#653 - Jump to the position which Vim does not jump to for moving from quickfix/loclist items to other buffers

autoload/ale/events.vim

@@ -60,10 +60,40 @@ function! s:HitReturn(...) abort
 
         if get(split(l:output, "\n"), -1, '') =~# '^E92[456]'
             call ale#util#FeedKeys("\<CR>", 'n')
+
+            " If we hit one of the errors and cleared it, then Vim didn't
+            " move to the position we wanted. Change the position to the one
+            " the user selected.
+            if exists('g:ale_list_window_selection')
+                let l:pos = getcurpos()
+                let [l:pos[1], l:pos[2]] = g:ale_list_window_selection
+                call setpos('.', l:pos)
+            endif
         endif
     endif
+
+    " Always clear the last selection when trying to cancel the errors above
+    " here. This prevents us from remembering invalid positions.
+    unlet! g:ale_list_window_selection
 endfunction
 
 function! ale#events#BufWinLeave() abort
     call timer_start(0, function('s:HitReturn'))
 endfunction
+
+" Grab the position for a problem from the loclist or quickfix windows
+" when moving through selections. This selection will be remembered and
+" set as the position when jumping to an error in another file.
+function! ale#events#ParseLoclistWindowItemPosition() abort
+    " Parses lines like
+    " test.txt|72 col 5 error| ...
+    " test.txt|72| ...
+    let l:match = matchlist(getline('.'), '\v^[^|]+\|(\d+)( [^ ]+ )?(\d*)')
+
+    if !empty(l:match)
+        let g:ale_list_window_selection = [
+        \   l:match[1] + 0,
+        \   max([l:match[3] + 0, 1]),
+        \]
+    endif
+endfunction