Mozilla VPN is currently experiencing an outage. Our team is actively working to resolve the issue. Please check the status page for real-time updates. Thank you for your patience.

This site will have limited functionality while we undergo maintenance to improve your experience. If an article doesn't solve your issue and you want to ask a question, we have our support community waiting to help you at @FirefoxSupport on Twitter and/r/firefox on Reddit.

Avatar for Username

Search Support

Avoid support scams. We will never ask you to call or text a phone number or share personal information. Please report suspicious activity using the “Report Abuse” option.

Learn More

This thread was archived. Please ask a new question if you need help.

How can I use the 'insert' button to erase previous text as I write an email?

  • 2 replies
  • 1 has this problem
  • 1 view
  • Last reply by TonyCash

TonyCash
TonyCash
more options

There appears to be no way I can use the 'insert' button in emails as I do in Word documents to replace existing text with new text. Am I right?

There appears to be no way I can use the 'insert' button in emails as I do in Word documents to replace existing text with new text. Am I right?

Chosen solution

You are correct, Thunderbird does not have an overtyping mode. This has been proposed and advocated over the years, but not implemented.

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=38415

Read this answer in context 👍 1

All Replies (2)

jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
  • Top 25 Contributor
more options

Chosen Solution

You are correct, Thunderbird does not have an overtyping mode. This has been proposed and advocated over the years, but not implemented.

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=38415

TonyCash
TonyCash Question owner
more options

Many thanks, J. You've save me a fair amount of fruitless searching. All best wishes. Tony