Folder reference in chat is buggy

[yaireo]

Describe the Bug

Dragging a folder to the Cursor chat window, indeed adds a reference BUT it’s an incorrect reference and it also lacks a tooltip for the user to verify the folder path is correct.

I’ve dragged an empty new folder (deeply-nested folder I just created) to the chat and told it to create a component in there, and it created a NEW folder with the exact name somewhere else, and keeps claiming it followed my instructions.

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BTW - it is impossible to upload multiple screenshots when reporting a bug, which makes it a little more difficult to report bugs…

Steps to Reproduce

1. Create a new empty folder somewhere “deep”.
2. Write a prompt like “create an empty react component named ‘foo’ in the folder” and drag the folder to the end of the prompt
3. Execute prompt
4. See if the new folder you’ve created is empty (shouldn’t be)

Expected Behavior

When dragging a folder to the chat, I expect the chat to use the full path of the folder and also, when hovering over the (tagged) folder in the chat window, to see a tooltip confirming the full path to that folder.

Screenshots / Screen Recordings

Operating System

Windows 10/11

Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy)

Version: 1.3.3 (user setup)
VSCode Version: 1.99.3
Commit: e589175333a2d938c3d944f9bf0993155e655e70
Date: 2025-07-26T19:28:32.726Z
Electron: 34.5.1
Chromium: 132.0.6834.210
Node.js: 20.19.0
V8: 13.2.152.41-electron.0
OS: Windows_NT x64 10.0.26100

Does this stop you from using Cursor

No - Cursor works, but with this issue

[deanrie]

Hey, thanks for the report. Could you let me know at what level of nesting the folder you added is located?

[yaireo]

C:\projects\definity-app\frontend\src\pages\EnvDashboardPage\components\ExecutionHealthDashboard\components\GenericTreeTable