2.0 Workbench>Activity Bar: Orientation vertical faild

Bug Reports
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Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

Workbench>Activity Bar: Orientation vertical faild

Steps to Reproduce

Workbench>Activity Bar: Orientation set vertical

Operating System

MacOS

Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy)

Version: 2.0.39
VSCode Version: 1.99.3
Commit: 9c66477db9d55302dfb45aacbd0194603a94ed80
Date: 2025-10-30T01:39:26.854Z
Electron: 34.5.8
Chromium: 132.0.6834.210
Node.js: 20.19.1
V8: 13.2.152.41-electron.0
OS: Darwin arm64 25.0.0

Does this stop you from using Cursor

Yes - Cursor is unusable

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3

This problem has reappeared, and it’s even more serious now.

4

hi @QTom did you already completely shut down Cursor and then open a single project? You do not seem to be in a project from what I see in your screenshot.

It may help with the display. I use for long time vertical bar and it is still available.
There may be some other setting causing the issue.

Please check if View > Appearance > Primary Side Bar is enabled. (it can be set left or right)

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5

I have checked, and even with the project open, I cannot complete Move Primary Side Bar Left

It not working!

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Filed to move to Left

7

Yes in Agents view the Sidebar on left is occupied with Agents list.

From the screenshot the activity bar appears to be showing and vertical.

The remaining issue may be only the position left/right in Agents list?

8

I need it on the left. If it’s on the right, I won’t be able to use it.

9

Yes understandable, the limitation may for the moment be in Agents view but I will let the team know about it.

Alternative is to use Editor view and use Agent chat in Editor instead of pane.
There the Activity Bar is on the left.

11

Yes, I can only use Editor Layout for now; I originally wanted to position the Agent in the middle to focus on AI Chat, but this issue has disrupted me