Requesting the view from the PLC does not change anything about the automatic return to the status page. But it is probably a good idea to change exactly this behavior in a future version.
The workaround is possible but really not very nice: The HmiUtilAddon allows you to detect when the status page is activated. After that, you would have to reset the view request for a second or so and then set it again so the HMI navigates to the "newly" requested view again.
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