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I am using RAD Studio XE8 i have a strange issue when press enter the text line in IDE is not moving to next line or when i press the spacebar it starts to remove the text followed by the space.

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David Heffernan
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You are in overwrite mode. This can be discerned both from the behaviour you describe and that "overwrite" is written In the status bar underneath the edit window.

In overwrite mode, text that you type overwrites the existing text at the cursor. In insert mode, typing inserts the text before the cursor.

Press the INS key to toggle between overwrite and insert modes.

This behaviour is typical of any text editing program. You will find the same behaviour in other IDEs, in text editors, in word processors and so on.

David Heffernan
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This is not limited to Delphi XE8, but you have pressed the insert key on your keyboard.

The solution is to press it again to toggle the insert state.

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