Toggle Insert/Overwrite Mode not working in "Editor"

Hi,

I notice that when I set a keyboard shortcut to "toggle Insert/Overwrite Mode" (as shown in attached screenshot), this is applied only to the Command Window and it does not work in the Editor (Matlab 2021b). I try to change the keyboard button but the issue remains :-(.

Could you help me to solve this issue? Have I turn on some additional options?

Thanks in advance...

All the best

Answer 1

[Reshma Nerella]

Hi,

From R2021b, "Toggle Insert/Overwrite Mode" shortcut only works for command window. That's why you are not able to use it in editor.

[Les Beckham]

Really???

This is a serious regression.

So how do we overwrite text in the editor?

[Andrea Zugna]

I'd like to bump this problem. Why has this feature been removed?

[z8080]

@Reshma Nerella: So you just give it to us straight like this?

Don't recall there being a user survey with the question "Should that pesky Insert/Overwrite mode finally be removed from the Editor?". Bet not many users would have answered YES to that!

[Junho Cho]

I need this function back...

[AZ]

I really need this function back. I understand some people might not need it, but why remove it?

It’s present in pretty much all software editors except Matlab.

Please add it again!

[DGM]

This seems like very basic functionality. I don't think it's a surprise that people would object to its removal. If there were a good reason for the removal, it should be given when asked.

[Mats Logren]

Can't understand how someone actively removed a good, understandable and useful feature...

Answer 2

[Erich Flach]

It was really a bad idea to remove this feature in the editor. There are cases where the overwrite mode is missing and typing is really annoying. A user survey may not appeal to all people who just want to use the software and are now wondering why overwrite mode is not implemented - like me. There are also many features that I don't use and still wouldn't question.

Best regards,

Erich