Hi @Japhy,
Just for clarification I was talking about the former Query View Elements, that is now called Query Graphical Elements (my mistake 
).
I have checked that the last version where Query View Elements was reporting the links was 1.15.
In this version the component was reporting the linked files visible in the active view. But with version 1.16 and 1.17 Query Graphical Elements does not report the links.
This is the result I was getting with version 1.15. And I can use the workflow I was mentioning before.
While in 1.16 and 1.17 this is what Query Graphical Elements is reporting with the same file:
In case this is a permanent change, is there another alternative for Query View Elements to find the visible links in the active view with the newer versions?