# Cmd + L is not higlighting the text chunk anymore **URL:** \ **Category:** Help\ **Created:** [June 15, 2024, 9:15pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cmd-l-is-not-higlighting-the-text-chunk-anymore/5793 "2024-06-15T21:15:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ben42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d07c76/32.png) [@ben42](https://forum.cursor.com/u/ben42)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2024, 9:15pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cmd-l-is-not-higlighting-the-text-chunk-anymore/5793/1 "2024-06-15T21:15:39Z")
when i highlight a text chunk and do cmd + L, it used to paste the text chunk into the chat window. this is not happening anymore. does anyone know if updating the software has borked the hot key? what’s a way to fix it? thanks! ---
**Author:** ![ben42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d07c76/32.png) [@ben42](https://forum.cursor.com/u/ben42)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2024, 1:15pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cmd-l-is-not-higlighting-the-text-chunk-anymore/5793/2 "2024-06-20T13:15:06Z")
bump. does anyone know how to directly insert a chunk of code into the chat window? ---
**Author:** ![amanrs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/amanrs/32/105_2.png) [@amanrs](https://forum.cursor.com/u/amanrs)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2024, 7:36pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cmd-l-is-not-higlighting-the-text-chunk-anymore/5793/3 "2024-06-21T19:36:48Z")
What version of Cursor are you on and what OS? Could you copy/paste these details in “About Cursor” ---
**Author:** ![ben42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d07c76/32.png) [@ben42](https://forum.cursor.com/u/ben42)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2024, 1:37pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cmd-l-is-not-higlighting-the-text-chunk-anymore/5793/4 "2024-06-22T13:37:21Z")
hey aman! it’s ```auto Version: 0.35.0 VSCode Version: 1.89.1 Commit: 5f9353ed8be369c4ac2b4d43596f5ff281746ec0 Date: 2024-06-08T04:53:54.048Z Electron: 28.2.8 ElectronBuildId: undefined Chromium: 120.0.6099.291 Node.js: 18.18.2 V8: 12.0.267.19-electron.0 OS: Darwin arm64 23.5.0 ``` ---
**Author:** ![amanrs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/amanrs/32/105_2.png) [@amanrs](https://forum.cursor.com/u/amanrs)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2024, 7:21pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cmd-l-is-not-higlighting-the-text-chunk-anymore/5793/5 "2024-06-22T19:21:44Z")
what happens when you run “cmd+shift+p \> preferences: open keyboard shortcuts” search aichat.newchataction. Also, does it start a chat in the first place? And what kinds of files does this happen in. Would be helpful if you could send a video to [aman@anysphere.co](mailto:aman@anysphere.co) ---
**Author:** ![ben42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d07c76/32.png) [@ben42](https://forum.cursor.com/u/ben42)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2024, 1:02am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cmd-l-is-not-higlighting-the-text-chunk-anymore/5793/6 "2024-06-23T01:02:26Z")
Email sent. It does start a chat when i do cmd + L. happening in .ts files. ---
**Author:** ![amanrs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/amanrs/32/105_2.png) [@amanrs](https://forum.cursor.com/u/amanrs)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2024, 5:32pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cmd-l-is-not-higlighting-the-text-chunk-anymore/5793/7 "2024-06-23T17:32:07Z")
Resolved over email. The editor was in a bad state and the resolution was to reset the full editor state (rm all saved chats, extensions, keybindings, etc), run: ```auto rm -rf ~/Library/Application\ Support/Cursor/ rm -rf ~/.cursor ``` ---
**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:** [June 18, 2026, 10:13am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/cmd-l-is-not-higlighting-the-text-chunk-anymore/5793/8 "2026-06-18T10:13:27Z")