Depending on how you click "Open Preview" Cursor won't display 2+ different .md files

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Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

Bug: Cannot view 2+ .md files when rendering a Preview via “Open Preview” (different from clicking “Preview” on the “Preview/Markdown” toggle. )
If you try to do this, no matter what, only the first file is displayed in the Preview. The second preview window will always be a duplicate of the first file displayed in the Preview.

But if you open both .md files in the editor, a “Preview/Markdown” toggle appears. If you click “Preview” for both of them, you’ll be able to see each of them separately.

This seems like a divergence in functionality, since there are two different places (drop down menu vs clickable toggle in-editor) to accomplish the same goal, but they work differently.

Steps to Reproduce

Steps to reproduce:

  1. Open two different .md files and put the two in separate split view (one on each side)
  2. RIght click one, and click “Open Preview”
  3. Right click the other, and click “Open Preview”

Expected Behavior

Expected behavior is “I see two different .md files formatted as a preview”

Operating System

MacOS

Version Information

Version: 3.1.15 (Universal)
VSCode Version: 1.105.1
Commit: 3a67af7b780e0bfc8d32aefa96b8ff1cb8817f80
Date: 2026-04-15T01:46:06.515Z
Layout: editor
Build Type: Stable
Release Track: Default
Electron: 39.8.1
Chromium: 142.0.7444.265
Node.js: 22.22.1
V8: 14.2.231.22-electron.0
OS: Darwin arm64 24.6.0

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’t reproduce this on the latest stable. Both previews render their content correctly using both methods, right-click and Command Palette. Looks like it got fixed in one of the recent updates.

Can you update to the latest version and confirm it’s OK on your side too? You can do it via Cursor > Check for Updates, or download it from Cursor · Download.