"Reveal in explorer view" broken

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Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

Say I am in “source control” pane and click one of the changed file. side-by-side comparison opens in editor pane. So far so good. Next when I click on the “Explorer” button in nav rail →

previously correct behavior: the folder tree is auto expanded to the file I had clicked in source control.

latest broken behavior: the above doesn’t happen.

Not only that. If I right click the side-by-side comparison tab and click “Reveal in explorer view” - even that doesn’t do anything!!!

Steps to Reproduce

  • Open a tracked git repo Cursor
  • make changes to any file, ideally 4-5 nested sub-folder deep, so that it is easier to show this bug.
  • collapse the repo folder tree in explorer view
  • Click “source control” in nav rail and then click the changed file.
  • the file’s side-by-side comparison tab opens.
  • Now click the “Explorer” button in nav rail

repo folder stays collapsed, and doesn’t auto-expand to the selected file.

  • Right click the file’s side-by-side comparison tab.
  • click “Reveal in explorer view”
  • repo folder stays collapsed, and doesn’t auto-expand to the selected file.

Expected Behavior

repo folder should auto-expand to the selected file.

Operating System

Windows 10/11

Version Information

Version: 3.11.19 (user setup)
VS Code Extension API: 1.125.0
Commit: bf249e6efb5b097f23d7e21d7283429f0760b740
Date: 2026-07-12T21:39:24.175Z
Layout: IDE
Build Type: Stable
Release Track: Default
Electron: 40.10.3
Chromium: 144.0.7559.236
Node.js: 24.15.0
V8: 14.4.258.32-electron.0
xterm.js: 6.1.0-beta.256
OS: Windows_NT x64 10.0.26200

Does this stop you from using Cursor

No - Cursor works, but with this issue

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I ran this exact flow on 3.11.19 (open a changed file from Source Control, then switch to the Explorer) and the tree did expand to the file and select it, so this looks like something specific to your setup rather than a blanket regression. Two quick checks to narrow it down:

  1. Does reveal also fail for a normal file? Open any file directly, collapse the tree, then switch back to the Explorer - does it expand to that file, or only files opened from a Source Control diff?
  2. In Settings, is Explorer: Auto Reveal set to anything other than its default?

A short screen recording of the exact steps would help a lot too. In the meantime, Ctrl+P → type the filename → Enter jumps straight to the file, and clicking it in the changed-files list works as well.