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General (7)

Mame - Fast forward. While held, runs game with throttling disabled and with the maximum frameskip. (Windows non-SDL MAME only)

ENB - KeyScreenshot=45 . Capture a screenshot to bmp file. The file will be saved in the ENBSeries installation folder

Mapedit (Blood) - Insert node

Mapedit (Blood) - Stamp

Giants Editor - Insert new spline control vertex

Zsnes - Player 2 - X

Dysterra (PC) - Place marker

Text editing (7)

PDF-XChange Editor - Add a new attachment

PDF-XChange Editor - New bookmark after selected

PDF-XChange Editor - New destination

Ace Editor - Overwrite

LibreOffice Writer - Insert mode on/off

Ace Editor (Mac) - Overwrite

CudaText 1.88.3 - Toggle insert / overwrite mode

Imaging (25)

Krita 4.2.2 - Paint layer

Krita 4.2.2 - Insert

Autodesk 3ds Max 2021 - Affect Pivot Only Mode Toggle

Marmoset Toolbag 4 - Add keyframe

Blender 3.4.1 - Toggle overwrite

OpenToonz 1.4 - Insert

Inkscape - insert new node(s)

3D Coat - Fill unfrozen

MediBang Paint Pro 27.0 - Fill

ACDSee - Opens the Open files dialog box, in which you can select one or more images to open in View mode.

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IrfanView - Paste image

Enterprise Architect 14 - Insert a new feature after the current selection.

Enterprise Architect 14 - Displays the 'Toolbox Shortcut' menu, from which you can select to create and add an element of one of a wide range of types.

Grasshopper (Rhino) - Bake selected to Rhino

Krita 3.0 - New paint layer

LightWave 3D - Insert layer

LDCad - Insert the part below the mouse at 0,0,0 in the current model

LDCad - 1: While no selection or a single selection is active it will insert a new instance of the current working part

LDCad - 2: If a multiple selection is active it will replicate it like Ctrl + D does

Imagine (Image and Animation Viewer) - Insert frame

Tahoma2D 1.1 - Insert

PhotoScape - Add photo

PhotoScape - Add photo

Autodesk Maya 2019 - Enter tool Edit mode

Autodesk Maya 2019 - Switches between move pivot and move object (Move Tool)

System tools (3)

Command Line - Toggle insertion mode. In this mode, everything you type will be instered at current location. When this mode is off, everything you type will overwrite what's already there

Remote Desktop Manager - New entry

Mintty 3.4.0 - Copy selection and exit selection mode

Developer tools (24)

Undertale: Debug Mode - Teleport to the next room in the room list. Places you in a specific position

Virtual Key Codes - VK_INSERT (0x2D)

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) - Toggle between insert mode and overtype mode

RSLogix 5000 - (in LD, SFC and FBD editors) Open Language Element browser

Delphi - Insert Mode on / off

CodeMirror - Toggle the overwrite flag

CodeMirror - Toggle the overwrite flag

Sublime Text 4 - Toggle overwrite

Eclipse - Switch between insert and overwrite mode

IDA Pro 7.4 - Enter anterior lines…

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Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 (All shortcuts) - OtherContextMenus.MicrosoftDataEntityDesignContext.AddNewDiagram

Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 (All shortcuts) - OtherContextMenus.ColumnContext.InsertColumn

Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 (All shortcuts) - ArchitectureContextMenus.DirectedGraphContextMenu.Advanced.Add.AddNode

Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 (All shortcuts) - Edit.OvertypeMode

Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 (All shortcuts) - Edit.NewAccelerator

Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 (All shortcuts) - Image.NewImageType

Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 (All shortcuts) - Edit.NewString

HeidiSQL - Insert row

WinDev 25 - Add a new item (only in the item description window)

IBM COBOL Editor - Toggle Overwrite

Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 (Most used shortcuts) - [Text Editor] Edit.OvertypeMode

Skipper - Add field to last position

Haltech ESP - To insert a Row/Column in Tuning Table

Team Explorer and Azure DevOps - Add child

Web applications (1)

Outlook.com - Flag email

File manager (7)

Total Commander - Select current file/folder

7-Zip - Select / Deselect current item

Midnight Commander - tag or untag files. To untag files, just retag a tagged file

WinSCP - Select/deselect file

Xyplorer - Add New Item Here...

