Cursor Commands choice not visible due length

Ideas Feature Requests
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Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

The commands area is often difficult to use when there is a large number of commands that reach a certain minimum length and start with the same prefix.

The end result is that, because of the length limitation, the names are abbreviated, so I cannot tell which command I am actually looking at. Even when I hover over the individual commands, I only see the content, which does not really help either, because I would first have to understand what is written there.

This means it should somehow be ensured that the visible length is increased and that the text is not cut off so early. I do, of course, understand the limitation that beyond a certain length it naturally has to be constrained, but in its current form only 50 percent is shown, even though the full chat container width is available.

So I think there is definitely room to increase this by more than 50 percent. I would therefore like to request that the full 100 percent width be used so that the command name can be seen in full.

If the 100 percent width is reached and the name is still longer, I would also really appreciate it if, on hover, the full title MUST be shown at least.

Steps to Reproduce

see desc

Screenshots / Screen Recordings

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Operating System

Linux

Version Information

Version: 2.6.19
VSCode Version: 1.105.1
Commit: 224838f96445be37e3db643a163a817c15b36060
Date: 2026-03-12T04:07:27.435Z
Build Type: Stable
Release Track: Early Access
Electron: 39.4.0
Chromium: 142.0.7444.265
Node.js: 22.22.0
V8: 14.2.231.22-electron.0
OS: Linux x64 6.8.0-90-generic

Does this stop you from using Cursor

No - Cursor works, but with this issue

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Hey, thanks for the report. I can see the issue in the screenshot. When commands with a long shared prefix get truncated, the picker becomes basically useless because you can’t tell them apart. Not showing the full name on hover makes it even worse.

I’ve passed this to the team. There’s no timeline yet, but your report helps with prioritization.

As a temporary workaround, if you can, try renaming the commands so the part that differs is closer to the start of the name.

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