I would like to change the mouse cursor type in pycharm 5.0.1 . I would like the normal line cursor like for word editors and not this kind of selection cursor. Kindly assist am new to python and using pycharm.
It seems you have gone into overwrite mode.
Check what keyboard shortcut may be assigned to that in Preferences → Keymap → Editor Actions → Toggle Insert/Overwrite.
If it has no keyboard shortcut, or you can't be bothered to remember it, you can toggle it by pressing Command/Ctrl + Shift + A, type "overwrite" in the popup, which should bring up the "Toggle Insert/Overwrite" option, and hit enter.