Why cant I

[Damien_X]

Browser, version and OS: 

Chorme, latest version, Windows 10

Steps to reproduce/what were you doing before it happened?

nothing, its a reoccurring frustration on the forum

 

What happened?

When I try to edit one letter in a sentence that is already written, when I click on the text, instead of the text cursor appearing, the letter I clicked on highlights!

 

What did you expect to happen?

The text cursor to apear

 

Link to a page where it happened, if applicable: 

every page on the forum

 

Screenshots of the issue, if applicable: 

 

[PorkishPig]

This is caused by pressing insert.

[Damien_X]

1 minute ago, PorkishPig said:

This is caused by pressing insert.

thank god. Imma look into what insert does now since I never use it(i probably pressed it when I was messing with autohotkey). Thanks!

[CWALD]

6 minutes ago, Damien_X said:

thank god. Imma look into what insert does now since I never use it(i probably pressed it when I was messing with autohotkey). Thanks!

The insert key toggles between inserting text as normal vs. over writing text so that as you type it deletes what is already there. 

[Damien_X]

1 minute ago, CWALD said:

The insert key toggles between inserting text as normal vs. over writing text so that as you type it deletes what is already there. 

yep,  just watched a vid on it. Thanks

 

[nightmarevoid]

9 hours ago, Damien_X said:

thank god. Imma look into what insert does now since I never use it(i probably pressed it when I was messing with autohotkey). Thanks!

This was the scourge of my childhood. I never figured out what I had done until a windows update reset it for me.

[Quinnell]

3 minutes ago, nightmarevoid said:

This was the scourge of my childhood. I never figured out what I had done until a windows update reset it for me.

So how long did you live with this before Windows saved you? 

[nightmarevoid]

2 minutes ago, Quinnell said:

So how long did you live with this before Windows saved you? 

I don't remember. May have been two weeks or two months, but I remember thinking I had ruined it forever lol

[TVwazhere]

On 8/26/2020 at 12:27 PM, PorkishPig said:

This is caused by pressing insert.

Today I learned a thing....

 

I've had this issue for YEARS but never thought much of it. 

[DildorTheDecent]

55 minutes ago, TVwazhere said:

Today I learned a thing....

 

I've had this issue for YEARS but never thought much of it. 

Bruh

[SansVarnic]

Not being obtuse but I cringed when I read this topic.

BUT apparently Google Docs doesnt use the INS (insert key) I have forgotten this, my girls just reminded me, ay least insert works in MS Office online /shrug (even Corel WordPerfect uses the insert key; btw I grew up using WordPerfect). Such a shame that this generation is not exposed to all things a pc can do. Apparently Macs don't inherently have this key either, its a combo function: fn+return. I did do some research and some [very few] apple keyboards have the insert key.

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

1 hour ago, TVwazhere said:

Today I learned a thing....

 

I've had this issue for YEARS but never thought much of it. 

Did you just save and reopen Word every time? 

[TVwazhere]

1 minute ago, BlueChinchillaEatingDorito said:

Did you just save and reopen Word every time? 

This forum specifically but.... Yes...

 

I might have a Moderator badge but that does NOT make me smart

[sub68]

2 minutes ago, TVwazhere said:

I might have a Moderator badge but that does NOT make me smart

then the mod badge is just to help the forum and not figure it out