From ef71c1850bb9d8bf63caf484f42bf02f31cacdb4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eric Amodio <eamodio@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2021 00:27:37 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Fixes finding view nodes if view isn't loaded yet

---
 src/views/viewBase.ts | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++------------------
 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/views/viewBase.ts b/src/views/viewBase.ts
index 8cc5ef4..05408ac 100644
--- a/src/views/viewBase.ts
+++ b/src/views/viewBase.ts
@@ -349,26 +349,30 @@ export abstract class ViewBase<
 	): Promise<ViewNode | undefined> {
 		const cc = Logger.getCorrelationContext();
 
-		// If we have no root (e.g. never been initialized) force it so the tree will load properly
-		if (this.root == null) {
-			await this.show();
+		async function find(this: ViewBase<RootNode, ViewConfig>) {
+			try {
+				const node = await this.findNodeCoreBFS(
+					typeof predicate === 'string' ? n => n.id === predicate : predicate,
+					this.ensureRoot(),
+					allowPaging,
+					canTraverse,
+					maxDepth,
+					token,
+				);
+
+				return node;
+			} catch (ex) {
+				Logger.error(ex, cc);
+				return undefined;
+			}
 		}
 
-		try {
-			const node = await this.findNodeCoreBFS(
-				typeof predicate === 'string' ? n => n.id === predicate : predicate,
-				this.ensureRoot(),
-				allowPaging,
-				canTraverse,
-				maxDepth,
-				token,
-			);
-
-			return node;
-		} catch (ex) {
-			Logger.error(ex, cc);
-			return undefined;
-		}
+		if (this.root != null) return find.call(this);
+
+		// If we have no root (e.g. never been initialized) force it so the tree will load properly
+		await this.show();
+		// Since we have to show the view, let the callstack unwind before we try to find the node
+		return new Promise<ViewNode | undefined>(resolve => setTimeout(() => resolve(find.call(this)), 0));
 	}
 
 	private async findNodeCoreBFS(