change cursor from block or rectangle to line? [duplicate]

Question

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 1

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.

Answer 2

If you happen to be using a mac keyboard on linux (ubuntu), Insert is actually fn + return. You can also click on the zero of the number pad to switch between the cursor types.

Took me a while to figure that out. :-P

Answer 3

please Press fn +ins key together