Status bar missing Language Mode, Encoding, Line/Column, Indentation, and EOL indicators

[Michael_Ariely]

Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

Standard VS Code status bar items — Language Mode, Encoding (UTF-8), Line/Column, Indentation (Spaces/Tabs), and EOL (LF/CRLF) — are completely missing from the status bar. They do not appear in the right-click context menu either, so there is no way to toggle them on.

Actual behavior: Only extension-contributed items (Source Control, GitLens, Resource Monitor, Cursor Tab, Notifications) appear in the right-click context menu.

Steps to Reproduce

Open any file in the editor
Right-click the status bar
Observe that Language Mode, Encoding, Line/Column, Indentation, and EOL are not listed

Expected Behavior

These items should appear on the right side of the status bar when a file is open in the editor, as they do in VS Code.

Operating System

Windows 10/11

Version Information

Cursor version: 2.6.13 (60faf7b51077ed1df1db718157bbfed740d2e160, x64) OS: Windows 10 (10.0.22631)

For AI issues: which model did you use?

Claude 4.6

Does this stop you from using Cursor

No - Cursor works, but with this issue

[MidnightOak]

Can you share a screenshot?

[Michael_Ariely]

[Colin]

Hey there!

I’ve tried to reproduce this on Windows but can’t so far. Can you share a screenshot of your full Cursor window with a file open and those elements missing from the status bar?

[Michael_Ariely]

Hi, I figured it out but i do think this is still a bug. I am working on md files. I usually work on a preview mode to see how the file looks like and then ask Cursor for changes. When file is presented in markdown mode, i can see the required information. Once I move to preview mode (usual review) the information is unavailable.

[MidnightOak]

That doesn’t sound like a bug if its only happening in preview mode. Line/Column data only makes sense in plaintext files, not styled documents.

[Michael_Ariely]

This depends on your point of view. As I am usually working in preview mode, i expect it to be there.

[Colin]

Appreciate the feedback! I will say that VSCode behaves exactly the same way in preview mode for Markdown files, but that doesn’t mean it couldn’t be useful to have.

How do (or would) you use this info while in Preview mode?

[Michael_Ariely]

I will use it same as i use it as in markdown mode. I don’t see a difference.

The info is required regardless the mode.