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Overwrite mode

Josef Válek 
Hello, I think I am not the only one who gets annoyed by accidentally pressing the insert key and thereby toggling insert/overwrite mode. This is extremely annoying. In my opinion the overwrite mode is useless and annoying to translators using trados. This issue has now come up for me because I changed over to a new keyboard (micro$oft sculpt) where the enter key is small and right next to the insert key.
Of course the insert key needs to retain its functionality for keyboard shortcuts.
Is there a way of resolving this in the existing version of Trados? And if not, would it be possible to add this feature into an upcoming update.

Please refrain from giving me the "autistic" answer that you provided to other people on this forum, i.e. press the "insert key again" - I think that people was to be able to permanently disable the "OVR" option!!
Thank you.
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    Okay, so if you'd like to give AutoHotkey a try, here's what you need to do:

    1. Download AutoHotkey (www.autohotkey.com) and install it. Once installed, you won't see anything open, that's normal. AutoHotkey runs in the background and allows you to run your own scripts (macros).

    2. Go to a folder in Windows Explorer where you would like to save your script (I have a folder called AutoHotkey Scripts just to keep them all in one place). Right-click on an empty space in the folder and select New-AutoHotkey Script. Give a name to your script and save it.

    So far, you have the empty "skeleton" of a script. Now you need to enter the actions you want it to execute.

    3. Right-click on the script and select Open, then open it with a text editor, such as Notepad (I prefer Notepad++, available for free).

    4. Once the file is open, paste the following in a new line:

    Insert::return

    5. Save the file. Now double-click the file, and this will load the script. Look for a green square with a white H in it in your system tray, which indicates that the script is active.

    The above completely disables the Insert key, so no more toggling between Insert and Overwrite. Alternatively, you can use the Insert key for something else, which is what I have done, as explained here:

    https://community.sdl.com/product-groups/translationproductivity/f/autohotkey/20567/move-mouse-pointer-with-a-keystroke
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    Okay, so if you'd like to give AutoHotkey a try, here's what you need to do:

    1. Download AutoHotkey (www.autohotkey.com) and install it. Once installed, you won't see anything open, that's normal. AutoHotkey runs in the background and allows you to run your own scripts (macros).

    2. Go to a folder in Windows Explorer where you would like to save your script (I have a folder called AutoHotkey Scripts just to keep them all in one place). Right-click on an empty space in the folder and select New-AutoHotkey Script. Give a name to your script and save it.

    So far, you have the empty "skeleton" of a script. Now you need to enter the actions you want it to execute.

    3. Right-click on the script and select Open, then open it with a text editor, such as Notepad (I prefer Notepad++, available for free).

    4. Once the file is open, paste the following in a new line:

    Insert::return

    5. Save the file. Now double-click the file, and this will load the script. Look for a green square with a white H in it in your system tray, which indicates that the script is active.

    The above completely disables the Insert key, so no more toggling between Insert and Overwrite. Alternatively, you can use the Insert key for something else, which is what I have done, as explained here:

    https://community.sdl.com/product-groups/translationproductivity/f/autohotkey/20567/move-mouse-pointer-with-a-keystroke
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