# Terminal + Composer pop up windows **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature Requests\ **Created:** [August 20, 2024, 9:43am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/terminal-composer-pop-up-windows/9930 "2024-08-20T09:43:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ilessio\_aiflow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/ilessio_aiflow/32/65330_2.png) [@ilessio\_aiflow](https://forum.cursor.com/u/ilessio_aiflow)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2024, 9:43am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/terminal-composer-pop-up-windows/9930/1 "2024-08-20T09:43:31Z")
It will be very good to be able to detach from the main window the composer and the terminal special for setups with at least a dual monitor. Be able to work on all 3 in same time it will solve pretty much a lot of bottlenecks. Example in my case. I keep an extra terminal (Termius) use on a small 16” monitor where I run Aider and have cursor both windows (code + composer) into 2 monitors will unlock a lot of work. Have the terminal from cursor itself it will be amazing. ---
**Author:** ![imrat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/imrat/32/2837_2.png) [@imrat](https://forum.cursor.com/u/imrat)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2024, 9:44am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/terminal-composer-pop-up-windows/9930/2 "2024-08-20T09:44:33Z")
yeah i kinda preferred the previous composer mode option where you could pin it in the bottom pannel and have composer & terminal side by side ---
**Author:** ![litecode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/litecode/32/2966_2.png) [@litecode](https://forum.cursor.com/u/litecode)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2024, 10:25am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/terminal-composer-pop-up-windows/9930/3 "2024-08-20T10:25:54Z")
I very much want to be able to drag chat and composer to another screen (and then maximise them). For reference, bug report added here for not being able to drag composer to another screen: > [@Composer disappears when dragging it to another screen](https://forum.cursor.com/t/composer-disappears-when-dragging-it-to-another-screen/6766): > > I love Cursor and Composer slight_smile . I also love the pop-out/floating feature of Composer. (I would love it on Ctrl + L too). I mentioned it previously in a [post comment](https://forum.cursor.com/t/multi-file-edits-0-37-update/6425/23) but thought I would create a separate post for this behaviour, which seems to be unintentional. Composer ‘disappears’ when you try to drag it to another screen. See attached screenshot of undesired behaviour. Having Composer and Ctrl L in another screen would keep the Cursor interface free of distractions etc. I ac… ---
**Author:** ![imrat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/imrat/32/2837_2.png) [@imrat](https://forum.cursor.com/u/imrat)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2024, 1:56pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/terminal-composer-pop-up-windows/9930/4 "2024-08-20T13:56:36Z")
Not a perfect solution but 1 - drag file edit tab into new window 2 - use cmd+p to open additional files as needed in that window 3 - use composer in the main window ![CleanShot 2024-08-20 at 14.55.29@2x](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/original/2X/9/927a75f6d760e0c90f76956e0779e946ccb2f5dc.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![ilessio\_aiflow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/ilessio_aiflow/32/65330_2.png) [@ilessio\_aiflow](https://forum.cursor.com/u/ilessio_aiflow)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2024, 2:13pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/terminal-composer-pop-up-windows/9930/5 "2024-08-20T14:13:44Z")
Is a good idea but when u open composer it open only in that new page ? ---
**Author:** ![imrat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/imrat/32/2837_2.png) [@imrat](https://forum.cursor.com/u/imrat)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2024, 2:24pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/terminal-composer-pop-up-windows/9930/6 "2024-08-20T14:24:39Z")
> [@ilessio\_aiflow](#): > > it open only in that new page It opens in the main window. So do all editing in the pane you dragged out. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/system/32/99069_2.png) [@system](https://forum.cursor.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2026, 10:14am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/terminal-composer-pop-up-windows/9930/7 "2026-06-18T10:14:36Z")
Closed on June 18, 2026, 10:14am UTC