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How do I change the cursor in VS Code?

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Somehow I ended up with a block/square cursor in VS Code. What is the setting name, and how do I go back to the pipe cursor?

Note that it's not "insert" mode: I can type before other characters and it doesn't overwrite them.

I'm on macOS Sierra

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dapperdan1985 Avatar asked Dec 01 '16 19:12

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// Controls the cursor style, accepted values are 'block', 'line' and 'underline'

"editor.cursorStyle": "line", 

from VSCode settings.json defaults

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Mark Avatar answered Sep 30 '22 08:09

Mark