Focus lost when closing the chat panel

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

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.

Just a basic use case with the toggle chat panel.

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.

Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

This is an accessibility issue for blind users - using cursor with Screenreader (NVDA).
This started from one of the recent versions (I started experiencing this about a week ago).
This makes cursor much harder to use for blind people because we lost an ability to jump between chat and main editor in a single keystroke. In the end I found a workaround, but it involves tens of keystrokes - I have to open file explorer and find the right file there. Very tedious.

Steps to Reproduce

  1. Run Cursor on Windows, use NVDA screen reader. Turn on accessibility mode in Cursor.
  2. Open some file. Press control+L to open chat pane.
  3. Try to go back to the editor using keyboard commands only. No mouse.

Expected Behavior

Pressing control+L again should take you back to editor pane. In fact, it closes the chat pane visually, but it doesn’t focus the main editor.
Pressing control+shift+E twice should also take you back to the main editor - that’s VSCode command. In fact, the focus gets stuck in the file explorer pane.

Operating System

Windows 10/11

Version Information

Version: 3.1.17 (user setup)
VSCode Version: 1.105.1
Commit: fce1e9ab7844f9ea35793da01e634aa7e50bce90
Date: 2026-04-19T19:33:58.189Z
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: Windows_NT x64 10.0.26200

For AI issues: which model did you use?

N/A

For AI issues: add Request ID with privacy disabled

N/A

Additional Information

I’m hoping this issue will get some attention. There are not many AI coding tools that are accessible to blind people. Cursor is one of them - in general accessibility is pretty good. But this recent regression slows me down significantly.

Does this stop you from using Cursor

Sometimes - I can sometimes use Cursor