how do i prevent overwriting when I want to insert text?

[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?

[Ryan Shillington]

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.

[Davin Studer]

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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[rvilluccit]

Logging out and back in is the fix...

[michael.grey]

Logging in and out worked for me too. Thanks!

[Matthias.Buck]

Also worked for me. 

[lvelasco]

Insert key was the fix for me.

[Diogo Teles]

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

[sara.hall]

Having the same issue - logging in and out worked 

[Andras Juhasz]

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.

[Grégory Verron]

Same issue on Chrome et Jira cloud.
Logging out and back in fixed it for me.

[Kevin Mertens]

Same issue.
Logging out and back in fixed it for me.

[Sam]

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. 

[Josh Noe]

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

[Josh Noe]

Confirmed that logging out and back in fixes it.

[Denis Baryshev]

Same problem had to logout/login, it's 2019 well :(

[Jordan Saunders]

Had the same issue. ctrl + f5 fixed it.

[Lahiru Devadithya]

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! 

[Matt Hampton]

Please fix this! It's killing me...

[Vinaya Totagi]

It's killing me too! Please fix this. 

[Oliver Johne]

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...

[Oliver Johne]

Same problem. This slows the work down a lot is just hugely annoying... 

[Alexander Mackay-Austin]

Same here

[Elad Shaked]

I encountered this issue as well.