Hi, so I downloaded cursor, but I see it’s windowed. When I first open cursor I get the Agent window opened every time. Then I have to press the IDE button which pops an ide in a separate window. Why can’t it just be a tab switch between ide and agent?
Also, I want my default to be cursor ide not the agent.
When i do “Open with Cursor” in any folder where I have my code it opens cursor agent instead of opening the code in ide. How can I fix all this?
I don’t want two separate windows for agent and ide. And I want to be able to open with cursor into ide from any of my project directories.
Hey, I can see from the screenshot that you’re in the Agents section, but the setting you need isn’t there. It’s in Cursor Settings → General → Startup.
In 3.12, the option is called Window Restoration. In older builds it was Open Agents Window on Startup. Set it to Last Used Windows, then close the Agents Window and quit Cursor while you’re in the IDE window. After that, launches should restore the IDE.
One important detail. If the Agents Window is still open when you quit, it may come back on the next launch no matter what the setting is. This is a known bug and there’s no ETA for a fix yet. So before quitting, close the agent window and make sure the IDE window is the active one.
About why this is two separate windows and not a tab. Agents Window and the IDE are currently designed as two different windows. If you want the agent inside the editor, use the agent side panel in the IDE with Ctrl+E or Ctrl+L. That’s probably what you’re looking for.
Open with Cursor follows the same last active window logic. If the last active window was the agent window, folders open in the agent. Once the IDE is last active, folders will open in the IDE.
Let me know if it still opens the agent after this.
