Tab titles/name are not displayed in the Agents view

[_longtingxiao]

Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

Summary

In Cursor, tab titles are not displayed in the Agents view.
Only the Agents view is affected; other tabs/views show titles normally.

Environment

• OS: Windows 11 (build 10.0.26200)
• Cursor version: latest (as of report date)
• Shell: PowerShell
• Date/time: 2026-05-08 (UTC+8)

Expected behavior

Tab names/titles should be visible in the Agents view.

Actual behavior

In the Agents view, tab titles are missing (icons appear, but names do not).

What I already tried

• Increased panel width significantly.
• Reset zoom (Ctrl+0).
• Reloaded window / restarted Cursor.
• Confirmed Cursor is on the latest version.
• Issue persists and only happens in Agents view.

Frequency

Always reproducible (100%).

Impact

Hard to identify/switch between agent tabs efficiently.

Attachments

• Screenshot/video showing missing tab titles in Agents view.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Open Cursor.
2. Open the Agents window/view.
3. Create/open multiple agent tabs.
4. Observe that tab names are not shown.

Screenshots / Screen Recordings

Operating System

Windows 10/11

Version Information

Version: 3.2.21 (system setup)
VSCode Version: 1.105.1
Commit: 806df57ed3b6f1ee0175140d38039a38574ec720
Date: 2026-05-03T01:46:14.413Z
Layout: editor
Build Type: Stable
Release Track: Default
Electron: 39.8.1
Chromium: 142.0.7444.265
Node.js: 22.22.1
V8: 14.2.231.22-electron.0
OS: Windows_NT x64 10.0.26200

Does this stop you from using Cursor

No - Cursor works, but with this issue

[mohitjain (Mohit)]

Could you check the following?

1. Open Cursor Settings (Ctrl+,), search for activityBar.location

2. If it’s set to top, change it back to default (or side)

3. Alternatively, open your settings.json (Ctrl+Shift+P > “Preferences: Open User Settings (JSON)”) and look for "workbench.activityBar.location": "top" – remove that line or set it to "default"

4. After changing, reload the window (Ctrl+Shift+P > “Developer: Reload Window”)

If the activity bar setting isn’t the cause, could you also try right-clicking on the tab bar area in the Agents Window and checking if there’s a “Show Labels” option?

Let me know if that resolves it, or if the setting was already at the default. If it persists, a screenshot of your full Agents Window (including the left sidebar) would help narrow it down further.

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[mohitjain (Mohit)]

Glad you got it working! For anyone else hitting this: the fix was enabling Workbench > Secondary Side Bar: Show Labels (search for secondarySideBar.showLabels in Settings). This controls whether tabs in the Agents Window display text labels or just icons.