diff --git a/javascript/js/mesh_preview_multi.js b/javascript/js/mesh_preview_multi.js
index b2320dad..e98c096d 100644
--- a/javascript/js/mesh_preview_multi.js
+++ b/javascript/js/mesh_preview_multi.js
@@ -82,18 +82,9 @@ app.registerExtension({
                 gridControls.appendChild(Object.assign(document.createElement("span"), { textContent: "Rows:" }));
                 gridControls.appendChild(rowsInput);
 
-                // Mode selector (fields | texture) mirroring the node's `mode`
-                // input. NOT client-side: mode changes what gets EXPORTED, so
-                // changing it queues a re-run (same as editing the node widget).
-                const modeSel = document.createElement("select");
-                modeSel.style.cssText = "background:#333;color:#ccc;border:1px solid #555;border-radius:3px;font:11px monospace;padding:2px 6px;";
-                modeSel.innerHTML = '<option value="fields">Fields</option><option value="texture">Texture</option>';
-                modeSel.title = "Visualization mode (re-runs the node)";
-
+                // (Mode is controlled solely by the node's `mode` input widget.)
                 controls.appendChild(Object.assign(document.createElement("span"), { textContent: "Layout:" }));
                 controls.appendChild(layoutSel);
-                controls.appendChild(Object.assign(document.createElement("span"), { textContent: "Mode:" }));
-                controls.appendChild(modeSel);
                 controls.appendChild(gridControls);
                 bar.appendChild(collapseBtn);
                 bar.appendChild(controls);
@@ -216,22 +207,6 @@ app.registerExtension({
                 colsInput.addEventListener('change', onDim("cols"));
                 rowsInput.addEventListener('change', onDim("rows"));
 
-                // Mode: bar select <-> node widget, two-way (bar change re-runs).
-                const modeWidget = this.widgets?.find(w => w.name === "mode");
-                if (modeWidget) {
-                    modeSel.value = modeWidget.value || "fields";
-                    const origModeCb = modeWidget.callback;
-                    modeWidget.callback = function(value) {
-                        const res = origModeCb?.apply(this, arguments);
-                        modeSel.value = value;
-                        return res;
-                    };
-                }
-                modeSel.addEventListener("change", () => {
-                    if (modeWidget) modeWidget.value = modeSel.value;
-                    app.queuePrompt();
-                });
-
                 syncLayoutUI();
                 applyCollapsed();
 
diff --git a/javascript/js/mesh_preview_vtk_batch.js b/javascript/js/mesh_preview_vtk_batch.js
index 80b59f67..d66dea0a 100644
--- a/javascript/js/mesh_preview_vtk_batch.js
+++ b/javascript/js/mesh_preview_vtk_batch.js
@@ -99,29 +99,19 @@ app.registerExtension({
                     "border-radius:3px;font:11px monospace;padding:2px 6px;cursor:pointer;";
                 dropdown.innerHTML = '<option value="0">1 / 1</option>';
 
-                // Assemble navigation bar
-                // Mode selector (fields | texture) mirroring the node's `mode`
-                // input. NOT client-side: mode changes what gets EXPORTED (VTP/STL
-                // vs GLB), so changing it queues a re-run -- exactly like editing
-                // the node widget, just reachable from the nav bar.
-                const modeSel = document.createElement("select");
-                modeSel.style.cssText = "background:#333;color:#ccc;border:1px solid #555;" +
-                    "border-radius:3px;font:11px monospace;padding:2px 6px;cursor:pointer;";
-                modeSel.innerHTML = '<option value="fields">Fields</option><option value="texture">Texture</option>';
-                modeSel.title = "Visualization mode (re-runs the node)";
-
                 // Fullscreen toggle -- expands the whole widget (viewer + this nav
                 // bar) so the arrows and dropdown stay usable in fullscreen.
+                // (Mode is controlled solely by the node's `mode` input widget.)
                 const fsButton = document.createElement("button");
                 fsButton.textContent = "⛶";  // fullscreen glyph
                 fsButton.title = "Fullscreen (← → to navigate)";
                 fsButton.style.cssText = "padding:4px 10px;cursor:pointer;background:#333;color:#ccc;border:1px solid #555;border-radius:3px;font-size:13px;line-height:1;";
 
+                // Assemble navigation bar
                 navBar.appendChild(prevButton);
                 navBar.appendChild(indexLabel);
                 navBar.appendChild(dropdown);
                 navBar.appendChild(nextButton);
-                navBar.appendChild(modeSel);
                 navBar.appendChild(fsButton);
 
                 // Create mesh info panel
@@ -207,23 +197,6 @@ app.registerExtension({
                 nextButton.addEventListener("click", () => showIndex(currentIndex + 1));
                 dropdown.addEventListener("change", () => showIndex(Number(dropdown.value)));
 
-                // Mode: bar select <-> node widget, two-way. Bar change re-runs
-                // (new exports needed); widget edits keep the bar in sync.
-                const modeWidget = this.widgets?.find(w => w.name === "mode");
-                if (modeWidget) {
-                    modeSel.value = modeWidget.value || "fields";
-                    const origModeCb = modeWidget.callback;
-                    modeWidget.callback = function(value) {
-                        const res = origModeCb?.apply(this, arguments);
-                        modeSel.value = value;
-                        return res;
-                    };
-                }
-                modeSel.addEventListener("change", () => {
-                    if (modeWidget) modeWidget.value = modeSel.value;
-                    app.queuePrompt();
-                });
-
                 // Fullscreen the whole widget. The arrow BUTTONS stay clickable in
                 // fullscreen; arrow KEYS also navigate while the widget (nav bar) has
                 // focus. All listeners are on our own `container`, never document, so
@@ -439,7 +412,6 @@ app.registerExtension({
 
                     currentBatchSize = message.batch_size?.[0] || files.length;
                     if (indexWidget) indexWidget.options.max = currentBatchSize - 1;
-                    modeSel.value = batchData.mode;   // reflect the mode actually run
 
                     // (Re)populate the dropdown: one option per mesh, labelled by its
                     // source name (e.g. "apple.ply"), falling back to its position.