How do I change cursor from a block back to | ?

@... Serge suggested disabling that plugin 7 comments ago. See https://intellij-support.jetbrains.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/206159619/comments/360000461139

It might be because somehow you hit the insert key on the keyboard.

Just hit the insert key again and it'll be gone.

Samuelluswata thank you, right in point

For windows just press Insert keyboard

Click the numeric key 0 and you would get the normal caret back

You might want to also check this setting:

Settings / Preferences | Editor | General | Appearance | 'Use block caret'

I've hit the 'Editor Actions | Add Rectangular Selection on Mouse Drag', when trying to solve another problem (the cursor was '|' when I was on VIM insert mode or default mode.. If you know how to solve this, please let me know).

Now, the cursor is stuck on block - regardless of insert mode or not and if VIM is disabled. How do I put it back to '|'?

Galhyams Did you try disabling this setting? 

Is the issue reproducible with all of the custom plugins disabled and IDE restarted? File | Settings | Plugins | ⚙ | Disable all downloaded plugins

I had a similar problem wanting to change the mouse cursor from a block back to an insert mode.

I recently installed the plugin IdeaVim, and it caused this issue.

Disabled install of the plugin IdeaVim via Preferences > Plugins > Installed, Apply disable, restart WebStorm.

Returned mouse cursor to insert mode.

For Windows just press insert key which may be on right top of your keyboard.