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I've noticed that the INSERT key that toggles insert/overwrite mode doesn't seem to work in all the applications in a Windows 7 environment.

Overwrite functionality works in:

  • Wordpad
  • Eclipse
  • My irc client
  • Internet Explorer's input fields

Does not work in

  • Notepad
  • Google Chrome's input fields

Why is there a difference? Do applications deliberately force this behaviour one way or another?

Also, if I copy "xyz" to clipboard, type out "abc" and then go into overwrite mode and go to the first place, shouldn't that overwrite "abc" with "xyz" when I paste it? It just pastes the "xyz" in front of the "abc" even in overwrite mode

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Overwrite mode is handled specifically by applications and not by the windows standard forms, a word processor like word has of course reason to support it, also the most advanced editors , notepad is not in this category.

So what you say is actually the answer : "applications deliberately force this behavior one way or another" , and they do it in the code the developer choose to use.

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