Agents sidebar: Open Editor Window from project (right-click)

Ideas Feature Requests
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Feature request for product/service

Cursor IDE

Describe the request

Problem
I’m often in the Agents window with multiple projects listed in the left sidebar. I already have one project open in an Editor window and need to open another project’s Editor so I can edit files there.

From the Agents chat view, it’s unclear how to do that. The path today (File → Open Cursor Editor Window / new window, then Open Folder) is easy to miss, and when another Editor is already open, Cursor often focuses the wrong project instead of opening the one I’m looking at.

Request
Add a clear way to open the Editor from the Agents sidebar, for example:

Right-click a project → Open in Editor Window
Or right-click a chat under that project → Open project in Editor
That action should open (or focus) an Editor window scoped to that project’s folder, not whichever Editor window happens to already be open.

Why it helps
Makes the Agents → Editor switch obvious
Supports working across multiple projects without guessing menus
Avoids the “wrong workspace focused” confusion when several Editor windows exist

Operating System (if it applies)

Windows 10/11

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Hey, thanks for the detailed feature request. Good news: part of what you’re asking for already exists, it’s just hidden behind a non-default sidebar grouping.

Try this: in the Agents window sidebar, switch grouping to Group by: Workspace via the Customize sidebar menu. After that, right-click the project and you’ll see Open in IDE. It opens or focuses an editor window scoped to that project folder, and it works for both local and SSH or WSL. Under the default Repository grouping, this option doesn’t show up, so it’s easy to miss.

For the second part, when you have multiple editor windows open and Cursor focuses the wrong workspace, that’s a known bug and there’s no fix timeline yet. The same case is discussed here: The Open IDE action is not working as expected when having multiple cursor instances open. As a workaround, open the editor window you want first, then open the project inside that window.

Let me know if switching to Group by: Workspace helps.