Missing side bar button for chat

Ideas Feature Requests
4

Hey, thanks for the feedback! The chat collapse button was intentionally removed in Cursor 2.3 in favor of customizable layouts.

Current ways to hide or show the chat panel:

  • Keyboard shortcut: CMD+ALT+B (toggles the chat panel)
  • Via layouts: click the gear icon (top right) and pick the layout you want
  • If you want to use the Agent sidebar instead of the full-screen composer: switch to the Editor layout via the gear icon, then press CMD+I to toggle the Agent sidebar

Your request about UX consistency is very valid. I’d recommend adding your feedback to the main layout/UI megathread here: [Megathread] Cursor layout and UI feedback The team is actively collecting UI improvement ideas there.