CODEWITHSUNDEEP
visual-studio-2010
109221793
109221793

Reputation: 16897

Text overwrite in visual studio 2010

Really silly problem here.

In Visual Studio 2010, the text cursor has changed from the blinking line, to a blinking grey box around the characters. When I type overwrites the text in front of it.

I'm not sure how to get this off? It's like what happens when you press the insert key in microsoft word and overwrite mode gets turned on.

I'm working on a mac with a windows virtual machine so when I hit insert it's just a shortcut key for Parallels (the Virtual Machine program I'm running).

Would appreciate any help!!

Upvotes: 145

Views: 241903

Answers (13)

Necromancer
Necromancer

Reputation: 919

This error is really annoying. I'm using VS code on Mac and the cursor is not default insert mode when I open the files.

INS/OVR label also didn't find.

Try to customize some settings/configs also didn't work.

Finally I can solve this issue by uninstalling vim extension from my vs-code.

Don't forget to restart vs-code after uninstalling vim.

Upvotes: 0

Jon Harris
Jon Harris

Reputation: 13

I just saved my python file and exited Visual Studio. Reloaded file and setting were restored.

Upvotes: 0

Raydot
Raydot

Reputation: 1584

Just in case this happens to you on Mac: fn + i is what fixed it for me.

Upvotes: 0

The Doctor
The Doctor

Reputation: 692

there is 2 ways to disable this option :

  • the first one is to go : Visual Studio, Tools > Options > Environment > Keyboard, remove the shortcut binding for Edit.OvertypeMode

  • the other way to disable it is to use AutoHotKey or any other Key-Overwriting App

but i strongly recommend AutoHotKey because it allow you to specify what application you want the key to be disabled in, and keep the same key work when VS studio window is minimized or closed .

AutoHotKey also uses scripting language , thats the best part, so you have a large flexibility to do many things that other generic key-overwriting apps can-not do

1- after installing AutoHotKey create a new file ends with .ahk

2- type inside it the following script :

#IfWinActive ahk_exe devenv.exe   ; <<== perform only when visual studio Window is Active
Insert::Return                    ; <<== Force Empty return on (**Insert**) key
#IfWinActive                      ; <<== end of #If statement

3- save the file , double click to run .
that's it ! .
go inside VS studio now and try to press Insert key ,
it wont work anymore unless you disable that script we just created .

Note : the Script need to be open everytime you open Visual Studio , so you could make the script start with windows , just put it inside the folder "AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup"

Upvotes: 0

Chris McElligott Park
Chris McElligott Park

Reputation: 3127

If you don't have an insert key, and you're using Visual Studio 2019, then double-clicking the OVR text in the bottom right corner does not work. You'll have to use an on-screen keyboard, if you have one of those, or figure out what your insert key is mapped to. For me, on my mac keyboard hooked up to windows 10, it is the 0 key on the keypad.

Upvotes: 3

s. srichomthong
s. srichomthong

Reputation: 494

I'm using Visual Studio 2019. I used the shortcut below:

Shift + Insert

Upvotes: 0

Dilshan Dilip
Dilshan Dilip

Reputation: 759

press your keyboard Insert Key

Upvotes: 4

James Bedford
James Bedford

Reputation: 28982

None of the solutions above were working for me. My workaround was to open the on-screen keyboard using the system settings (press Windows key and search for "keyboard" to find them). Once that's open you can click the Insert key on it.

Upvotes: 15

kalio
kalio

Reputation: 131

I'm using Visual Studio with Parallels/Win 7 on a MacBook laptop keyboard and the only thing that worked was Fn + Enter/Return (that's the Mac shortcut for Insert).

Upvotes: 13

rohan koshti
rohan koshti

Reputation: 313

Visual Studio : Right Bottom : Look for OVR label. Double Click on it.

Bingo...

Upvotes: 7

bAN
bAN

Reputation: 13835

If pressing the Insert key doesn't work, try doubleclicking the INS/OVR label in the lower right corner of Visual Studio.

Upvotes: 334

Colin Pear
Colin Pear

Reputation: 3100

I am using Visual Studio 2013 and Win 8.1. It was Shift + 0 (0 is my insert key) on the number pad of my laptop.

Upvotes: 29

MichaC
MichaC

Reputation: 2844

Ran into this issue with Parallels and VS 2013. Command + Insert also fixed it in my setup, in addition to the accepted answer. On my Windows USB keyboard Command == WindowsKey.

Upvotes: 11

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