Title bar is missing

Support Bug Reports
1

Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

The left sidebar content should have “Explorer” title

Steps to Reproduce

Open left sidebar

Expected Behavior

The left sidebar content should have “Explorer” title

Screenshots / Screen Recordings

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Operating System

MacOS

Version Information

Version: 2.6.20
VSCode Version: 1.105.1
Commit: b29eb4ee5f9f6d1cb2afbc09070198d3ea6ad760
Date: 2026-03-17T01:50:02.404Z
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: Darwin arm64 25.4.0

Does this stop you from using Cursor

No - Cursor works, but with this issue

4

Hey, this is a known bug in 2.6.20. It affects the sidebar titles like Explorer, Run and Debug, and others when the activity bar is set to vertical.

For now, you can work around it like this: Settings → search for workbench.activityBar.orientation → set it to horizontal. The Explorer title will come back.

Related thread with more details: Run and Debug controls missing from Run and Debug panel in 2.6.20

5

Yeah, but the command center now quickly appears and then converts into the root folder name. Useless! And if i set the option “debug.toolBarLocation”: “commandCenter”, now i don’t see it anymore because a useless folder name appears in its place.