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

Block cursor indicates Insert mode. You can toggle it with Insert key.

Another possible reason is Block caret option enabled:

If you have Vim installed, make sure that Vim Emulator mode is off (Alt+Cmd+V on Mac)

FWIW, I had this problem recently on a new install of IntelliJ. I installed the IdeaVim plugin, thinking it was something else. The reason I had the block instead of the cursor was because the editor was in vim's View Mode as opposed to Insert Mode. In my case, I simply deactivated the plugin by going to Preferences -> Plugins, unchecking IdeaVim and restarting.

Hi Paul,

Have you looked under File > Settings > Editor > General > Appearance?
There is a check box for 'Use block caret' - maybe yours is checked?

HTH.

Insert key.

If you don't know which one, remap it here and hit it to toggle this mode:

⌥ + ⌘ +  v 

On my Mac keyboard toggle shortcut is: Fn+Enter.

Hope it helps, guys.

fn + ins(prt sc)  it gives back | .

Go to Tools and unclick Vim Emulator and insert and ctrl+c, ... problems go away.

Thanks for the help guys!

I am on Mac, and this is in Android Studio. I never enabled the block cursor--it magically appeard when I accidentally typed some keyboard combination.

Any idea what key combination that might have been?

Disable IdeaVim plug-in? http://www.jetbrains.com/idea/webhelp/enabling-and-disabling-plugins.html.

I had to disable the IdeaVim Plugin. I wonder how JetBrains has never realized this issue. The IdeaVim plugin issue had been causing issues for me personally 

Search "print screen" button on your keyboard and press it...
It worked for me coz "insert" and "print screen" are same button in my keyboard....

There's no 'INS' key on the Mac keyboard, so I was lost as to how this was happening. Then someone mentioned that it occurred when opening every new file which was the same as my scenario. Unchecking the Vim Emulator did the trick for me!

Thanks @Sdfor.

I unchecked the Column Selection Mode option under the Edit menu in my case.

How do you change the terminal block through a pipeline?

Had this happen on a Mac while connected to a Windows machine via Remote Desktop, somehow while attempting to type open and closed curly braces (both of which typed). I couldn't find any solution to trigger it back, from attempting to finger-fumble re-discover the initial trigger, to all the suggestions here and some other sites. Nothing acted like Insert (including the ubiquitous clear+0 on the keypad).

Luckily, Insert mode is set per file (at least in my case), so closing and re-opening the file was an easy fix.

More importantly, I cleared the Insert/Overwrite shortcut from all my installations because I will never want that.

I have this very annoying problem: every time I open my python project, the cursor is in the caret mode... The "Use block caret" is switched off. I've tried to select the checkbox and then unselect it. Doesn't help. Please, help!

The version of the PyCharm:
PyCharm 2019.1.1 (Community Edition)
Build #PC-191.6605.12, built on April 3, 2019
JRE: 11.0.2+9-b159.34 x86_64
JVM: OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM by JetBrains s.r.o
macOS 10.14.4

My laptop:
MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2017, Two Thunderbolt 3 ports)
macOS 10.14.4 (18E226)

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this helped me,

Thankyou :)

@NibragWeb you can't. According to https://www.jetbrains.com/help/idea/working-with-embedded-local-terminal.html#d899716e37

"Note that the setting Use block caret is not inherited in the terminal - its caret is always block."

it is weird on mac when i open any file cursor indicates is Insert mode.

i need to switch in every file i opened.

and i can't type anything without switching several times.

And block caret option is not click.

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sorry for my bad english.

Please contact support with the logs (https://intellij-support.jetbrains.com/hc/articles/207241085).

Serge, thank you so much!! I've missed the comment about Vim.

I just encounter a similar problem and was confused. I noticed that the cursor changed because I pressed a certain key on my keyboard mistakenly. I pressed numeric key 0 and the cursor went back to normal

Serge your my hero i'm doing courses and was so close to giving up learning because this was stressing me out and ruining my code when i was looking away while typing following the instructor.... <3

hey guys, its not just giving back the pipeline from the block, anyting i start typing between already typed content it just gets replaced with the present content,

also when i press the Enter button it doesnt go into the new line!!

could anyone help me out here!!! Please

Samuelluswata 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