UX issue with voice control UX (x + tick)

Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

When clicking on the microphone in the main composer. (to the left of submit button).
a X and Tick appear in it’s place. The X is directly where the microphone button was. This makes it very easier to accidentally delete what you just dictated.

It would be much better if the Tick was where the microphone was and the X was further out of the way.

Steps to Reproduce

click the microphone

Operating System

MacOS

Version Information

2026-08-14T01:41:12.803Z

3.16.17

Does this stop you from using Cursor

No - Cursor works, but with this issue

Hi @tomcomp!

Could you share a screenshot? Where I’m looking, the microphone is replaced is replaced by the :check_mark: and the :cross_mark: is to the side during recording.


This in agents view. X appears exactly in place of microphone cursor. Given that prevous approach just had a single button to stop recording, it’s very tempting to press X by accident and lose what you entered.

Also the button on the left of the X is not obvious what it’s purpose is.

Oddly, IDE version is very different. (I can only put record mode as only allowed 3 pics)

Even more problematic bug is that if you press Tick and then navigate to another agent while you wait for it to transcribe, it throws it all away. I’ve lost what i’ve entered this way many times. It’s getting annoying to have to wait for it to transcribe.

thanks for looking into it.

Ah, I understand now. When you already have text in the prompt, or when the agent is working, this happens. Sharing with the team!