diff --git a/cnd.navigation/src/org/netbeans/modules/cnd/navigation/macroview/MacroExpansionViewUtils.java b/cnd.navigation/src/org/netbeans/modules/cnd/navigation/macroview/MacroExpansionViewUtils.java
--- a/cnd.navigation/src/org/netbeans/modules/cnd/navigation/macroview/MacroExpansionViewUtils.java
+++ b/cnd.navigation/src/org/netbeans/modules/cnd/navigation/macroview/MacroExpansionViewUtils.java
@@ -158,6 +158,7 @@
                 }
                 view.setDocuments(newExpandedContextDoc);
                 view.setStatusBarText(NbBundle.getMessage(MacroExpansionTopComponent.class, "CTL_MacroExpansionStatusBarLine", expansionsNumber)); // NOI18N
+                view.requestActive();
                 syncPositions.run();
             }
         };