Shift Tab Not Working in Cursor IDE

Bug Reports
1

Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

According to docs ( Keyboard Shortcuts | Cursor Docs ) “Shift Tab” should move to previous chat message (“Cycle to previous message”)

In the latest update, it just switching Plan/Ask/Agent without changes in the docs and recommendations for alternative hotkeys

Steps to Reproduce

  1. Open chat
  2. Press “shift+tab”

Expected Behavior

Move to previous chat message

Operating System

Windows 10/11

Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy)

Version: 1.7.33 (user setup)
VSCode Version: 1.99.3
Commit: a84f941711ad680a635c8a3456002833186c4840
Date: 2025-10-03T03:28:06.574Z
Electron: 34.5.8
Chromium: 132.0.6834.210
Node.js: 20.19.1
V8: 13.2.152.41-electron.0
OS: Windows_NT x64 10.0.22631

Additional Information

Could you recommend new hotkeys for “Cycle to previous message” and document it?

Does this stop you from using Cursor

Sometimes - I can sometimes use Cursor

2

@deanrie Could you take a look when you have time?

1 Like
3

It looks like this was changed in the latest version. You can switch it to the shortcut you’re used to. Thanks for reporting this, we’ll add it to the documentation.

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4

Could you please advise on the command to navigate to the previous chat message for editing? (Previosly it was on Shift+Tab)
”Cursor: Select Previous Chat” move to previous chat, not privious chat message

5

Hey, I don’t remember it working like that. However, you can try moving between your messages with the Up arrow: one press will move focus to the “Add context” button, and another press will go to the previous message. Hope this helps.

6

Thanks. It helps

Maybe you know a name of command for second Up arrow press?
To set my custom hotkey for that

7

Unfortunately, no. I think this can be configured using macros.