Where does the bug appear (feature/product)? Cursor IDE Describe the Bug 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 pr…

Hey, this is a known issue with text size settings in the chat panel. We’re tracking it here: Chat Panel Text Size Issue . The team is aware. Your report with the cold start details is helpful, I passed it along. For now, besides your workaround of overwriting settings.json, you can use Ctrl+ and C…

cursor.composer.textSizeScale not applied on startup — only after settings.json re-save - #5 by deanrie - Bug Reports - Cursor

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