When I open a terminal window and maximize it and then open a file it opens the file full view in the window and effectively closes the terminal window I have to open a new terminal to get to the terminal window open again and then close the new terminal I created to get back to the terminal that is running.
Steps to Reproduce
Open Terminal
Click the ‘^’ to maximize the terminal window.
Click a file in the Explorer.
-explorer opens file in the main view, effectively closing the terminal window-
To get to terminal window again I have to open a new terminal. I can then from there get the old window.
Expected Behavior
If I have Terminal maximized, it should open the file and split the screen between the terminal and the file.
Its not like when we open the terminal it closes our file.
Operating System
Windows 10/11
Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy)
Just to check…are your other panels also resetting? The width of the left and right panels also reset. I usually shrink the right panel (project workspace) to narrow, and widen the agent panel. Both are also resetting, and I think there are some other customizations I make that are getting nuked every time it resets.
No they are okay. Its just that middle panel.
Open Terminal, Maximized.
Open File, it replaces the terminal with the file.
Have to go back to new terminal and close the new terminal.
I’m escalating this to the team, since the previous UI layout fixes in v2.0.40 didn’t resolve your specific issue. I’ll include your detailed reproduction steps and confirmations from other users seeing the same behavior.
In the meantime, as you noted, Ctrl+J lets you toggle the panel visibility faster than opening a new terminal.