I am forced to use Cursor Agents instead of Cursor IDE

Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

Suddenly the Chat went to the right - I was forced to Editor inside Cursor IDE.

When trying CMD+E nothing happend - received a message to use Cursor Agents if I want the Agent view.

Cursor Agents (Glass) is fine nothing wrong - but I cannot use it for production ready code until:

  • we have Agent review there - I like from the IDE the Agent review where you can see and accept changes iteratively one by one - the extra layer on top of GIT changes - I even have workspaces with multiple repos in it
  • themes - I tried everything in Cursor Agents but simply I work a lot and my eyes hurt - the contrast is too much - I have a very strict theme on VSCode / Cursor IDE which I use with smaller contrast

Please, force us into Glass only when we have these 2 ready - if we have them I am quite exicted to switch to it.

Steps to Reproduce

Open Cursor IDE - try switch to Agent view.

Expected Behavior

Have Cursor IDE agent view until the above to points are introduced inside Cursor Agents

Operating System

MacOS

Version Information

Version: 3.11.19
VS Code Extension API: 1.125.0
Commit: bf249e6efb5b097f23d7e21d7283429f0760b740
Date: 2026-07-12T21:39:24.175Z
Layout: IDE
Build Type: Stable
Release Track: Default
Electron: 40.10.3
Chromium: 144.0.7559.236
Node.js: 24.15.0
V8: 14.4.258.32-electron.0
xterm.js: 6.1.0-beta.256
OS: Darwin arm64 25.2.0

Does this stop you from using Cursor

No - Cursor works, but with this issue

It’s really annoying when the layout changes with updates! I loose so much from my productivity when things are not where I expect them to be.

Yes eactly - now instead of working I have to uninstall Cursor find an older version and hope it works.

Somehow if people need to be forced into using Glass - I think it makes sense that it is still lacking some core details. For me they are:

  • VSCode Theme support - really important - I literally have issues with my eyes - I tried it now to use it for 10 minutes and the contrast is very strong to me - I need the color scheme which I got used to for ages
  • Agent review - I really tried it now - good job - now there is some kind of Agent review - still not figured out how can I accept changes one by one and itterate - the direction is right - but the IDE Agent review still was more powerful - I could have open files - see the changes in each one - accept them one by one - iterate etc

Hey @Mihai_Cracan,

The short version: this has already been rolled back. A recent update shifted some IDE users off the Agent layout onto the Editor layout (chat on the right, Cmd+E toggle off) - exactly what you saw - and we’ve reverted that change.

To get your setup back, fully quit Cursor (Cmd+Q) and reopen. Cmd+E and your previous Agent layout should return - no need to uninstall or hunt down an older version. If a restart alone doesn’t do it, updating to the latest version will.

Your two Glass points are both fair:

  • Iterative per-hunk review - opening each file and accepting changes one by one (including across multi-repo workspaces). There’s a review view in the Agents Window now, but it’s not yet at parity with the IDE flow.
  • Theme/contrast - carrying over your lower-contrast IDE theme.

@Luisa if your layout shifted too, a restart should put it back.

Let me know if it doesn’t come back after restarting!

@mohitjain Works fine now, thank you!

Also my feedback still makes sense - let’s hope we see those 2 implemented into Glass - and especially before removing Agent Mode from IDE - in case you guys plan to :crossed_fingers:

@Mihai_Cracan Can you provide the version number you have that works now? I have 3.11.19 installed on my work Macbook and it’s presenting this problem. My updates are controlled by an IT department, so having a version number to provide them would be super helpful.

@StacyNoland

It is the same version - I did not update it for the issue to be fixed. Maybe the guys from Cursor control this via some server side settings from their side I guess, maybe @mohitjain can confirm.

But if you go to Cursor Settings > General > Layout section → do you see there first setting to be Window Layout? It can be changed between Agent/Editor from there too, without CMD+E

On my end I actually reinstalled Cursor but not sure if that helped - or the settings rollback from Cursor.

Version: 3.11.19
VS Code Extension API: 1.125.0
Commit: bf249e6efb5b097f23d7e21d7283429f0760b740
Date: 2026-07-12T21:39:24.175Z
Layout: IDE
Build Type: Stable
Release Track: Default
Electron: 40.10.3
Chromium: 144.0.7559.236
Node.js: 24.15.0
V8: 14.4.258.32-electron.0
xterm.js: 6.1.0-beta.256
OS: Darwin arm64 25.2.0