When opening cursor from a repository folder, cursor now opens Agent window by default (which is already annoying), but when clicking Editor Window, it opens a blank document. You must re-open a folder from the menu bar or the welcome page after closing the blank page
Steps to Reproduce
open a terminal and navigate to a repo folder
open cursor with “cursor .” command
witness bad UX
Expected Behavior
Cursor opens in editor mode in the currenty folder
Hey, thanks for the report. Answering both parts separately:
cursor . opens the Agent Window
This is expected for users on the glass layout. In your version info it shows Layout: glass. If you want cursor . to open the Editor, switch the layout from the quick menu in the top right of the Agents Window. Pick Layout - Left/Right/Zen, or the classic Editor preset.
Clicking Editor Window ↗ opens an empty window without the repo
This is a known bug on our side. The new IDE window gets swapped back to Glass right away because of a race with the post-login redirect. We’re tracking it, but I can’t share an ETA yet.
Workaround that keeps the workspace, unlike the ↗ button:
From Glass: Cmd+Shift+N
Or Command Palette Cmd+Shift+P then Open Editor Window
If I want an agentic view, I’d rather use multiple TUI, I really don’t see the point of this new view…
Opening a repo folder in the IDE is literally the first thing I do when I start working, I can’t stress enough how bad this UX of having to click around 3 times for something as simple…
I appreciate you’re trying to make this as hands-off as possible for the vibe coders, but come on. I have a forum account from the last time you did this – really disruptive and annoying to people trying to use this as a VS Code replacement. Wanting to start a session with cursor . should not be a deprecated edge case.
Hey, the easiest way is to click Editor Window ↗ in the top-right corner the arrow next to the label. That’ll switch you to the Editor Window.
After that, cursor . will open whichever window was last active. So once you switch to the Editor, cursor . will launch the Editor with your workspace.
The most reliable workaround for your use case is to launch Cursor with this flag:
cursor . --classic
This will open the Editor right away with your working folder, skipping the Agents window. It’s also handy to add an alias in .zshrc or .bashrc, for example:
Following up on @deanrie’s reply:
We’ve received the feedback. Version 3.3.30 adds a new “Open Agents Window on startup” toggle in Cursor Settings > Agents. Turn it off to launch into the Editor by default.
To get the update: Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+P > Attempt Update, then restart Cursor.
If you don’t see the toggle after updating, the workarounds from my earlier reply still work: Shift+Cmd+N (Mac) / Shift+Ctrl+N (Windows/Linux) to open the Editor, or launch from terminal with cursor . --classic. The update is rolling out gradually, so it may take a bit to reach everyone.
