Agents window: Ctrl+/ Select Model cannot be disabled; accidentally changes model off Auto

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Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

Ctrl+/ opens “Select Model” in the standalone Agents window (Glass) and cannot be disabled or remapped.

I always want model = Auto. Pressing Ctrl+/ (easy to hit by accident while typing) switches/opens the model picker and can change the model away from Auto without intending to.

Problems:

  1. The shortcut appears under Help → Keyboard Shortcuts as Select Model / loop models.
  2. It does not appear as a remappable entry in Preferences: Open Keyboard Shortcuts (searching ctrl+/ or “Select Model” does not surface a row I can remove).
  3. Unbinding via user keybindings.json does not stick in the Agents window, including after full quit/restart of Cursor.

Example unbinds attempted:
{ “key”: “ctrl+/”, “command”: “-composer.cycleModel” },
{ “key”: “ctrl+/”, “command”: “-composer.openModelToggle” }

Actual: Ctrl+/ always opens/cycles Select Model in Agents regardless of keybinding overrides. Help still lists the shortcut even when it isn’t editable in Keyboard Shortcuts.

Steps to Reproduce

  1. Open Cursor standalone Agents window (Glass).
  2. Set model to Auto.
  3. Focus the agent message input.
  4. Press Ctrl+/ (Windows).
  5. Observe Select Model opens / model selection changes.
  6. Add unbinds for composer.cycleModel / composer.openModelToggle (and glass equivalents) to %APPDATA%\Cursor\User\keybindings.json.
  7. Fully quit and restart Cursor.
  8. Press Ctrl+/ again in Agents input — Select Model still fires.
  9. Open Preferences: Open Keyboard Shortcuts and search for the binding — Select Model is not findable/removable there, but Help → Keyboard Shortcuts still lists it.

Expected Behavior

  • Select Model / Ctrl+/ must be visible in Keyboard Shortcuts editor.
  • User must be able to remove or rebind it.
  • User keybinding unbinds must be honored in the standalone Agents window when the prompt is focused.
  • Ideally: a setting to disable the model-cycling hotkey entirely for users who always use Auto.

Operating System

Windows 10/11

Version Information

Cursor Version: 3.15.19 (Windows)

For AI issues: which model did you use?

Auto (always preferred; issue is accidental change away from Auto)

Additional Information

Related: Agents window uses different command IDs than the editor (glass.* vs composer.*), and Agents/Composer input has been reported to capture keys at DOM level before the keybinding service (see prior forum threads on Agents keybindings / chat input ignoring user bindings). Please make Select Model remappable and honor -command unbinds in Agents.

Does not stop me from using Cursor, but regularly causes accidental model changes away from Auto, which wastes time and produces inconsistent agent behavior.

Does this stop you from using Cursor

No - Cursor works, but with this issue

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Hi @Steve_Carlisle!

Could you try this unbind?

{ "key": "ctrl+/", "command": "-glass.openModelPicker" }
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I gave that to Cursor to implement and it appears to work. Thank you.