Bad experience scrolling through chat in dark mode

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Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

In Cursor IDE Agent view, I scroll through the chat in dark mode. due to lack of contrast of the text area of my previous prompts, It is very hard for me to find the start of the latest cursor response.

Steps to Reproduce

Go to dark mode. Write several prompts in agents view of IDE and write several prompts. Start scrolling up the chat.

Expected Behavior

I suggest higher contrast somehow or even a hovering button to scroll to beginning of latest response.

Operating System

Windows 10/11

Version Information

Version: 3.11.19 (user setup)
VS Code Extension API: 1.125.0
Commit: bf249e6efb5b097f23d7e21d7283429f0760b740
Date: 2026-07-12T21:39:24.175Z
Layout: Agent Window
Build Type: Stable
Release Track: Default
Electron: 40.10.3
Chromium: 144.0.7559.236
Node.js: 24.15.0
V8: 14.4.258.32-electron.0
xterm.js: 6.1.0-beta.256
OS: Windows_NT x64 10.0.26200

Does this stop you from using Cursor

No - Cursor works, but with this issue

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Hey there!

For finding the top of the latest response right now: in the Agents window you can jump between your own messages. On Windows, Ctrl+Shift+U jumps up to your previous message and Ctrl+Shift+Y to the next. Landing on your last prompt drops you right where the latest response begins, so you can read it from the top. These aren’t in the command palette, so they’re easy to miss.

On the contrast itself: in the Agents window the message background follows your editor theme, so it ends up quite subtle, and there isn’t a setting to boost it today. Stronger visual distinction for user messages is recurring feedback we’re collecting, and you can add your vote here: Highlight user-authored messages in chat threads. A dedicated “jump to the start of the latest response” button has also been requested here: Scroll to start of answer.

Give the shortcut a try and let me know if it helps in the meantime!