Code Action Lightbulb not showing

[marcelo-mason]

1. If you can, please include a screenshot of your problem

VSCode shows lightbulb on error click:

Cursor doesn't:

2. Please include the name of your operating system

Windows 11

[marcelo-mason]

Setting is enabled on both:

[arvid220u]

What do you use the lightbulb for? We disabled it because we were annoyed, but we can bring it back with a setting.

[knowbee]

Lightbulb is super helpful in flutter development when trying to refactor your code. Kindly Bring it back. @arvid220u

[tatelax]

I was also looking to see if anyone else had posted this issue. I'm also a Flutter developer. The lightbulb is very useful. Without it I can't use Cursor over VS Code.

Not really sure why you would want to disable it entirely when there's already a setting to toggle it in VS Code.

[tom-voicer]

I also need the lightbulb for refactoring and quick fixes... I was scratching my head why it doesn't work.. please bring it back.

[marcelo-mason]

What do you use the lightbulb for? We disabled it because we were annoyed, but we can bring it back with a setting.

A setting already exists to toggle it, really no need to remove it or to add another setting, just bring back the original functionality.

[Jethro87]

This is the key reason I haven't adopted Cursor yet. I use the lightbulb all the time for flutter development and it's surprisingly useful.

[knowbee]

@arvid220u

[arvid220u]

Thanks for all the feedback here! Sounds like we should bring it back :). Expect to see it in Cursor sometime next week. In the meantime, perhaps Ctrl+. or Cmd+. works?

[Jethro87]

@arvid220u That's great to hear 👍 I couldn't get it to work with any key combo.

[Jethro87]

Just wanted to bump this @arvid220u, as I downloaded Cursor today and don't see the lightbulb. I know it seems small but makes a big difference for Flutter. Thanks.

[tech-craniometrix]

Just wanted to bump this @arvid220u, as I downloaded Cursor today and don't see the lightbulb. I know it seems small but makes a big difference for Flutter. Thanks.

bumoing this! still don't see it even with the lightbulb enabled option

[Magellol]

I'm not sure if this is related but doing CMD/CTRL + . brings up the code action menu but quick fixes from Typescript plugins aren't being listed. For example, we use the following TS plugin https://github.com/unsplash/ts-namespace-import-plugin which registers a code action available by pressing the above mentioned shortcut but Cursor doesn't display it.

VSCode

vs Cursor

[kylegwalsh]

Also curious about this! I just tested the latest version and the setting still seems to be ignored.

[Ali1Ammar]

is there update for this? the light bulb still not working

[AmanuelYosief]

Bump, still not added, so I will migrate back to visual studio code. Lightbulb is efficient at suggestions and make things easier. I can extract code as a widget e.g. faster than the AI

[miklereverie]

Bumping this! Flutter developer as well, really missing this feature...

[HYAZEUS]

Bumping this, tried to switch to cursor this week and instantly went back to vscode as soon as i realised it wasn't there after trying for a good hour to make sure i didn't have an extension conflict or settings were off. Please bring it back team, theres a reason you cloned vscode!

[th8m0z]

This 100% needs to be added, it's the one thing holding me back from using and paying for Cursor.

[MilanMeurrens]

As @Magellol mentioned, doing CMD/CTRL + . does the trick. Might be nice to make it optional to show the lightbulb though.

[drddavi]

Its been a year, why cant this feature be re-enabled? I understand from the comments that it was annoying internal team.

However us end users, the product user want it. Kindly re-enable, we want back that quality of life feature!

[paul-vd]

What do you use the lightbulb for? We disabled it because we were annoyed, but we can bring it back with a setting.

This is really stupid, why disable something which has a settings, and besides that why disable it without adding a setting to enable it. that lightbulb is very helpful in many cases, for example to ignore a eslint rule, and other extensions also use it for extra input.

[avikshith-np]

Bring back the lightbulb! Why are you restricting your users with this nonsense. As a person who does flutter development, this is an essential feature that you are blocking. @arvid220u

[drmathewsgit]

Cant do anything in flutter without lightbulb. @arvid220u

[Magellol]

Does the ligthbulb do anything more than what CMD + . does? Because you can access the menu with that keyboard shortcut so it's not completely gone.

[drddavi]

@Magellol I am a flutter and react dev and we absolutely need this lightbulb! in flutter th lightbulb is a core part of the DX. We don't not want to do CMD + . The team should bring back the default and add a setting option to disable it.

The Editor is for the users not the internal team, if so many people are having an issue with it it's clear a major pain point and issue.

