# Desktop and Navigation Bar Customization

**URL:** <https://forum.cursor.com/t/desktop-and-navigation-bar-customization/161154>\
**Category:** Help\
**Tags:** layout\
**Created:** [May 20, 2026, 7:14pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/desktop-and-navigation-bar-customization/161154 "2026-05-20T19:14:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Richard\_Frick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bc8723/32.png) [@Richard\_Frick](https://forum.cursor.com/u/Richard_Frick)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2026, 7:14pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/desktop-and-navigation-bar-customization/161154/1 "2026-05-20T19:14:42Z")

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My Desktop is not looking like I want. Things have changed with updates that I cannot fix. Is there any way to move the agent to the right from the left? It says to drag it, but that does not work.

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**Author:** ![deanrie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/deanrie/32/1263_2.png) [@deanrie](https://forum.cursor.com/u/deanrie)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2026, 9:09am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/desktop-and-navigation-bar-customization/161154/5 "2026-05-23T09:09:49Z")

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Hey, drag and drop doesn’t work here. It moves individual view panels, not the whole Primary Side Bar. To move the agent or sidebar to the right, use one of these:

- Menu: View → Appearance → Move Primary Side Bar Right
- Command Palette `Cmd+Shift+P` or `Ctrl+Shift+P`: `View: Move Primary Side Bar Right`
- Right click the Activity Bar → Move Primary Side Bar to Right
- Or set it in `settings.json`: `"workbench.sideBar.location": "right"`

More details in this thread: [Cursor 2.0 - How do you move the Primary Sidebar to the Left?](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cursor-2-0-how-do-you-move-the-primary-sidebar-to-the-left/139895)

If you try this and it doesn’t stick after a restart, let me know. That’s a separate issue.

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**Author:** ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/system/32/99069_2.png) [@system](https://forum.cursor.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2026, 9:10am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/desktop-and-navigation-bar-customization/161154/6 "2026-08-21T09:10:35Z")

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Closed on August 21, 2026, 9:10am UTC

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