Not Able To Turn Off Highlight Mode

[Jaymin]

Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

Not Able to Turn Off Highlight Mode

Steps to Reproduce

i clicked CTRL + Shift + L and it’s enable the highlight mode, now it’s not going to turn off by ctrl + shift + l and also not able to find relative settings

Main Goal was - basic editing as like vs code - Multi Cursor Multi Selection (but this also missing in cursor)

Screenshots / Screen Recordings

Operating System

Linux

Version Information

Version: 2.6.13
VSCode Version: 1.105.1
Commit: 60faf7b51077ed1df1db718157bbfed740d2e160
Date: 2026-03-06T06:17:49.499Z
Build Type: Stable
Release Track: Default
Electron: 39.6.0
Chromium: 142.0.7444.265
Node.js: 22.22.0
V8: 14.2.231.22-electron.0
OS: Linux x64 6.5.0-18-generic

Does this stop you from using Cursor

No - Cursor works, but with this issue

[deanrie]

Hey, this isn’t actually a “highlight mode.” Ctrl+Shift+L is the standard VS Code shortcut for Select All Occurrences of Find Match editor.action.selectHighlights. It adds multiple cursors to all matching text, and it’s a one-time action, not a toggle. Pressing the same shortcut again won’t undo it.

To exit, just press Escape.

Multi-cursor editing works the same as in VS Code:

• Ctrl+Shift+L selects all occurrences of the current selection
• Alt+Click adds a cursor where you click
• Ctrl+D selects the next occurrence one by one

If you want to rebind or disable the shortcut, open Keyboard Shortcuts Ctrl+K Ctrl+S, search for “Select All Occurrences of Find Match,” and change or remove it.

Let me know if Escape doesn’t clear it.