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When programming in Visual Studio, the caret (i.e. the vertical line that shows where text will be inserted) is either a vertical line (when in insert mode) or a block (when in overwrite mode).

Is there anyway to make it the other way around?

I just like the block caret...reminds me of the 380Z that I first started programming on...

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Back in the day of the 380Z the item marking the place where text was to be inserted was probably often called a caret, but today the item marking the place where text is to be inserted is more correctly called the cursor. Today a caret is this character ^. – typoknig Apr 14 '11 at 20:57
You understand that, in agreement with the comment by typoking, most people will assume that you are looking for caron (upside down ^), not reversing your cursor behavior. – Kirk Jun 8 '11 at 2:06
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$Host.UI.RawUI.CursorSize = 100

The value is a percentage size. Default value is 25.

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Obviously, add this to your $profile if you want it to be the default. – Bacon Bits Apr 14 '11 at 21:06
$Host what now? Where would you execute this? Or, are you talking Unix? – Manicguitarist Apr 17 '11 at 18:50
I would pay money that this was a PowerShell question. Please ignore if it isn't. – Bacon Bits Apr 18 '11 at 11:50
Sorry, no it wasn't a powershell question. I've never used powershell - but if I can use that to change the standard caret - then that would be great! – Manicguitarist Apr 18 '11 at 14:47
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