No titles in chat tabs

[Vodros (Taha)]

Describe the Bug

Chat tabs don’t have a title. This leads to the close button overlapping with the tab button, making navigation difficult.

Steps to Reproduce

Create chat tabs.

Expected Behavior

Tabs should have a title.

Screenshot

Operating System

Linux

Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy)

Version: 1.4.2
VSCode Version: 1.99.3
Commit: d01860bc5f5a36b62f8a77cd42578126270db340
Date: 2025-08-07T17:16:23.005Z
Electron: 34.5.1
Chromium: 132.0.6834.210
Node.js: 20.19.0
V8: 13.2.152.41-electron.0
OS: Linux x64 6.12.41

Additional Information

Running NixOS

Does this stop you from using Cursor

Yes - Cursor is unusable

[zachmayer (Zach Deane-Mayer)]

I have the exact same problem on my Mac. It’s driving me crazy

[deanrie]

Hey, try right-clicking on the icon and selecting Show labels.

[Vodros (Taha)]

For some reason it’s greyed

[Vodros (Taha)]

I found the issue. I had "workbench.activityBar.location": "top" in my config. Removing it solves the issue.

[deanrie]

Thank you for sharing the solution.

[Vodros (Taha)]

Yw
But I think this should be considered a bug. It’s not easy to troubleshoot, and someone importing their settings from vanilla vscode could easily experience it.