Focus lost when closing the chat panel

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Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

Closing the chat panel causes focus to be lost

Steps to Reproduce

Focus on the editor
Open the chat panel → focus shifts to the chat panel
Close the chat panel → focus is lost

Expected Behavior

Focus returns to the editor when closing the chat panel.
It should work like toggling the main sidebar.

Operating System

MacOS

Version Information

Version: 2.7.0-pre.105.patch.0
VSCode Version: 1.105.1
Commit: 561cd068bc5ff3a5ba120dbcb469267cd6e6cfe0
Date: 2026-03-20T18:25:23.896Z
Build Type: Stable
Release Track: Nightly
Electron: 39.8.1
Chromium: 142.0.7444.265
Node.js: 22.22.1
V8: 14.2.231.22-electron.0
OS: Darwin arm64 25.3.0

Does this stop you from using Cursor

No - Cursor works, but with this issue

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Hey, thanks for the report.

I wasn’t able to reproduce this on my end - closing the chat panel returns focus to the editor as expected. Could you share a short screen recording showing the issue? Also, does this happen consistently or only in certain scenarios (e.g., specific file types open, multiple editor groups, etc.)?

Since you’re on nightly (2.7.0-pre.105), it might also be worth checking if the issue persists after restarting Cursor.

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Just a basic use case with the toggle chat panel.

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Thanks for the video - this clears things up.

I passed this to the team - the issue looks like it’s related to how the layout handles closing the panel without restoring focus back to the editor.

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