Change the text cursor/caret in Visual Studio

Question

I've accidentally changed the text cursor/caret in Visual Studio 2010 from the line to the one with the box that highlights the entire character and cannot find out how to change it back. Can anyone tell me how? Thanks!

Answer 1

Press the Insert Key

Answer 2

If you are using a laptop keyboard also Shift+0 will solve your problem.

Answer 3

I stuggled finding the insert key on my Mac book air because i'm running visual studio under bootcamp however i got it right by pressing fn + enter which i understand is equivalent to insert key on mac.

Answer 4

To clarify there are two modes when using the editor: Insert and Overwrite.

Insert -- the "normal" thin caret that inserts characters as you type.

Overwrite -- the "fat" caret that will overwrite any previous characters as you type.

These two act the same when at the end of your document and you are just typing but go in the middle of some text and use them then you will see the difference.

Answer 5

I posted a functional valid answer for Visual Studio 2019, that is applicable to VS2010 as well, to your question in the fallowing stackoverflow post LINK There is a windows 10 level solution and Visual Studio level solution, enjoy. :)