Insert and overwrite mode in text editors

[DonChunior]

Can a AutoIt application detect, if insert or overwrite mode is set in a text editor?

[MilesAhead]

You would probably need to know about the specific text editor.  EditPad Lite 7 will have the word "Insert" or "Overwrite" in the status bar.  Other editors may use a block cursor or caret depending on the mode.  Notepad seems to stay in Insert mode no matter what I do.  You may be able to detect the editor by accumulating the class names of windows used by them and check for tell tale signs.  But I suspect many of the simple editors will change mode without any indicator.  The user can tell the mode by watching if the text is overwritten or inserted.

I would have thought more would use a block cursor for overwrite mode.  But there seems to be no standard behavior.

 

Edited April 6, 2017 by MilesAhead

[DonChunior]

Thanks for your response!
That was the answer I already suspected.

I'll try to evaluate the content of the status bars, to detect, if the overwrite mode is enabled.