Built‑in browser “Select element” opens new agent chat instead of selecting element

[RecLord (Oded)]

Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

When I use the built‑in browser’s “Select element” tool in Cursor, clicking on any DOM element opens a new agent chat tab instead of just selecting/inspecting the element. This makes the “Select element” feature effectively unusable.

Steps to Reproduce

Open a project in Cursor.
Open the built‑in browser / preview panel.
Click the “Select element” (element picker) button.
Move the mouse over the page and click on any element.

Expected Behavior

The element picker should select the clicked DOM element in the built‑in browser / devtools context (highlight it, show its info, etc.) and not open a new agent chat.

Operating System

Windows 10/11

Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy)

Version: 2.2.14 (system setup)
VSCode Version: 1.105.1
Commit: 1685afce45886aa5579025ac7e077fc3d4369c50
Date: 2025-12-11T01:12:35.790Z
Electron: 37.7.0
Chromium: 138.0.7204.251
Node.js: 22.20.0
V8: 13.8.258.32-electron.0
OS: Windows_NT x64 10.0.26200

Additional Information

This happens consistently for me on the version above.
I’ve confirmed there is no setting I changed that would cause “Select element” to open a new chat.
Happy to provide a short screen recording if helpful.

Does this stop you from using Cursor

No - Cursor works, but with this issue

[deanrie]

Hey, thanks for the report.

I can’t reproduce this issue. Could you share a short video as you mentioned? It would really help us understand what’s happening.

A few more questions:

• Does the issue appear in a new/empty workspace?
• Do you have any extensions that might intercept clicks?

The video will help the team reproduce and fix the bug.

[greg-markowski (Awesome Potato)]

I’ve got the same issue, when clicking on any element within cursor browser to select it it opens a new chat window with that selected element instead of pasting it to the currently open chat window. Haven’t found any settings to change that.

[vibe-qa]

Somehow Grok is unable to see anything in the page or the snapshot, it is really frustrating, such a simple feature. I can select things, they appear in the chat box, but the Agent can’t inspect them. Why?