I use the back and forward buttons to navigation my large codebase, the buttons are missing from Cursor all of a sudden, how can I reenable them or did they remove that as a feature? This was an important UX to be able to navigate large codebases and code paths.
Hey, this is a known issue in Cursor v2.3. The navigation buttons only show up in the Editor view, not in the Agent view.
Try switching to the Editor view using Cmd + E (Mac) or Ctrl + E (Windows/Linux).
Also make sure Command Center is enabled in settings:
- Open Settings with
Cmd + ,(Mac) orCtrl + ,(Windows/Linux) - Search for “Command Center”
- Turn it on
After that, the Back/Forward buttons should appear in the top bar.
One more thing. There’s a known bug where if the Agent panel is on the right, the navigation buttons won’t show while you’re in Agent view. As a workaround, you can move the Agent panel to the left. The team is already working on a fix.
More details here: Cursor 2.3: Command Center no longer appears in the top bar, preventing forward/back navigation buttons (regression from 2.2)
Let me know if this helped.
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Hi @deanrie thank you for your help. Okay I can confirm I am experiencing the known bug. I am in Editor view, I have command center enabled, but the back and forward buttons do not appear in the top bar. I work with the default layout having my file explorer on the left and the ai chat on the right and the back and forward buttons are missing. If I swap the file editor and chat window then they appear- but that is not how I want to work.
I look forward to the fix. Thank you for your help and letting me know the team is aware of it and working on a fix I am glad to hear that. Navigation between files using back and forward is a very important feature for me that I use all day long.
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Yes confirmed Navigation Controls are enabled in the agent layout- although note I am not using the agent layout I am in the editor layout
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I’m also having this issue. I’m in editor mode and have control center enabled and navigation controls are enabled. This is a bug. Please fix. 
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Hey there!
I can’t reproduce this on 2.4. Could you let us know if you’re still facing the issue?
I am on
```
Version: 2.4.28
VSCode Version: 1.105.1
Commit: f3f5cec40024283013878b50c4f9be4002e0b580
Date: 2026-02-03T00:56:18.293Z
Build Type: Stable
Release Track: Default
Electron: 39.2.7
Chromium: 142.0.7444.235
Node.js: 22.21.1
V8: 14.2.231.21-electron.0
OS: Darwin arm64 24.6.0
```
It appears fixed now I can see and use the navigation buttons again in the editor.
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