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dapperdandev
dapperdandev

Reputation: 3306

How do I change the cursor in VS Code?

Somehow I ended up with a block/square cursor in VS Code. What is the setting name, and how do I go back to the pipe cursor?

Note that it's not "overtype" mode: I can type before other characters and it doesn't overwrite them.

I'm on macOS Sierra

Upvotes: 33

Views: 70303

Answers (7)

Jnc bhudiya
Jnc bhudiya

Reputation: 21

open visual code editor ->Go To Setting->Text Editor->Cursor and change your cursor in Visual Code Studio

Upvotes: 2

mrobbins
mrobbins

Reputation: 47

In my case, I couldn't use the arrow keys to move the cursor past the end of line (to the next line) or before the beginning of line to the (previous line). Uninstalling VIM and restarting VS Code fixed my problem

Upvotes: 0

Simon Solnes
Simon Solnes

Reputation: 61

If you have the Vim extension installed:

The cursor styles can be set with the following lines in settings.json:

"vim.cursorStylePerMode.insert": "line",
"vim.cursorStylePerMode.normal": "block",
"vim.cursorStylePerMode.replace": "block",
"vim.cursorStylePerMode.visual": "block",

Upvotes: 2

Rebecca Mathews
Rebecca Mathews

Reputation: 69

Yes, in my case it was caused due to the Vim extension in VS Code. If it is installed then try pressing "i" or uninstall the extension.

Upvotes: 4

AhmedMaher
AhmedMaher

Reputation: 1771

I believe the reason is that you installed vim extension in vscode by mistake as it puts you in that mode by default until you press (i) to edit text. uninstall vim extension and things should go back to normal. or refer to this vim cheatsheet for more information about using vim as a text editor.

Upvotes: 33

Jameson Githinji
Jameson Githinji

Reputation: 517

Press Insert it should return back to normal. You can also press ctrl+shift+I. In mac os it is control. Head back to code this problem can be cumbersome.

Upvotes: 17

Mark
Mark

Reputation: 182941

// Controls the cursor style, accepted values are 'block', 'line' and 'underline'

"editor.cursorStyle": "line",

from VSCode settings.json defaults

Upvotes: 41

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