Hello, 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!
Get a cat, see what happens next.
Hans Passant
2010-10-08 21:51:54
What.. ? I dont understand Hans
Shyju
2010-10-08 21:56:02
I can only guess that a cat would accidentally (purposely?) press keys on the keyboard while it's hanging around you. I have the same problem with my 3 year old son.
adrift
2010-10-08 21:58:35
Whoops. Embarassed now. Thank you Shyju! (also RE: Cat, I did acctually try pressing every key while holding down CTRL for a short while but this started doing all sorts of strange things so I gave up on that fairly quick!)
sebf
2010-10-08 22:03:44
A:
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.
zainnab
2010-10-15 02:06:56