how do i prevent overwriting when I want to insert text?
Asked by Mike Lynch:

I'm composing meeting notes to share with my team and the editor keeps overwriting when I try to go insert text in my notes--driving me mad. How do I change from overwrite to insert?


Answers:
author: Ryan Shillington
body: I'm on Chrome and I had this issue. It's definitely not my keyboard/browser. I pressed the insert key several times and couldn't get it to go away. I switched over to Gmail to compose an email and it wasn't in insert mode.

The only solution I could find was to logout of JIRA and log back in again. That seemed to make it go away.


author: Davin Studer
body: It's not the editor that is the issue. It's your keyboard. There is an insert button on your keyboard that toggles between insert and overwrite.

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comments: author: rvilluccit
body: Logging out and back in is the fix...


author: michael.grey
body: Logging in and out worked for me too. Thanks!


author: Matthias.Buck
body: Also worked for me.


author: lvelasco
body: Insert key was the fix for me.


author: Diogo Teles
body: Having the same issue and keyboard is definitely not in insert mode. Tried a different keyboard which I have connected via USB same. I can toggle insert on and off fine in other web pages and docs


author: sara.hall
body: Having the same issue - logging in and out worked


author: Andras Juhasz
body: Also experienced the bug, it is annoying and not the fault of a keyboard setting.  
**Logging out and logging in back again fixed the issue.**


author: Gr?gory Verron
body: Same issue on Chrome et Jira cloud.  
Logging out and back in fixed it for me.


author: Kevin Mertens
body: Same issue.  
Logging out and back in fixed it for me.


author: Sam
body: Same issue here. I could toggle it off in every editor, including the one I used to give feedback in Confluence, but the editor in Confluence remained in Insert mode.

Logging out and back in fixed it.


author: Josh Noe
body: Issue persists. Not a keyboard problem, as I don't get the issue in any other app (for example, this textbox)

comments: author: Josh Noe
body: Confirmed that logging out and back in fixes it.


author: Denis Baryshev
body: Same problem had to logout/login, it's 2019 well :(


author: Jordan Saunders
body: Had the same issue. ctrl + f5 fixed it.


author: Lahiru Devadithya
body: pressing the arrow keys with the left mouse button pressed, fixes it. can't remember which arrow key though.. it just happened. Try out the combinations and see.. :-) good luck!


author: Matt Hampton
body: Please fix this! It's killing me...

comments: author: Vinaya Totagi
body: It's killing me too! Please fix this.


author: Oliver Johne
body: Actually, there is a fix. I am damn sure. Had the issue for weeks until I got some help and had done something very easy... Fix is permanent and didnt happen for probably a year now...


author: Oliver Johne
body: Same problem. This slows the work down a lot is just hugely annoying...


author: Alexander Mackay-Austin
body: Same here


author: Elad Shaked
body: I encountered this issue as well.