Cursor IDE
The text size is set to XL in settings but appears small or extra small in chat panel.
Download most recent update. Running WSL on Windows 11.
The text size should be larger.
Windows 10/11
Most recent version installed 03/03/26… cannot find menu option…
Yes - Cursor is unusable
Hey, thanks for the report. I’ll pass it to the team.
any solution?
same issue.
Hi Dean, thanks for passing this along.
I wanted to emphasize that this is fairly urgent for me. I have vision issues and rely on larger UI text to comfortably use the IDE. Right now the text appears stuck at XS even though it’s set to XL, which makes the chat panel extremely difficult to read and effectively makes Cursor unusable for me.
Because this setting is an accessibility control, a bug preventing users from resizing text could potentially raise accessibility compliance concerns under WCAG 2.1 Guideline 1.4.4 (Resize Text), which requires interfaces to support text scaling up to 200% without loss of functionality. Since the UI control exists but appears broken, it may be worth escalating this issue internally to ensure accessibility requirements are being met.
Would it be possible to escalate this to the team for a quicker fix or workaround? I’d really appreciate any update or temporary solution since this currently blocks my ability to use Cursor.
Happy to provide logs, screenshots, or test anything if it helps move this forward.
Thanks again.
A work around while you wait for the fix: ctrl + or ctrl -
Zooms everything, but at least you’ll be able to use Cursor.
This works as expected to make the text size large in the conversational panel.
But it doesn’t work now after updating. I still can see default size (small) of the text in the right panel - AI agent panel.
How to fix this and make the text size large?
please help me
Cursor IDE
The “Text Size” option of Agent conversation seem to be buggy now. I changed to “Extra Large” but the size is still the same. In fact, any options make no difference.
Cursor Settings → Agents → Text Size
Go to Cursor Settings → Agents → Text Size and try to change options
The text size should change
MacOS
Version: 2.6.12 (Universal)
VSCode Version: 1.105.1
Commit: 1917e900a0c4b0111dc7975777cfff60853059d0
Date: 2026-03-04T21:41:18.914Z
Build Type: Stable
Release Track: Default
Electron: 39.6.0
Chromium: 142.0.7444.265
Node.js: 22.22.0
V8: 14.2.231.22-electron.0
OS: Darwin arm64 24.1.0
It just stopped working very recently, like 2 days ago
No - Cursor works, but with this issue
Hey guys, This worked for me.
First get a back up of your cursor installation (profiles if any) from here:
~/Library/Application\ Support/Cursor/
Then just download a fresh install from Cursor · Download and simply replace the old installation.
It worked for me on Mac OS. Now I can use Agents → Text Size (small, default, large, extra large).
Hope it works for too.
Best regards,
Cursor IDE
Text size change does not reflect already open chat tabs.
Steps to reproduce:
Windows 10/11
Version: 2.6.13 (user setup)
VSCode Version: 1.105.1
Commit: 60faf7b51077ed1df1db718157bbfed740d2e160
Date: 2026-03-06T06:17:49.499Z
Build Type: Stable
Release Track: Early Access
Electron: 39.6.0
Chromium: 142.0.7444.265
Node.js: 22.22.0
V8: 14.2.231.22-electron.0
OS: Windows_NT x64 10.0.19045
No - Cursor works, but with this issue
I configured font to be bigger, but in chats it still small.
Font in the chat (2) should be bigger with the same size as configured (1)
Linux
Version: 2.7.0-pre.45.patch.0
VSCode Version: 1.105.1
Commit: 447839e5318c8d58f2447eeeca8f440ae1b72d09
Date: 2026-03-10T05:34:36.213Z
Build Type: Nightly
Release Track: Default
Electron: 39.6.0
Chromium: 142.0.7444.265
Node.js: 22.22.0
V8: 14.2.231.22-electron.0
OS: Darwin arm64 25.3.0
No - Cursor works, but with this issue
Cursor IDE
When the text size for the Agents panel is set to something other than “Default”, it will still display the text size as Default when re-opening previous agent histories.
OR
When opening the previous chat, the text will be displayed in accordance with the “Large” setting.
Linux
Version: 2.6.18
VSCode Version: 1.105.1
Commit: 68fbec5aed9da587d1c6a64172792f505bafa250
Date: 2026-03-10T02:01:17.430Z
Build Type: Stable
Release Track: Default
Electron: 39.6.0
Chromium: 142.0.7444.265
Node.js: 22.22.0
V8: 14.2.231.22-electron.0
OS: Linux x64 6.17.0-14-generic
No - Cursor works, but with this issue
Cursor IDE
The setting cursor.composer.textSizeScale in user settings.json is not applied when Cursor starts. The composer/chat text remains at default scale (1.0).
The setting only takes effect when I manually open settings.json and press Ctrl+S (save). No actual changes needed — just re-saving triggers it.
Add “cursor.composer.textSizeScale”: 1.15 to %APPDATA%\Cursor\User\settings.json
Close Cursor completely
Open Cursor
Observe: composer text is at default scale, not 1.15
cursor.composer.textSizeScale should be read and applied during initialization, not only on onDidChangeConfiguration event.
Windows 10/11
Version: 2.6.19 (user setup)
VSCode Version: 1.105.1
Commit: 224838f96445be37e3db643a163a817c15b36060
Date: 2026-03-12T04:07:27.435Z
Build Type: Stable
Release Track: Default
Electron: 39.4.0
Chromium: 142.0.7444.265
Node.js: 22.22.0
V8: 14.2.231.22-electron.0
OS: Windows_NT x64 10.0.26200
Workaround:
Using a workspace task (runOn: folderOpen) that overwrites settings.json with a different value and then restores the original — forcing a config change event. This confirms the setting works on change but not on cold start.
No - Cursor works, but with this issue
Hey everyone!
The chat panel text size issue has been addressed in a recent Cursor update. Updating to the latest version should resolve this.
What is the latest version where this is fixed? I’m still encountering this problem (This is still happening for me in version 3.0.13 using the Large text size)
Could you share a bit more detail about what you’re seeing? Specifically:
Does the text size never change when you set it to Large, or does it apply initially but revert to Default when you switch tabs or reopen old chat histories?
Are you using the setting in Cursor Settings > Agents > Text Size, or the cursor.composer.textSizeScale value in settings.json?
There’s a known remaining issue where the text size setting doesn’t persist across tab switches and chat history – that part is still being tracked separately.
In the meantime, Ctrl + / Ctrl - (or Cmd + / Cmd - on Mac) to zoom the whole UI is a workaround that should help with readability.
I am facing same issue.
I am using the setting in Cursor Settings > Agents > Text Size.
Text size applies when i toggle from another size to large, but reverts to default when i switch between chat windows.
Version: 3.0.16 (user setup)
VSCode Version: 1.105.1
Commit: 475871d112608994deb2e3065dfb7c6b0baa0c50
Date: 2026-04-09T05:33:51.767Z
Layout: editor
Build Type: Stable
Release Track: Default
Electron: 39.8.1
Chromium: 142.0.7444.265
Node.js: 22.22.1
V8: 14.2.231.22-electron.0
OS: Windows_NT x64 10.0.26200
