In previous versions of Cursor, the model selection dropdown contained an small edit button next to model name that allowed quickly set the model mode (Low / Medium / High) directly from the dropdown — without having to navigate to Settings → Models.
After the recent update , this inline toggle appears to have been removed from the dropdown UI entirely. The only way to change the thinking level now is to go into the Models settings tab, which adds unnecessary friction to a workflow that was previously seamless.
Steps to Reproduce
Open the Chat Panel ( CMD+L ) model selection dropdown (bottom of the chat panel)
Look for the thinking level toggle/edit button next to a model like claude-sonnet-4-6
Hey, thanks for the report. The Thinking level toggle Low/Medium/High has been redesigned and is now part of the new parameterized model picker. The Edit button for setting the thinking level shows up when you hover over a model, but it’s not available to everyone yet since we’re rolling it out gradually.
Once it’s available on your account, you’ll see an Edit button with thinking level settings when you hover over models that support reasoning like Sonnet 4.6, Opus 4.6, and so on. This is the expected behavior in the current version.
For now, you can use the MAX Mode toggle at the top of the dropdown.
So you guys silently removed the ability to select a thinking level, with plans to re-introduce the updated feature back to everyone later?
Does no one at Cursor see how bad this is for the user? Cursor is essentially useless for real work while being tied to a default reasoning level
Please fix this as soon as possible, it’s almost been a week and this is still not rolled out. It also took me searching deeply fo even find this stub of a forum post about this major change to functionality.
