Chat tabs not working

[Tymon]

hi,
whenever I press “new tab”, or command+t, the current composer chat gets replaced.
Expectation: a new tab is shown on the top of the composer chat.
Actual: chat gets replaced with a new chat.

It works when i turn the chat into an editor, but that results in all kinds of annoying ux issues for me.
I’ve already reviewed all settings and keyboard shortcuts.
version is:
Version: 0.50.7
VSCode Version: 1.96.2
Commit: 02270c8441bdc4b2fdbc30e6f470a589ec78d600
Date: 2025-05-24T18:19:58.349Z (1 wk ago)

I know the feature was added a couple of releases ago and I can see it working for other people.

Is this config related?
Cheers

[T1000]

Hi, there is no config limiting this from what I can see. Unless you changed the original keyboard shortcuts for CMD T

Does pressing ALT + click on [New tab] icon create new tab?

[Tymon]

Unfortunately it is all the same with all the modifier keys

[T1000]

Thank you for trying this and the video.

Please check if you can see in the command palette following:

>New Chat Tab

I will bump it up to Cursor team @deanrie

[Tymon]

hi, yes I can see the command
The behaviour is the same as with keyboard, UI button: It replaces the current chat

Cheers

[deanrie]

Hey, it seems your activity bar is hidden, based on the screenshots. To see the chat tabs, you’ll need to make it visible again.

[T1000]

Good find thanks.

[Tymon]

Thank you!