Back/Forward navigation history should be available in the "Editor" app layout

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Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

Back/Forward navigation history should be available in the “Editor” app layout.

You have to enable the “Editor (classic)” App Layout to get the back/foward nav.

Seems like an oversight in the new Editor view.

Steps to Reproduce

Change the App Layout to “Editor”

Expected Behavior

Notice how the forward/back navigation arrows are not to the left of the repo title in the top bar.

Screenshots / Screen Recordings

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Operating System

MacOS

Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy)

Version: 2.3.21 (Universal)
VSCode Version: 1.105.1
Commit: 68e0a0385b87408d050869ea543e3778ad53f780
Date: 2026-01-02T23:46:13.381Z (2 days ago)
Electron: 37.7.0
Chromium: 138.0.7204.251
Node.js: 22.20.0
V8: 13.8.258.32-electron.0
OS: Darwin arm64 25.1.0

Does this stop you from using Cursor

No - Cursor works, but with this issue

Cursor 2.3: Command Center no longer appears in the top bar, preventing forward/back navigation buttons (regression from 2.2)
Navigation buttons are gone
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Hey, thanks for the report. I can see the screenshot where the navigation buttons are missing.

In the new Editor layout, the Back and Forward buttons only show up when Command Center is enabled.

Please enable Command Center in Settings:

  • Open Cursor Settings Cmd+,
  • Search for “Command Center”
  • Turn this option on

After you enable it, the navigation buttons should appear in the top bar.

Let me know if that helps.

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I search for “Command Center”, but I don’t see a search result that matches.

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4

it doent work. I see navigation controls instead of command center on right click next to file name title. but that doenst show any arros back/fwd. this is a bug and better be fixed or I will quit using cursor.

5

Thanks for the extra info. I see a few issues in this thread:

For @NickAnthony:
Command Center isn’t a cursor setting. You need to open VS Code settings with Cmd + ,. The key part is that you need to switch to the Editor view:

  1. Press Cmd + E
  2. After that, the Back/Forward buttons should show up in the top toolbar

More details here: Cursor 2.3: Command Center no longer appears in the top bar, preventing forward/back navigation buttons (regression from 2.2)

For @undenuicap:
This is a known issue. The navigation buttons don’t show when the Agent panel is on the right. A workaround is to move the Agent panel to the left.

The team is already tracking this bug here: Navigation controls disappearing from toolbar

Let me know if that helped.

6

Using Cmd + E to switch to the classic editor view mode worked. Navigation controls are available again. Will follow the linked bugs for resolution on the newer UI views.