Hi, Zack. I'm sorry, I'm between jobs and completely at loose ends right now so didn't respond earlier. It was a faint hope that there was an answer to this problem, and I thank you for trying.
I did that search, too, but it doesn't make any sense to me. Cut and paste into Linux? What? LOL. And PS, it does not work. And the second person's response references an Fn key, which I believe is only on laptops, and I can't get the F# keys to cooperate. Also, using "clear" does not turn off numlock as promised, so there's that. I worked on a Windows system at my job, and we have Macs (and Linux) at home, so now I've brought my Windows system home and it's interfaced for use with the Mac keyboard and monitor, and I'm having all kinds of learning pains. FYI, I am trolling around that website to see if I can find a way to program one of the F# keys, so maybe I'll be able to post something. But I'm holding out faint hope. Thanks again. On Wed, Apr 8, 2015 at 7:35 PM, Zack (Doc) <z...@tnan.net> wrote: > When I searched the internet for "apple keyboard insert key", not only was > it a top suggestion (meaning other people search for it), but it had lots > of responses. Here's the first one... Does this not work as advertised? > > > http://store.apple.com/us/question/answers/product/MB110LL/B/what-key-is-the-insert-key/Q42KHP9PDJHX4KAJ9 > > On Wed, Apr 8, 2015 at 12:24 PM, Bo Brown <wor...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I'm going to go ahead and post this because there seems to be a problem >> that nobody is addressing but one poor soul mentioned (that I could find). >> This is only in gmail. >> >> I too have an APPLE keyboard. * The APPLE keyboard does not sport an >> "insert" key*--at least, not one that is labeled. The insert text >> feature (as opposed to overwrite) seems to be shut off rather randomly in >> gmail, and without an insert key, I am at the mercy of it being randomly >> turned back on. >> >> I thought I found the solution, because I used control-caps lock and it >> started inserting again, but could not turn it back on. However, when I >> used the "home" key, overwrite did turn back on, but -- wait for it -- I >> cannot turn it off again. So, as I said, apparently completely random. >> >> I have tried all the F# keys, and all the combos I can think of with >> control, apple and alt/option keys. The simplest solution would be if >> there were say, an easily accessible tools and options section on Google. >> Yeah, I can dream. So far, this board is as far as I can get. >> >> Finally, I have been able to work around this by putting in a "return" >> before where I want to add text, adding the text at the end of the line and >> then removing the return with a backspace. >> >> If someone has solved this with an Apple keyboard and/or knows how to >> find the tools in Chrome, maybe they can post here. Thanks so much. >> >> Bo >> >> On Saturday, January 11, 2014 at 6:02:38 PM UTC-6, Christian Philip Ege >> Nielsen wrote: >>> >>> hello i have a strange problem on gmail but only on gmail every time i >>> make a click it highlights the text and when i try to edit the text i have >>> written it overwrites it but it is only on gmail so how do i turn it off? >>> >>> the question about how i turn off overwrite mode has been asked before >>> and answered with click on the insert key but i have never clicked on it >>> because i have turned that key off and if overwrite mode was active every >>> where i would click the button but it is only active on gmail so what do i >>> do? >>> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Gmail-Users" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to gmail-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to gmail-users@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/gmail-users. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "Gmail-Users" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/gmail-users/mvBubY1S1dg/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > gmail-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to gmail-users@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/gmail-users. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Bo Brown M&C Town Center LLC Post Office Box 2456 Chicago IL 60690-2456 630/728-6942 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Gmail-Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to gmail-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to gmail-users@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/gmail-users. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
