Hi, I’m using the latest version of Cursor, but I can’t configure it the same way as in VS Code.
“workbench.activityBar.location”: “vertical”
However, this value is not accepted. The only valid values shown are: “default”, “top”, “bottom”, and “hidden”.
I also tried setting it to “default”, but the Activity Bar is still horizontal. The only thing I can change is moving it from the right side to the left side. Even then, after restarting the IDE, it returns to the right side again.
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