change cursor from block or rectangle to line?

eclipse text-editor
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My cursor is a blinking black rectangle. I don't know how it became that way. I want to turn it back to a blinking vertical line.

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Answer

ohcibi picture ohcibi · Mar 31, 2013

You're in replace mode. Press the Insert key on your keyboard to switch back to insert mode. Many applications that handle text have this in common.

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