Missing new chat and history

Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

Missing new chat and history buttons

Steps to Reproduce

See screenshot

Expected Behavior

Buttons should not be missing

Screenshots / Screen Recordings

Operating System

Windows 10/11

Version Information

Version: 3.0.4 (user setup)
VSCode Version: 1.105.1
Commit: 63715ffc1807793ce209e935e5c3ab9b79fddc80
Date: 2026-04-02T09:36:23.265Z
Layout: editor
Build Type: Stable
Release Track: Default
Electron: 39.8.1
Chromium: 142.0.7444.265
Node.js: 22.22.1
V8: 14.2.231.22-electron.0
OS: Windows_NT x64 10.0.19045

Does this stop you from using Cursor

No - Cursor works, but with this issue

Hey, thanks for the report. From the screenshot, it looks like the buttons are actually there, but they’re invisible because the icon color matches the background. This is a known contrast issue on dark themes.

The most common cause is the titleBar.activeForeground setting in workbench.colorCustomizations often set by the Peacock extension. Try this:

  • Open settings.json via Ctrl+Shift+P, then run Open User Settings (JSON)
  • Find workbench.colorCustomizations. If it has titleBar.activeForeground, delete that line or change it to a lighter color like #cccccc
  • If you use Peacock, try disabling it

If you don’t have any customizations, try running cursor --disable-extensions in your terminal and check if the buttons show up.

More details in this thread: Invisible action buttons

Let me know if that helped.

I’m on 3.0.14 now and same problem and none of this is fixing it. I have to regress to 2.6.x for it to work. Thi sis a bug and 3.x is unusable for me. I know yoiu hear this all the time, but I’m a independent developer, I’m spending hundreds a month on this software, and you shouldn’t dump your bug fixes on me. Please get this fixed.

Additionally, there’s no evidence the buttons are there but stylistically hidden. When I click my mouse in the region where the buttons should be nothing happens.

On top of this I’m hit the recent but of Cursor auto-updating even when set not to, so I have to this 3 to 2.6 regression almost every day now. Thanks. Wish you’d at least acknowledge this is still a problem.

Turns out Cursor’s own tech support doesn’t know as much about their product as Grok. The buttons I”m asking about have been intentionally removed. Glad Grok was able to help me for free, since tghe company I’m paying hundreds to a month for the product refused to.

Hey, I’m back with an update. You’re right, the buttons are actually missing, and it’s a bug. They should be there.

The team is aware of the issue. There’s no ETA for a fix yet, but your report helps us prioritize it.

As a workaround, you can use keyboard shortcuts:

  • Ctrl+R or Ctrl+N to start a new chat
  • Ctrl+Alt+' to open chat history

About auto-update ignoring the settings, that’s a separate known issue on Windows.

Let me know if the shortcuts work.

我遇到同样的问题, 今天 升级后, 聊天就是没有了

我遇到同样的问题