(Beta 25) - editing to add any character/word in editor overwrites succeeding characters/words.

[anja.zamari]

@krastev

@TooOldForThis

In all other applications where text can be edited, the keyboard is always in Insert mode. As of Beta 25, Scrivener defaults to Overwrite mode when it starts up. Setting the keyboard to Insert mode in one project does not carry over to another project when it is opened in the same session. It will always open with Overwrite as the default mode. The default mode should be Insert. Hitting the Insert button, if we have one, is a nuisance since we’ll never remember because it only needs to be done in Scrivener. It would be great if you would flip that switch.

I haven’t noticed but you are right. And that’s a colossal annoyance. I know of no other Windows software where overwrite is the default mode.

We need this fixed.

Regards,
M

Totally agreed.

I genuinely thought this was another bug. Tried looking for the insert key on my surface book. Realised I don’t have it. Got annoyed and started working in MS Word instead.

Sorry, TiHo, but yes, this definitely should not be the default setting.