# jEdit 2.6 User's Guide

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## Chapter 3. Basic Features

# Entering and Deleting Text

Unless overstrike mode is on (see below) any text typed at the keyboard is inserted into the buffer. When you are inserting text, keep in mind that the Tab and Enter keys might not behave entirely like you expect because various indentation features are enabled; see the section called Tabbing and Indentation in Chapter 6 for details.

Another way to enter text is with the overstrike mode. Pressing Insert will change the caret into the overstrike caret. Now, entered text will not be inserted, but it will replace the existing text, character by character.

Regardless if overstrike mode is on, entering text while a selection is active will replace the selection with the newly entered text.

The simplest way to delete text is with the Backspace and Delete keys. If nothing is selected, they delete the character before and after the caret, respectively. If a selection is active, both keys delete the selection.

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