Missing top bar arrows for back/forth

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Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

The standard vscode arrows for back and forth to previous location in the top bar are no longer visible after upgrading to v2.3

Steps to Reproduce

Just use the latest Cursor IDE version

Expected Behavior

Keep the standard VScode top bar options.

Screenshots / Screen Recordings

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Operating System

MacOS

Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy)

Version: 2.3.41 (Universal)
VSCode Version: 1.105.1
Commit: 2ca326e0d1ce10956aea33d54c0e2d8c13c58a30
Date: 2026-01-16T19:14:00.150Z
Electron: 37.7.0
Chromium: 138.0.7204.251
Node.js: 22.20.0
V8: 13.8.258.32-electron.0
OS: Darwin arm64 24.6.0

Does this stop you from using Cursor

No - Cursor works, but with this issue

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Hey, this is a known issue in Cursor v2.3, and the team is working on a fix.

Try these workarounds:

  1. Switch to Editor view using Cmd + E
  2. Make sure Command Center is enabled:
    • Open settings with Cmd + ,
    • Find “Command Center”
    • Turn on the option
  3. In the Window menu, check that Navigation Controls are enabled (there should be a checkmark)

If everything is on but the buttons still don’t show up, it’s probably a bug related to panel layout. The issue happens when the Agent panel is on the right side. Quick fix: move the Agent panel to the left and the buttons should appear.

More details and discussion here: Cursor 2.3: Command Center no longer appears in the top bar, preventing forward/back navigation buttons (regression from 2.2)

Let me know if it works for you.

4

Clicking ‘Switch agent side’ to move the agent to the left helped.
That was annoyance. Looking forward for the fix.

Thanks!

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