Switching the keyboard language takes the carriage to the terminal

Bug Reports
1

Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

Switching the keyboard language with Alt+Shift takes the carriage to the terminal.

Steps to Reproduce

  1. You switch the keyboard layout
  2. Keep typing into the file
  3. Freak out when you realize the text is going into the console instead

Operating System

Windows 10/11

Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy)

Version: 2.0.43 (user setup)
VSCode Version: 1.99.3
Commit: 8e4da76ad196925accaa169efcae28c45454cce0
Date: 2025-10-30T18:49:27.589Z
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

Does this stop you from using Cursor

Yes - Cursor is unusable

2

I checked: the Keyboard Shortcuts menu does not have this command with Alt+Shift

4

Thanks for the report, I’ve raised it to the team.