Select Element feature does not allow multiple element selection

Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

Description:
The “Select Element” feature in Cursor IDE no longer allows selecting multiple elements simultaneously as it did previously. When attempting to select multiple DOM elements using the CSS selector, only the last clicked element remains selected, overwriting previous selections.

Expected Behavior:

  • Ability to select multiple DOM elements using Shift+Click or Cmd/Ctrl+Click
  • All selected elements should be added to the chat simultaneously
  • Previous selections should be maintained when clicking on new elements

Actual Behavior:

  • Only the last clicked element is selected
  • Previous selections are lost when clicking on a new element
  • It’s not possible to add multiple elements to the chat in a single selection session

Steps to Reproduce

  1. Open a web application in Cursor’s integrated browser
  2. Activate the “Select Element” feature (CSS selector)
  3. Attempt to select multiple elements using Shift+Click or Cmd+Click
  4. Observe that only the last selected element remains in the selection

Expected Behavior

This bug appears to be related to the recent update that incorporated the visual editor. The issue has been reported by other users on the Cursor community forum.

Operating System

MacOS

Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy)

System Information:

  • OS: macOS (Darwin arm64 25.1.0)
  • Cursor Version: 2.2.17 (Universal)
  • VSCode Version: 1.105.1
  • Commit: cf858ca030e9c9a99ea444ec6efcbcfc40bfda70
  • Date: 2025-12-11T18:30:06.649Z
  • Electron: 37.7.0
  • Chromium: 138.0.7204.251
  • Node.js: 22.20.0

For AI issues: which model did you use?

auto

Does this stop you from using Cursor

No - Cursor works, but with this issue

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Hey, thanks for the report. We’re reproducing this in 2.2.x - it’s a regression after the Visual Editor. We’re working on a fix:

Thread: New Visual Editor prevents adding multiple elements in chat box

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