When opening a GIT staged(index) created file, the icon (and the ability) to open the file in editor mode is no longer showing

[spersico (Santiago Persico)]

Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

The icon (and the keyboard shortcut) to open the editable version of a created indexed/staged file is no longer available.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Create a file in a GIT repo.
2. Open it (click on the name of the file), from the Changes tab in the menu.
3. It should open the read-only view of the file, showing the diff.
4. And it will show no icons to open the editable version.

Expected Behavior

It should show an icon to open the editable version of the file. This is what happens in non-created files, and this is what happens in vscode.

Screenshots / Screen Recordings

Operating System

MacOS

Version Information

Version: 2.4.27 (Universal)
VSCode Version: 1.105.1
Commit: 4f2b772756b8f609e1354b3063de282ccbe7a690
Date: 2026-01-31T21:24:58.143Z (2 days ago)
Build Type: Stable
Release Track: Default
Electron: 39.2.7
Chromium: 142.0.7444.235
Node.js: 22.21.1
V8: 14.2.231.21-electron.0
OS: Darwin arm64 24.6.0

Additional Information

I’m pretty sure that this is a regression from one of the latest updates, because I use this fairly often, and I started noticing it today.

Does this stop you from using Cursor

No - Cursor works, but with this issue

[deanrie]

Hey, thanks for the report. I see the comparison with VS Code: there’s an icon there, but it’s missing in Cursor.

First, please try this:

• Click the three dots
• Select Configure Icon Visibility
• Check if the Open File icon (or something similar) is hidden there

Let me know what you find. If Configure Icon Visibility doesn’t help, I’ll log this as a bug for the team.

[spersico (Santiago Persico)]

Followed your steps, no, I don’t see the icon in that menu either:

And just to be sure that it’s not a misconfig or a rogue extension, I created a new empty profile, without extensions, and got the same results: