Hey, I was having exactly the same problem as you. You might have some luck saving the current buffer name with

local buffer_current = vim.api.nvim_buf_get_name(0)

And then reverting to that buffer with

vim.cmd('buffer ' .. buffer_current)

⚠️ disclaimer ⚠️

I have tried this myself but it seems like there is a delay between calling SymbolsOuline and SymbolsOutline actually being drawn, so this technique does not work on its own. You might have some luck though by opening SymbolsOutline asynchroneously using plenary's async library and setting a delay inside the thread. Something like this might work:

-- tries and load async plugin
local async, async_loaded = pcall(require, 'plenary.async')
if not async_loaded then
	return
end

-- gets the current buffer name
local bufname = vim.api.nvim_buf_get_name(0)

-- following code runs asynchroneously
async.run(function ()
	-- opens SymbolsOutline
	vim.cmd [[SymbolsOutlineOpen]]

	-- waits 20ms
	async.util.sleep(20)

	-- returns to previous buffer
	vim.cmd('buffer ' .. bufname)
end)

Keep focus on current buffer when SymbolsOutline opens #143

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