Agent/Editor toggle gone, no way to switch to Editor

Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

There’s no Agent/Editor toggle anymore in the menubar. After launch, I started in Agent mode and had no way to go to Editor. I had to search this forum to find you can hit Cmd+E to get back to Editor mode.

Steps to Reproduce

Open IDE

Operating System

MacOS

Version Information

Version: 2.4.21
VSCode Version: 1.105.1
Commit: dc8361355d709f306d5159635a677a571b277bc0
Date: 2026-01-22T16:57:59.675Z
Build Type: Stable
Release Track: Default
Electron: 39.2.7
Chromium: 142.0.7444.235
Node.js: 22.21.1
V8: 14.2.231.21-electron.0
OS: Darwin arm64 25.2.0

Does this stop you from using Cursor

Sometimes - I can sometimes use Cursor

Hey, thanks for the report! This isn’t a bug - the Agent/Editor tabs in the top bar were removed in the updates. They’ve been replaced with custom layouts.

Cmd+E works, but here’s a more convenient way:

Set up layouts:

  • Click the gear icon in the top right corner
  • Create presets with the panels you need
  • Save them for quick switching

Switch between layouts:

  • CMD+OPT+TAB (Mac)
  • If it doesn’t work, go to Keyboard Shortcuts, find “View: Switch Layout,” and assign your shortcut

For more details, check out the megathread about layouts: [Megathread] Cursor layout and UI feedback

Thank you, but I think there is still a bug because there is no way to switch the layout other than somehow knowing to do Cmd+E or Cmd+Opt+Tab. In Editor mode, there is a “…” menu and a way to switch layouts

But in the default agent mode, there is no way to do so. There is no navigation menu item and no top bar menu item.

Screenshot 126

Also, there is no way to customize or save layouts from the settings menu. This functionality does not appear in the General tab or any of the other tabs in Settings.

Yes, you’re right, this is a real problem. In Agent mode there’s no obvious way to switch the layout like you can in Editor mode. It’s a UX issue that other users have already reported too.

For now, here’s what works without hunting for icons:

  • Cmd+E to switch to the Editor layout, this is the fastest way

About Settings > General, yep, there’s no layout option there. You need to use the gear icon, but only when you’re in Editor mode.

The team knows about this issue. The gear icon behaves differently across modes and that makes things confusing. They’re working on improving the UI for layout switching.

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