Feature request for product/service
Cursor IDE
Describe the request
Related to Agent / chat history sidebar: show workspace display name (basename or
.code-workspace name), not relative paths
— posting separately so this rename case can be linked on its own. Feel free to merge it.
Environment
- Cursor 3.16.29 (VS Code 1.128.0), Windows 11
- Single-root Cursor workspaces (
.code-workspace)
What I did
I had a large set of Cursor workspaces named <Codebase>_<WorkItemID>. I renamed those
workspaces to <WorkItemID>_<Codebase>. The folders they open did not change.
Example:
-
Workspace name before:
ProjectA_123456 -
Workspace name after:
123456_ProjectA -
Folder it still opens:
..\src\ProjectA_123456{
“folders”: [
{ “path”: “../src/ProjectA_123456”, “name”: “ProjectA” }
]
}
What I expected
The Agents sidebar to show the new workspace name, 123456_ProjectA.
What actually happens
The sidebar still shows ProjectA_123456 — the old workspace name, which is also the root
folder basename.
That stays true after:
- closing and reopening the renamed workspace
- fully quitting and relaunching Cursor
- removing the workspace from the sidebar and adding it back
There is no Rename action on a project row in the sidebar.
Why the workspace rename has to be the source of truth
The work item ID is the name I need in the sidebar. The folders themselves cannot be renamed
(they are pinned by server-side TFVC mappings). The Cursor workspace name is the only label I
control. After renaming the workspaces, the sidebar still uses the folder basename, so the new
names never appear.
Request
The Agents sidebar should show the Cursor workspace name, and that label should update when the workspace is renamed.