[paul-vd]

Does the ligthbulb do anything more than what CMD + . does? Because you can access the menu with that keyboard shortcut so it's not completely gone.

No, it does not, but that's beside the point, the lightbulb was a visual indication that you have possible actions to perform on a line of code. And again, there is a setting to disable to lightbulb, so removing it completely is highly inconvenient to the users of the application. Removal of things like this should generally be behind a setting...

A good example is the ui change for the horizontal bar: https://docs.cursor.com/get-started/migrate-from-vscode#why-is-the-activity-bar-in-cursor-horizontal

[hellobigbug]

As a Python developer, there is a strong need for a bulb reminder. It is requested that the development team bring it back. The current static checking and fixing measures are insufficient to meet the development requirements.

[andresdegano]

I was testing the IDE and is quite nice, but I was surprised that the bulb was not there. I use it a lot, so its a deal breaker.

[HYAZEUS]

Given it's a VSCode clone, and all these complaints, it's quite interesting they won't reimplement for such a simple addition. Did I read they removed it because one of the founders didn't like it? Seems like the wrong reasoning behind the decision.

[mgredenberg]

I am also a flutter developer and urgently need the light bulb.
What also worries me is that no one from the Cursor team has replied here for more than a year!

[lauraversocke]

I'm FE dev and I also miss light bulb a lot, it was usefull for quick imports, it would be great to have it in cursor too 🙌

[mohamoha6200]

This issue has been acknowledged and promised to be entertained a year ago, what's delaying it all this long ?

[TomWeStartFires]

Our whole team moved over to cursor, but this is very frustrating that there is a user option to control this but has been hard disabled and taken away end user customisation that was built in. Please re-enable at least the option, it defaulting to off in the settings would be fine.

[faheemstepsharp]

Please re-enable this feature, our team is unable to be more productive

[ak99372]

Just another reason Cursor should be an Extension (not a fork of IDE), shouldn't need to decide between Cursor and basic VS Code functionality (or wait a year(s)? to get it fixed).

[timreach]

An absolutely insane decision to disable this and still have it disabled after people have requested it back. Mindboggling in fact. Why override the VSC settings for zero benefit?

[nagromLobo]

I also use it for spellchecking and for quick auto-imports in python (though maybe there is a way around this for the imports at least)

[umstek]

There are useful non-AI things too, you know. More reliable than doing with AI.

[drddavi]

I did a fresh install with homebrew and enabled the setting below, now i can see the bulb

[umstek]

I did a fresh install with homebrew and enabled the setting below, now i can see the bulb

So, ... the light bulb appears alright; but can't click most of the time 😅

[andresdegano]

I did a fresh install with homebrew and enabled the setting below, now i can see the bulb

So, ... the light bulb appears alright; but can't click most of the time 😅

yup, just tried myself, the bulb is there alright but just unclickable...

[mintyPT]

Installed last week. No bulk, no cmd+.

[msamoeed]

idk who thought it was a good idea to remove a feature that exists in vscode, there is a reason its there..

[knowbee]

@arvid220u Can you please provide an update on this issue?

[Carleslc]

Flutter developer here. I tried Cursor intending to pay for the upgrade. The first thing I noticed is the missing lightbulb, so I sadly have to go back to VSCode until this is fixed.

With the option "editor.lightbulb.enabled": "on" the lightbulb appears in Cursor but is unclickable, so it's unusable anyway. And no, Ctrl+. is not as useful nor visible as the lightbulb.

Many users are requesting this feature, which as a clone of VSCode should be available right away. If some users do not want the lightbulb it can be disabled using the settings option.

[nialljawad96]

the lightbulb is unclickable @arvid220u

[zhoudajun-ola]

Temporary solution: Use the shortcut key to manually trigger quickFix;
Related command: action.quickFix

[randal923]

As others have said, the lightbulb is extremely important for some developers. I have no idea why you guys removed something without verifying who it affects first. cmd/ctrl + . works but I had to look it up to figure it out.

[mintyPT]

After so much radio silence, it doesn't seem they are interested in solving this.

[MrDWilson]

Would also like this solved, the lightbulb shows but is not clickable. A keyboard shortcut for this basic feature that is in VS Code feels weird.

[berkeonurs]

As a Flutter developer, the main reason I haven’t subscribed to Cursor and still use VSCode is this. I hope it gets resolved as soon as possible.

[michaelperrin]

I am using the lightbulb on React / JS / TS code to quickly refactor things, like adding braces to an arrow function.
I am really missing this in Cursor!