You mention that Claude has the code appear in-line while Cursor has it appear in a sidebar/chat. But Cursor does make the code appear in-line if you are using it's agent functionality (which is now the default I believe). Am I missing something? Thanks!
You’re absolutely right—Cursor’s new “agent” mode does indeed render code snippets right in the flow of the conversation, just like Claude. What I was referring to was the legacy Cursor experience (the one you get if you manually switch off agent mode), which still pops its code into a separate sidebar pane.
Here’s a quick breakdown:
Claude (all recent versions):
Code is always shown inline in the chat thread itself.
Cursor
Agent mode (default now): inline code snippets in the chat.
Classic mode (opt‑out of agent): code in a side panel.
So if you’re on the latest Cursor and haven’t toggled back to “Classic” mode, you’re seeing inline code just like Claude—and I should’ve been clearer that I was contrasting against the older, sidebar‑based view.
Hope that clears it up! Let me know if you spot any other UI quirks or have more questions.
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You mention that Claude has the code appear in-line while Cursor has it appear in a sidebar/chat. But Cursor does make the code appear in-line if you are using it's agent functionality (which is now the default I believe). Am I missing something? Thanks!
You’re absolutely right—Cursor’s new “agent” mode does indeed render code snippets right in the flow of the conversation, just like Claude. What I was referring to was the legacy Cursor experience (the one you get if you manually switch off agent mode), which still pops its code into a separate sidebar pane.
Here’s a quick breakdown:
Claude (all recent versions):
Cursor
So if you’re on the latest Cursor and haven’t toggled back to “Classic” mode, you’re seeing inline code just like Claude—and I should’ve been clearer that I was contrasting against the older, sidebar‑based view.
Hope that clears it up! Let me know if you spot any other UI quirks or have more questions.