I recently switched to PhpStorm and somehow the cursor is similar to 
. I am not sure where to reset it to windows default that is displayed like a | line rather than a vertical rectangle. If I turn Insert on, the cursor is displayed as normal but then the Insert is on so that doesn't work either.
Any help is appreciated.
On Windows, most text editors support both "insert" and "overwrite" mode.
On the "insert" mode the caret is a vertical line and the characters you type are inserted at the caret position. On the "overwrite" mode, the caret is a block and the characters you type replace the characters at the cursor position.
You can switch between the two editing modes using the Insert key. The "insert" mode is the default.
PhpStorm can display a block caret in the "insert" mode. To enable this open application Settings then under Editor/General/Appearance check Use block caret.
I don't have a Windows computer at hand, I cannot tell if PhpStorm displays a line caret in the "overwrite" mode when the Use block caret is checked. :-(
