Cursor is forcing dark them on the cursor bowers

[Amarnath_Pandey]

Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

For some resone cursor in the browser is forcing the dark theme on some of the components in my web app.

Steps to Reproduce

Create a website that doesn’t adapt to the browsers/system them

Expected Behavior

The input box will automatically go into dark theme.

Operating System

Windows 10/11

Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy)

Version: 2.2.43 (user setup)
VSCode Version: 1.105.1
Commit: 32cfbe848b35d9eb320980195985450f244b3030
Date: 2025-12-19T06:06:44.644Z
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 10.0.26100

Additional Information

I don’t know if this is easily reproducible. I’m willing to hop on a call and show it to you if needed.

Video:

Cursor is forcing dark them on the cursor bowers

Does this stop you from using Cursor

Yes - Cursor is unusable

[Colin]

Hey @Amarnath_Pandey

Possibly, this is related to this? Can you try changing your Cursor theme and see if it affects the browser components?

Dark Reader plugin bleeding into my Cursor browser

Thanks for the detailed report with screenshots! I think this is actually not Dark Reader, but Cursor’s built-in browser inheriting your IDE’s color scheme preference. When you use a dark theme in Cursor, the browser automatically tells websites to use prefers-color-scheme: dark, which causes many sites to switch to their native dark mode. Could you try this quick test? In Cursor, open the Command Palette (Ctrl+Shift+P / Cmd+Shift+P) Search for “Preferences: Color Theme” Temporarily switch t…

[Michael_Wise]

I saw an employee in another thread had sent this to the engineering team about 2 weeks ago. Does anyone have any updates on the progress of this bug? It’s been a big thorn in my side for weeks.

[Colin]

That employee is me, probably.

The bug is still open on our side. Thanks for bumping.