# Anyone know how to turn on the new "Design mode"?

**URL:** <https://forum.cursor.com/t/anyone-know-how-to-turn-on-the-new-design-mode/156619>\
**Category:** Help\
**Tags:** image-gen\
**Created:** [April 3, 2026, 4:17pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/anyone-know-how-to-turn-on-the-new-design-mode/156619 "2026-04-03T16:17:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![DROdio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/drodio/32/104001_2.png) [@DROdio](https://forum.cursor.com/u/DROdio)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2026, 4:17pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/anyone-know-how-to-turn-on-the-new-design-mode/156619/1 "2026-04-03T16:17:05Z")

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Saw it referenced here: [https://x.com/flowstated/status/2039804673406935085?s=46](https://x.com/flowstated/status/2039804673406935085?s=46)

 ![Zight 2026-04-03 at 9.14.07 AM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/original/3X/0/8/08377e74c7bb1a3e37bc4a9ac883e1a68eb6934a.jpeg)

But I don’t see the design pen top right corner of my cursor window:

 ![Zight 2026-04-03 at 9.15.06 AM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/original/3X/8/1/81e8feb57cafaeb0dc4739770594ee9f820d8677.png)

Am I looking in the wrong place?

I’m on:

Version: 3.0.9 (Universal)  
VSCode Version: 1.105.1  
Commit: 93e276db8a03af947eafb2d10241e2de17806c20  
Date: 2026-04-03T02:06:46.446Z  
Layout: editor  
Build Type: Stable  
Release Track: Default  
Electron: 39.8.1  
Chromium: 142.0.7444.265  
Node.js: 22.22.1  
V8: 14.2.231.22-electron.0  
OS: Darwin arm64 25.4.0

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**Author:** ![jes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/51bf81/32.png) [@jes](https://forum.cursor.com/u/jes)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2026, 8:26pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/anyone-know-how-to-turn-on-the-new-design-mode/156619/3 "2026-04-03T20:26:15Z")

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![red](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/original/3X/d/e/dedf66cccd402786385296bcb80f79c7e95dee9f.png)

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**Author:** ![kevinn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/kevinn/32/101206_2.png) [@kevinn](https://forum.cursor.com/u/kevinn)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2026, 10:50pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/anyone-know-how-to-turn-on-the-new-design-mode/156619/4 "2026-04-03T22:50:20Z")

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Hi @DROdio great question! Once you’re in agent view, you can press Cmd + Shift + P and then search for Design Mode. Lmk if you can’t see it!

 ![Screenshot 2026-04-03 at 3.48.32 PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/original/3X/c/1/c16a90e0c4d3720f58a19658ccf6baed3d6c8f85.png)

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**Author:** ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/system/32/99069_2.png) [@system](https://forum.cursor.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2026, 10:50pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/anyone-know-how-to-turn-on-the-new-design-mode/156619/5 "2026-07-02T22:50:51Z")

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