While waiting for the fix, you can open the devtools and update the CSS to display the icon.
Inspect the mode who you want and after update the css
”.\!opacity-\[calc\(var\(–composer-unified-context-menu-stateful-opacity\)\*0\.6\)\]” and uncheck it.
Now you can click on edit and it’s working
Hovering over a custom mode / selecting it does not show the edit button. You must use keyboard navigation to move the ‘blue’ selection down to the model you wish to edit, then the edit button appears. Via mouse interaction alone, you can’t edit custom modes.
The ‘tick’ being the current selected one vs the blue selection box is confusing.
The ‘Agent’ option is always selected by default, even if it’s not the last thing used.
Steps to Reproduce
Create a custom mode.
Try to edit it via the dropdown.
Expected Behavior
Always display the edit icon, pre-select the agent last selected, not always ‘agent’.
In the latest update the button to edit a custom agent mode is missing. You can create a new mode, but not edit an existing mode anymore. Is this by design?
Steps to Reproduce
Attempt to edit or modify a custom agent mode, edit button is missing.
Expected Behavior
I should be able to edit the custom agent mode settings.
Operating System
Windows 10/11
Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy)
Is there an update on this issue. This is pretty basic functionality that we are using extensively to test MCP servers and custom modes. Right now we have no way to update the modes. The QA process really dropped the ball here.
At present, the cursor team seems to have completely lost the ability to continue optimizing and upgrading the product. Instead, they are gradually driving away old users by frequently upgrading the product countless times a day, each time removing a feature or leaving something out.
May not be related, but I noticed auto is now gone too. The primary issue is that I do not get a pen to edit my custom mode any more. I checked settings and I can not find a way to get in and change it.
Auto is gone but there is a lightening icon with no label with a tool tip “switch agent mode”.
I restarted the app but nothing changed.
Steps to Reproduce
Click the modes (agent, ask, etc) and my custom mode is there but no pen icon to get at the options.
Hi, did you note I don’t have “auto” mode any more? Is that a smoking gun of some sort? I read a comment today where someone mentioned they switched to it. Am I the only one? I am now on:
I have “auto” mode (not sure if that was related or a user-error, but wanted to report back)
The workaround to use the arrow keys to make the pen icon move up and down the menu items works for visual button feedback, so this appears to be a UI bug.
It’s hard to edit modes with the latest version. Only the agent mode has the visible edit button. Well, the other mode, Ask to custom mode if present can still be editable but the edit button (pencil) is not visible you have to shot your mouse cursor to the right location.
Steps to Reproduce
Just open cursor and choose a mode. Try editing the Ask mode and other customs ones.
Expected Behavior
Previous versions has a little pencil icon next to the mode to edit it (just like the Agent mode currently has)
The edit functionality is still there, but you need to hit the correct location to access it since no more markers found.
Update: You can also open the mode option, then press keyboard up/down buttons the edit button is now there.
I am currently using Cursor version 1.4. I have noticed that the custom modes I created before cannot be deleted. According to the community discussions, in previous versions, one could access the deletion process by going to “Edit” → “Advanced”, but in the current version, these options seem to no longer exist: there is no edit button and no advanced settings interface.
This results in the inability to clear the test patterns, causing confusion in the pattern list and negatively impacting the user experience.
We sincerely request that your team consider the following suggestions:
Add prominent “Edit” or “Delete” buttons on the right side of each custom mode.
Or support the right-click / mouse-hover to invoke the operation menu, and provide an “Delete” option.
