visual studio code - Highlight active file in Tree View, even if it's ignored - Stack Overflow

I often edit things in node_modules (for creating patches for example) but when I select a file in my .gitignored node_modules folder to modify, the tree view doesn't focus on that file like it does on unhidden files.

Surely this must be a setting, how can I disable this?

I would like to have it so that when I navigate to a file, even if it's in node_modules, it's highlighted in the treeview.