Open links by default in external browser

Ideas Feature Requests
1

Feature request for product/service

Cursor IDE

Describe the request

Would be nice to have a setting where links open by default in an external browser. No right click necessary.

5

Hey, thanks for the feature request. You’re not the first user to ask for this, I’ve logged a request for a separate option along with the others.

There isn’t a single global setting to always open all links in an external browser yet, but a few things can help right now:

  • For localhost links: turn off Settings → Tools & MCP → “Show Localhost Links in Browser” so they open in your external browser instead of the built-in one.
  • For links in chat or markdown: hold Cmd or Ctrl while clicking to open in your system browser.
  • In the Chat panel, click the browser icon in the toolbar and pick your browser like Google Chrome. This also affects Cmd+Click in the terminal.

I’ve passed the request for a full default setting along. I can’t share an ETA yet, but I’ll reply in the thread if anything changes.

6

Thank you! Codex does this and it feels 100x better for UX.