Where does the bug appear (feature/product)? Cursor IDE Describe the Bug After updating Cursor to 2.3.41 the Primary Side Bar position is no longer persisted. When I move it to the left it always returns to the right in every new window. Steps to Reproduce Rightclick on the Primary Side Bar and cl…

For what is worth. I’m suffering this bug as well and is becoming really annoying. Using Ubuntu and appimage.

Hey, this is a regression of a bug we already fixed before. Thanks for the report, I’ll pass it to the team. Temporary workaround: add this to settings.json (CMD + Shift + P > “Preferences: Open User Settings (JSON)”): "workbench.sideBar.location": "left" Another option: open the Command Palette …

Hi Dean, thanks for answer. For me none of the options works. The settings one never applies and the command one (same as from appearance menu) gets reset every time I open Cursor or change projects. :disappointed_face:

Where does the bug appear (feature/product)? Cursor IDE Describe the Bug Issue: Cursor editor always places the sidebar on the right, even after changing settings I’m having a persistent issue with the Cursor code editor (VS Code fork). No matter how many times I change the configuration, the proj…

[image] deanrie: workbench.sideBar.location Thanks for replying. I’ve done this a million times. And it works!!! But when I close the editor and reopen it, it reverts to its original configuration, and I have to keep changing it. The logical and expected thing is that once the configuratio…

What I really mean is that it works, but it’s not what I want or expect. It’s not a fix, and it’s not a solution.

Affecting me as well on WSL: Ubuntu-22.04

Same issue affecting me here too. macOS Tahoe 26.2 (25C56)

There have been multiple updates already and the bug persists. It’s driving me crazy at this point. Version: 2.4.21 VSCode Version: 1.105.1 Commit: dc8361355d709f306d5159635a677a571b277bc0 Date: 2026-01-22T16:57:59.675Z Build Type: Stable Release Track: Default Electron: 39.2.7 Chromium: 142.0.7444…

Also hitting this. On OSX :frowning: Version: 2.4.22 VSCode Version: 1.105.1 Commit: 618c607a249dd7fd2ffc662c6531143833bebd40 Date: 2026-01-26T22:51:47.692Z (1 day ago) Build Type: Stable Release Track: Default Electron: 39.2.7 Chromium: 142.0.7444.235 Node.js: 22.21.1 V8: 14.2.231.21-ele…

Primary Side Bar forgets its position

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afrie January 28, 2026, 2:39pm 14

hi, try this, works for me.

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Primary Side Bar forgets its position

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