wwrroo
January 21, 2026, 4:51pm
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Cursor IDE
I use the forward/back arrows all the time by keeping the “Navigation Controls” on upper toolbar checked. However sometime in the past week they have disappeared and do not reappear even after 1) unchecking/checking them 2) quitting the application and restarting.
This is on latest MacOS Tahoe 26.2 (25C56).
Start up cursor, right click upper toolbar and select Navigation Controls
Forward and Back arrows should be present.
MacOS
Version: 2.3.41
No - Cursor works, but with this issue
wwrroo
January 21, 2026, 4:53pm
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I just realized that toggling from Agents to Editor in a new window makes it appear:
However, that Agents/Editor thing was not appearing on my other windows. example with a dev window open in my projects directory with the ttemp window over it:
wwrroo
January 21, 2026, 4:55pm
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But after closing that window and re-opening the Agents thing is no longer selectable and the nav buttons disappear.
deanrie
January 21, 2026, 5:14pm
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Hey thanks for the report, this is a known issue in Cursor v2.3 - navigation controls disappear when the agent panel is on the right side.
Workaround:
Make sure you’re in Editor mode (not Agent) - press Cmd + E
Check that Command Center is enabled: Cmd + , > search “Command Center” > turn it on
If the buttons still don’t show up, move the agent panel to the left side (View > Appearance > Move Primary Side Bar Right)
When the agent is on the left, the navigation buttons should appear.
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 doesn’t help.
Colin
February 9, 2026, 3:20pm
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Hey there!
I can’t reproduce this on 2.4. Could you let us know if you’re still facing the issue, @wwrroo ?
