# Open Cursor with the editor window active (not the agent window)

**URL:** <https://forum.cursor.com/t/open-cursor-with-the-editor-window-active-not-the-agent-window/163197>\
**Category:** Help\
**Tags:** linux, layout, agents-window\
**Created:** [June 13, 2026, 3:46pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/open-cursor-with-the-editor-window-active-not-the-agent-window/163197 "2026-06-13T15:46:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![deanrie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/deanrie/32/1263_2.png) [@deanrie](https://forum.cursor.com/u/deanrie)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2026, 4:13pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/open-cursor-with-the-editor-window-active-not-the-agent-window/163197/5 "2026-06-13T16:13:31Z")

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Hey, thanks for the report. The Agents Window taking focus on startup is current experimental behavior in Cursor 3.x, not a bug.

Main thing: you’re on 3.2.11 April build, which is pretty old. Support for `--classic` to override this routing was added in later builds, so the flag won’t work for you. Update Cursor to the latest version, then `cursor . --classic` should open the editor window.

What else you can do after updating:

- In Settings \> Features, turn off Open Agents Window on startup.
- From the Agents Window, you can open the editor via `Ctrl+Shift+N` Open Editor Window. Both windows can stay open, and you can switch with `Alt+Tab`.

More discussion and options here: [Set editor as default window](https://forum.cursor.com/t/159979)

If `--classic` still doesn’t work after updating, reply here and we’ll take a closer look.

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