New File Shortcut broken

Bug Reports
1

Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

Now when I do Cmd+N I get a new prompt, not a new empty file?

Yet the File menu still shows Cmd+N for a new text file.

Steps to Reproduce

Open Cursor
Cmd+N

Expected Behavior

Cmd+N should open a new file as per the File menu shortcut.

Operating System

MacOS

Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy)

Version: 2.0.69
VSCode Version: 1.99.3
Commit: 63fcac100bd5d5749f2a98aa47d65f6eca61db30
Date: 2025-11-07T18:21:29.650Z
Electron: 37.7.0
Chromium: 138.0.7204.251
Node.js: 22.20.0
V8: 13.8.258.32-electron.0
OS: Darwin arm64 25.1.0

Does this stop you from using Cursor

No - Cursor works, but with this issue

2

Hey, thanks for the report. This could be caused by an extension or macOS/app intercepting the CMD+N shortcut.

Please check:

Safe mode test (no extensions):

  1. Close Cursor
  2. Run from terminal: cursor --disable-extensions
  3. Try CMD+N - does it work correctly?

Check keyboard shortcuts:

  • CMD+Shift+P → “Preferences: Open Keyboard Shortcuts”
  • Search for cmd+n to see what it’s bound to
  • Search for “New Untitled File” to confirm it still has CMD+N
  • Also check the “When” column for any conditions

Check macOS system shortcuts:

  • System Settings → Keyboard → Keyboard Shortcuts
  • Look for any global or app-specific shortcuts using CMD+N

Try:

  • Manually reassign the shortcut in Keyboard Shortcuts to see if it works

Let me know if CMD+N works with extensions disabled. That’ll help determine if it’s an extension conflict or a Cursor keybinding change.

3

If I remove the Cursor shortcut override, the default behavior works fine again, but Cursor should not override the default (as in specified on the File menu) behavior.

4

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