cursor-markdown-preview-settings

name	cursor-markdown-preview-settings
description	Restore and verify Cursor/VS Code settings so Markdown preview opens in a normal tab instead of a forced side-by-side split. Use when the operator reports Ctrl+Shift+V or preview opening in a second editor column after updates or settings sync.

Cursor Markdown preview (no forced split)

Files (Windows)

File	Purpose
%APPDATA%\Cursor\User\settings.json	markdown.preview.openPreviewToTheSide, workbench.editor.autoLockGroups
%APPDATA%\Cursor\User\keybindings.json	Optional explicit Ctrl+Shift+V -> markdown.showPreview

Required values

1. "markdown.preview.openPreviewToTheSide": false
2. Under workbench.editor.autoLockGroups: "mainThreadWebview-markdown.preview": false, "workbench.editor.markdown": false (or omit / false).
3. Optional: keybinding for markdown.showPreview on ctrl+shift+v for Markdown editors only.

Repo guardrail

Run from repo root:

.\scripts\check-cursor-markdown-preview-settings.ps1

Exit 0 = OK; 1 = fix settings per docs/ops/CURSOR_MARKDOWN_PREVIEW_SETTINGS.md.

After Cursor upgrades

Re-run the script; major upgrades may reset or merge JSON incorrectly.