Right clicking on a project in the agents view and click open in IDE sometimes just does not open the IDE. The only way I can get around it is opening IDE first then finding my project
I was able to reproduce this on Windows: Open in IDE from the Agents view does open the editor window, but it opens behind the Agents window instead of coming to the front, so it looks like nothing happened.
So when it happens, the window is almost certainly already open. To find it: check the Windows taskbar or press Alt+Tab. If you use more than one monitor, it may have opened on another display (focus it, then Win+Left / Win+Right to snap it back). Opening the IDE first, as you’re doing, works because it just refocuses that existing window.
When the option in Cursor Settings → General → "Open Agents Window at Startup " is set to “On”, it causes the “IDE” button in the Agents Window to open another agents window rather than the editor, causing there to be no way to open the editor while this setting is enabled.
Steps to Reproduce
Set the option in Cursor Settings → General → “Open Agents Window at Startup” to “Yes” and restart Cursor. Then click the IDE button either from the link above the chat section, or from File → Open IDE.
Expected Behavior
Editor should be accessible even when the Agents Window is default.