diff --git a/services/web/frontend/js/features/ide-react/hooks/use-open-file.ts b/services/web/frontend/js/features/ide-react/hooks/use-open-file.ts
index 9ddd4055c5..6aaefb0ad9 100644
--- a/services/web/frontend/js/features/ide-react/hooks/use-open-file.ts
+++ b/services/web/frontend/js/features/ide-react/hooks/use-open-file.ts
@@ -6,16 +6,16 @@ import { findInTree } from '@/features/file-tree/util/find-in-tree'
 export function useOpenFile() {
   const ide = useIdeContext()
 
-  const { fileTreeData, setSelectedEntities } = useFileTreeData()
+  const { fileTreeData } = useFileTreeData()
 
   const openFileWithId = useCallback(
     (id: string) => {
       const result = findInTree(fileTreeData, id)
       if (result?.type === 'fileRef') {
-        setSelectedEntities(result)
+        window.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent('editor.openDoc', { detail: id }))
       }
     },
-    [fileTreeData, setSelectedEntities]
+    [fileTreeData]
   )
 
   // Expose BinaryFilesManager via ide object solely for the benefit of the file
diff --git a/services/web/frontend/js/features/ide-react/hooks/use-select-file-tree-entity.ts b/services/web/frontend/js/features/ide-react/hooks/use-select-file-tree-entity.ts
index 966e024a6e..babc788618 100644
--- a/services/web/frontend/js/features/ide-react/hooks/use-select-file-tree-entity.ts
+++ b/services/web/frontend/js/features/ide-react/hooks/use-select-file-tree-entity.ts
@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@ import { useCallback } from 'react'
 import { findInTree } from '@/features/file-tree/util/find-in-tree'
 
 export function useSelectFileTreeEntity() {
-  const { fileTreeData, selectedEntities, setSelectedEntities } =
-    useFileTreeData()
+  const { fileTreeData, selectedEntities } = useFileTreeData()
 
   const selectEntity = useCallback(
     id => {
@@ -16,10 +15,10 @@ export function useSelectFileTreeEntity() {
       }
       const entityToSelect = findInTree(fileTreeData, id)
       if (entityToSelect) {
-        setSelectedEntities([entityToSelect])
+        window.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent('editor.openDoc', { detail: id }))
       }
     },
-    [fileTreeData, selectedEntities, setSelectedEntities]
+    [fileTreeData, selectedEntities]
   )
 
   return { selectEntity }