Every new chat adds a new tabbed chat. This means that I have to manually delete old chats otherwise they clog up the UI. I might make 50 new chats in a day… This is a major headache
Now I have to hold ALT to replace the tab. Why make extra work for your users? New features should be optional. Do you know about something called muscle memory? I’ve been using cursor from the early days and now I have to relearn my own workflow just to do the basics, and now it takes an extra click or an extra key press.
Hey, by default, the plus button opens a new tab. If you want to open a new chat in the same tab, hold the Alt key. You can also use the shortcut Cmd/Ctrl + N.
Yeah, the old behavior used to replace the chat by default, and would only create a new tab when holding ALT. I personally like the new behavior better because it’s more consistent with the tab behavior in web browsers, file explorer, etc.. Adding a new tab by default makes it harder for me to lose chats by accident.
Can you update this so by default it uses the same tab and the modifier creates a new one? The new tabs are wholly useless for most things as the prior conversations are available elsewhere, and if you’re not using the app on a high-resolution monitor there just isn’t enough space horizontally in that sidebar.
I’d also be fine if closing the last tab didn’t entirely close the chat sidebar, so that I can close an existing tab before starting the new chat so I don’t have to try to find the tiny close box in the cramped tab control.
