In Cursor’s built-in browser, the “Select Element” tool allows you to select an element. But, instead of adding that element to the chat, it crashes the app. I have to restart it.
Hey, thanks for the report. I can see the screenshot with “The window is not responding” and that confirms the element selector is freezing the main process.
This is a known issue with the element selector in the built-in browser. The team is aware and the bug is logged.
One question, was the browser tab docked inside the main Cursor window, or did you pull it out into a separate window? If it was in a separate window, that’s a known trigger. Workaround: keep the browser tab inside the main window.
If it still crashes even with a docked tab, let me know, that helps us prioritize it.
One interesting thing: removing extensions might not have been random. The element picker runs via IPC in the browser view, and an extension that hooks into the same events or the DOM could, in theory, trigger a crash. If you remember which ones you removed from that memory thread list, especially anything related to the browser, DOM, dev tools, screenshots, or webview, send them over and we’ll try to match it up.
If the crash comes back, let me know right away, ideally with a screenshot of the moment it crashes, like on click, on hover, or after selection.
