = True
-                self._open_data_for_controller(next_datafile_controller)
-                # print(f"DEBUG: OnTreeSelection OTHER FILE item type={type(message.item)}\n"
-                #       f"value of {self._save_flag=}")
-                wx.CallAfter(self._editor.locate_tree_item, message.item)
-            self._set_read_only(message)
+        next_datafile_controller = message.item and message.item.datafile_controller
+        if self._editor.datafile_controller == message.item.datafile_controller == next_datafile_controller:
+            # print(f"DEBUG: OnTreeSelection Same FILE item type={type(message.item)}\n"
+            #       f"value of {self._save_flag=}")
+            position = self._editor.locate_tree_item(message.item)
+            self._editor.store_position()
+            wx.CallAfter(self._editor.source_editor.SetSelection, position[0], position[1])
+            self.jump = True
+            return
+        if self._editor.dirty and not self._apply_txt_changes_to_model(auto=False):
+            if self._editor.datafile_controller != next_datafile_controller:
+                self.tree.select_controller_node(self._editor.datafile_controller)
             self._editor.set_editor_caret_position()
-        else:
-            self._editor.GetFocus(None)
+            return
+        if next_datafile_controller:
+            self.jump = True
+            self._open_data_for_controller(next_datafile_controller)
+            # print(f"DEBUG: OnTreeSelection OTHER FILE item type={type(message.item)}\n"
+            #       f"value of {self._save_flag=}")
+            wx.CallAfter(self._editor.locate_tree_item, message.item)
+        self._set_read_only(message)
+        self._editor.set_editor_caret_position()
 
     def _set_read_only(self, message):
         if not isinstance(message, bool):
@@ -1293,7 +1292,7 @@ def locate_tree_item(self, item):
         name_to_locate = r'^'+item.name+r'.*$'
         position = self.source_editor.FindText(section_start, search_end, name_to_locate, STC_FIND_REGEXP)
         # print(f"DEBUG: TextEditor locate_tree_item name_to_locate={name_to_locate} position={position}\n"
-        #       f"curpos={self._position} {self.is_saving=}")
+        #       f"curpos={self._position}")
         if position[0] != -1:
             # DEBUG: Make colours configurable?
             self.source_editor.SetSelBackground(True, Colour('orange'))
@@ -1304,6 +1303,7 @@ def locate_tree_item(self, item):
             self.source_editor.SetCurrentPos(position[1])
             self.source_editor.SetAnchor(position[0])
             self.source_editor.SetSelection(position[0], position[1])
+            self.source_editor.SetCurrentPos(position[1])
             self.source_editor.SetFocusFromKbd()
             self.source_editor_parent.SetFocus()
             self.source_editor.Update()
@@ -1313,10 +1313,13 @@ def locate_tree_item(self, item):
             self.source_editor.LineScrollUp()
             self.source_editor.SetCurrentPos(1)
             self.source_editor.SetAnchor(0)
-            self.source_editor.SetSelection(0, self.source_editor.GetLineEndPosition(0))
+            position = (0, self.source_editor.GetLineEndPosition(0))
+            self.source_editor.SetSelection(position[0], position[1])
+            self.source_editor.SetCurrentPos(position[1])
             self.source_editor.SetFocusFromKbd()
             self.source_editor_parent.SetFocus()
             self.source_editor.Update()
+        return position[0], position[1]
 
     def words_cache(self, doc_size: int):
         if doc_size != self.doc_size:  # DEBUG The initial idea was to not update words list if no changes in doc
@@ -2923,7 +2926,8 @@ def on_update_ui(self, evt):
             self.BraceBadLight(brace_at_caret)
         else:
             self.BraceHighlight(brace_at_caret, brace_opposite)
-        self.stylizer.stylize()
+        if self.GetLength() > 1:   # Was calling stylize before loading document
+            self.stylizer.stylize()
 
     def _show_keyword_details(self, value, coords=None):
         """
@@ -2984,7 +2988,7 @@ def SetUpEditor(self, tab_size=4, tab_markers=True, m_bg='', m_fg='', caret_fg:
         self.SetIndentationGuides(tab_markers)   # Show indent guides
         self.SetBackSpaceUnIndents(True)  # Backspace unindents rather than delete 1 space
         # self.SetTabIndents(True)          # Tab key indents
-        # self.SetTabWidth(tab_size)               # Proscribed tab size for wx
+        self.SetTabWidth(tab_size)               # Proscribed tab size for wx
         self.SetUseTabs(False)            # Use spaces rather than tabs, or TabTimmy will complain!
         # White space
         self.SetViewWhiteSpace(self.visible_spaces)   # View white space

diff --git a/src/robotide/lib/compat/pygments/robotframework.py b/src/robotide/lib/compat/pygments/robotframework.py
@@ -315,9 +315,10 @@ def __init__(self, template_setter=None, new_lang=None):
                     pass
             else:
                 self.new_lang = new_lang
-        if self.new_lang is None:
+        if self.new_lang is None or isinstance(self.new_lang, list) :
             self.new_lang = Language.from_name('En')
-        # print(f"DEBUG: robotframework.py Setting self.new_lang={self.new_lang}\n")
+        # print(f"DEBUG: robotframework.py Setting self.new_lang={self.new_lang}\n"
+        #       f"type of self.new_lang={type(self.new_lang)} ")
         self.normalized_settings = normalize_dict(self.new_lang.settings)
         self._keyword_settings = (get_key_by_value(self.normalized_settings,'suitesetup'),
                                   get_key_by_value(self.normalized_settings, 'suiteprecondition'),

diff --git a/src/robotide/version.py b/src/robotide/version.py
@@ -15,4 +15,4 @@
 #
 # Automatically generated by `tasks.py`.
 
-VERSION = 'v2.2.5dev2'
+VERSION = 'v2.2.5dev3'