# Allow to read "Thinking"

**URL:** <https://forum.cursor.com/t/allow-to-read-thinking/149232>\
**Category:** Feature Requests\
**Tags:** chat\
**Created:** [January 18, 2026, 4:17pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/allow-to-read-thinking/149232 "2026-01-18T16:17:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![KES](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/kes/32/88659_2.png) [@KES](https://forum.cursor.com/u/KES)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2026, 4:17pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/allow-to-read-thinking/149232/1 "2026-01-18T16:17:29Z")

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### Feature request for product/service

Cursor IDE

### Describe the request

GPT5.2 thinking 10-15 minutes. During this time I often want to read how it thinks.  
But IDE always scrolls down when I still in the beginning of thinking.  
TODO: Make the behavior similar to terminals:  
a) when scrolling bar at the bottom then new output scrolls window  
b) when scrolling bar not at the bottom then new output do not scroll the window  
c) when I scrolled to the bottom then scrolling continues.

This behavior will be consistent with how other software works and will allow to read “Thinking”

### Screenshot / Screen Recording

 ![_1.jpg](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/original/3X/1/b/1b469a838d19d35e07e5a55d780527d37ff7a77e.jpeg)

### Operating System (if it applies)

Linux

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**Author:** ![Eddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/57b2e6/32.png) [@Eddy](https://forum.cursor.com/u/Eddy)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2026, 6:11pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/allow-to-read-thinking/149232/3 "2026-01-18T18:11:55Z")

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did you check in the settings if its disaabled?

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**Author:** ![KES](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/kes/32/88659_2.png) [@KES](https://forum.cursor.com/u/KES)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2026, 1:34pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/allow-to-read-thinking/149232/4 "2026-01-19T13:34:05Z")

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what is the name of an option?

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**Author:** ![Eddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/57b2e6/32.png) [@Eddy](https://forum.cursor.com/u/Eddy)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2026, 6:38pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/allow-to-read-thinking/149232/5 "2026-01-26T18:38:39Z")

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it WAS a thing similar to “show chat / thiking “

looking in my nigthly 2.5 version THE option is gone 😮