Bug: scroll bar in file view jumps

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Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

At several occations, the scroll bar showing the files jumps, even after I set it to a certain place

Steps to Reproduce

One easy reproroducible way is in the video: close a file that’s open. the scroll bar will jump somewhere else.
Another way which is more common but I can’t reproduce exactly. The scroll bar seems to jump to some file even after I manually scroll somewhere else

Expected Behavior

If I scroll, the scroll bar should stay where I scrolled. If I actively click a file, the scroll bar should jump to it. If I don’t actively select a file, the scroll bar should stay where it was.

Screenshots / Screen Recordings

Operating System

Windows 10/11

Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy)

Version: 2.3.35 (user setup)
VSCode Version: 1.105.1
Commit: cf8353edc265f5e46b798bfb276861d0bf3bf120
Date: 2026-01-13T07:39:18.564Z
Electron: 37.7.0
Chromium: 138.0.7204.251
Node.js: 22.20.0
V8: 13.8.258.32-electron.0
OS: Windows_NT x64 10.0.26200

Additional Information

There are more scroll bar issues, also in the chat, but they are hard to understand, therefore hard to avoid or reproduce.
All over cursor, scroll bars jump, mostly to the top.

Does this stop you from using Cursor

No - Cursor works, but with this issue

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Please note that the video is only one mode of scroll bar jumping.
It is more common that I seek something, and before I get to find it, the bar jumps somewhere else. It happens all the time, but I was uable to understand the exact use case.

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Hey @Gulzar!

The example you shared can be fixed by changing a default VS Code setting:

"explorer.autoReveal": false

You can set it via:

  • Command Palette (Ctrl + Shift + P) → Preferences: Open Settings (JSON) → add the line.
  • Or File > Preferences > VS Code Settings→ search for “Auto Reveal” → uncheck Explorer: Auto Reveal.

That might fix some of the other cases as well. If it doesn’t, and you can capture another video or find a reliable repro, let us know!

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I can’t capture the other modes because I don’t understand how to reproduce them.

but i’ll try this one thanks

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