Sidebar hides automatically when you open Cursor, and I don't want it

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I have a problem with the ide left sidebar.
Every time I open the application, it hides, and I have to press to show it again (ctrl + b). However, I want it to remain fixed on the left in its position, without being hidden. Plz help

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Hi @hachefck,

I don’t experience that behavior.

Below are the details of my installation.

You can get your installation details via this menu item:

Cursor > Help > About

Version: 0.39.0
VSCode Version: 1.91.1
Commit: 67685f6d849a40497339e3f7bc51bcc54208f410
Date: 2024-08-02T07:37:19.753Z
Electron: 29.4.0
ElectronBuildId: undefined
Chromium: 122.0.6261.156
Node.js: 20.9.0
V8: 12.2.281.27-electron.0
OS: Windows_NT x64 10.0.22631

Attached is a screenshot of some of the settings related to the sidebar.

Perhaps you could try changing some of those settings?

For example, you can:

  • Right click on the ‘activity bar’ to see the context menu

  • Click on the panel icons in the top right of the screen

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Every time I open the ide cursor, the sidebar, as I have it on the left, appears for a second, and then disappears, and I have to manually activate it again with ctrl + b, or the show/hide buttons panels. I have the same settings that you indicated in the screenshots, but the problem persists.

This is my version:
Versión: 0.39.0
Confirmar: 1.91.1
Fecha: 67685f6d849a40497339e3f7bc51bcc54208f410
Electron: 2024-08-02T07:37:19.753Z (hace 5 días)
ElectronBuildId: 29.4.0
Chromium: undefined
Node.js: 122.0.6261.156
V8: 20.9.0
SO: 12.2.281.27-electron.0

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Here just after opening the ide

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I googled this, but there were no relevant results:

“vs code sidebar auto hides after opening”

As an experiment, you might want to try the following:

  • Create a folder in your Documents folder called MyTestFolder
  • Create a file in there called my_test_file.js
  • In Cursor, open the folder named MyTestFolder
  • The sidebar should appear - if it doesn’t appear, open it
  • Double click to open the file my_test_file.js
  • Make a change to the file, and then close the file
  • Close Cursor
  • Open Cursor and see if the sidebar is displayed
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It works temporarily, because then it deletes that folder, and opens the ide from scratch, everything clean, and the left sidebar hides again, and I have to activate it manually with ctrl + b or with the hide panel buttons.

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i need help