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Reputation: 960

Insert/overwrite shortcut key in Jupyter

What is the Jupyter shortcut key to toggle between insert and overwrite mode whilst editing?

I must keep hitting it by accident and then cannot turn off overwrite mode. I have looked at the list of shortcuts in Jupyter and online, but I could not find a match. I am working on Firefox on a Linux virtual machine running on a Mac.

Upvotes: 49

Views: 89751

Answers (10)

Amlan Jena
Amlan Jena

Reputation: 56

I don't have an insert key on my laptop so I just turned on the virtual keyboard from settings in windows and then pressed the insert key there. Solved it

Upvotes: 0

Wes Turner
Wes Turner

Reputation: 1260

FWIW, on a Macbook running Linux, fn + return toggles insert mode.

On a Chromebook, Search + . or Search + Shift + Backspace toggles insert mode.

Upvotes: 15

BadgerTaco
BadgerTaco

Reputation: 21

Simply pressing the 'insert' key worked for me, if you hit help in the toolbar up top, you can see and edit your keyboard shortcuts to see if your shortcut is any different (or change it!)

Upvotes: 0

Sebi John
Sebi John

Reputation: 21

Toggle off the num-lock on your keyboard and press the ZERO key on your Numpad. You will notice that it toggles the overwriting mode on and off.

Upvotes: 2

Sara
Sara

Reputation: 1

Enter + Insert together in a Jupyter notebook

Upvotes: 0

Hamza Ahmed
Hamza Ahmed

Reputation: 31

For those, still facing the problem with jupyter notebook....The solution that worked for was to press Ins key above the delete key

I found out that pressing this Ins key Insert/overwrite the character.

Upvotes: 0

Muhammad Abdullah
Muhammad Abdullah

Reputation: 81

For Windows: Press fn + insert keys

Upvotes: 8

Wayde
Wayde

Reputation: 113

The Insert key on Linux should toggle it.

Upvotes: 10

Sanjolly goyal
Sanjolly goyal

Reputation: 331

For me fn + insert solved the problem.

Upvotes: 22

eknumbat
eknumbat

Reputation: 960

Finally tracked down the problem: it was a Linux one to do with enabling Numlock. As Numlock was not turned on, the 0-key on the number keypad was acting as a toggle for insert mode.

To turn on Numlock, I had to install numlockx and then change login window preferences to enable it, e.g. see https://unlockforus.com/numlock-linux-mint/.

Upvotes: 33

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