Cursor text fuzzy

Support Bug Reports
1

Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

The text wherever not focused flashes in and out of focus, hard to read most of the time.

Steps to Reproduce

I have no clue

Expected Behavior

Text just in focus at all times

Screenshots / Screen Recordings

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Operating System

Windows 10/11

Version Information

About Cursor CLI

CLI Version 2026.01.28-fd13201
Model Claude 4.6 Opus (Thinking)
OS win32 (x64)
Terminal vscode
Shell cmd

For AI issues: which model did you use?

Claude 4.6 Opus (Thinking)

Does this stop you from using Cursor

Yes - Cursor is unusable

3

Hey, thanks for the report. This is usually related to GPU rendering or Windows display scaling. A few things to try:

  1. Disable GPU acceleration: Launch Cursor with the --disable-gpu flag, or add "disable-hardware-acceleration": true in your settings. You can also try --disable-gpu-compositing.

  2. Check Windows display scaling: If you’re running at 125% or 150% scaling, try setting it to 100% temporarily to see if it fixes the issue. Also, right-click Cursor.exe > Properties > Compatibility > Change high DPI settings > check Override high DPI scaling behavior and set it to Application.

  3. Update GPU drivers: Make sure your graphics drivers are up to date.

  4. Try a different rendering backend: You can add --use-angle=gl or --use-angle=d3d11 to Cursor’s launch flags.

Also, a couple of questions that would help narrow it down:

  • What GPU/graphics card do you using?
  • What is your Windows display scaling set to?
  • Are you using an external monitor?
  • What is your Cursor IDE version (Help > About)?

Let me know if any of those steps help, or if you want more details.