Whenever I’m using “@” inside my prompt to select a folder, I’m very annoyed by the fact that it is an alphabetical ordered list of all files/folders inside my project. Every time I need to select a folder I need to scroll endlessly down to actually select it while it shows me all possible files that somewhat match.
I would like this to work as a path selector where when I enter “@app/” it shows the app folder (if it can find it) as the very first item and beneath it it can still show the files/folders that are inside that folder.
I’m using the latest cursor version available to me (3.6)
Hey, thanks for the feature request. It makes sense. Right now the @ picker works like a flat fuzzy search, not a hierarchical path browser, so folders can get buried under files and you end up scrolling.
We don’t have path-style navigation today where you type @app/ and see the folder at the top with its contents under it, and I can’t share a timeline for it. But it’s a valid request, so I’ll keep the thread open in Feature Requests so it can collect votes. That helps with prioritization.
As a temporary workaround, try typing a longer part of the path, like app/components instead of just app. That usually makes the fuzzy match rank the right folder higher. Not perfect, but it can reduce scrolling.
Let me know if you have more details on how you’d like this UX to work.