Xyplorer - Insert selected item

WinNc - Selects one file or directory in the panel

Media player (7)

PotPlayer 1.7 - Auto repeat current subtitle section

PotPlayer 1.7 - Recall channel

MPlayer - (ASX playlist only) Next/previous alternative source

Popcorn Time - Add to bookmarks

Winamp - Add directory

AIMP - Add files

MusicBee - Rescan/add files

Games - PC (38)

BeamNG - Recover vehicle

Grand Theft Auto V - Toggle Aircraft Weapon Camera

ARK: Survival Evolved - Local Chat

Kerbal Space Program - Staging (default) controls

X4: Foundations - Target next / previous player ship

X4: Foundations - Change map axis

X4: Foundations - Change Z axis

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 - Toggle Drone

Place Anywhere (Fallout 4 mod) - Toggle extra objects selection

Space Engineers (PC) - Rotate block roll +

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Chaos; Head Noah (PC) - Back log

Pathfinder Wrath of the Righteous (PC) - Inspect

Elite Dangerous (PC) - Toggle ship lights

Transport Fever 2 - Camera tool: Add keyframe

PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds - Mark current position

Empyrion - Galactic Survival - Rotation axis +

Worms Armageddon (PC) - Cycle through graphics detail level

Jagged Alliance 2 (version 1.13) - Displays overhead sector view

Jagged Alliance 2 (version 1.13) - Up / Down one sublevel

Warcraft III: Reforged - Rotate the camera to the left

Trainz: A New Era - Reset automatic warning system

Age of Empires IV - Toggle Team-based or Unique player colors

Atlas - Local Chat

Wasteland 3 (PC) - Zoom in

RaceRoom - Driver camera

Call of Duty: Vanguard (PC) - Gesture slot 1

Oxygen Not Included (PC) - Empty Pipe

Total War: Attila - Cinematic mode

MapleStory (PC) - To all

Ragnarok Online - Sit / Stand

New World (PC) - Weapon ability 3

Super People - Mark My Location

Super People - Ping my location (world map)

Warcraft III - Rotate camera to the left

Ring of Elysium - Mark the current position on the map

Rolling Line (PC) - Toggle cursor lock

Patrician 3 - Seize

Dominions 5 - Zoom to cover whole screen

Social & Messaging (2)

NewsBin Pro - Add to download list

Irssi 1.2.3 - insert

Productivity (45)

REAPER - Insert media files...

REAPER - Edit: Insert note at mouse cursor

REAPER - Edit: Insert note at mouse cursor

FL Studio 20 - Slice Clip at mouse cursor position

Studio One 5.4 - Insert

Aegisub - Insert the untranslated text

Nuendo 10 - Insert marker (Windows only)

Finale 26 - Toggle insert mode

MetaTrader 5 - Open a new account when selecting the "Accounts" section or a certain trade server.

MetaTrader 5 - Create a new e-mail or alert - depending on the tab selected

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Steinberg Cubase 10.5 - Insert marker

Edius Pro 9 - Toggle Insert/Overwrite Mode

Smartsheet (Windows) - Inserts a row above the selected row

Cakewalk by Bandlab - Insert new track

Cakewalk by Bandlab - [Synth] Insert synth

Cakewalk by Bandlab - Insert a new row above the selected row

Cakewalk by Bandlab - Add a song

Guitar Pro - Insert a beat

OpenBoard 1.6 - New page

The Bat! - Create new folder

MindManager 21 - Add subtopic (maps)

MindManager 21 - Add decision topic (flowchart)

Outlook 2019 and Outlook 2016 - Add a Quick flag to an unopened message

Outlook 2019 and Outlook 2016 - Flag an item or mark complete

MindMeister - Add a child idea

SharePoint - Switch between inserting and overwriting text.

Bitwig Studio 4.2 - Insert from Library

Microsoft Access 2019 - Toggle between insert and overtype mode while editing in a cell

AVS Video Editor 9.1 - Import Media...

AVS Video Editor 9.1 - Add chapter

Sierra Chart (version 2296) - Reload and recalculate

Sierra Chart (version 2296) - Reload and recalculate

Clarizen - Inserts a task in the WBS in its correct hierarchy

Gramps 5.1 - Same action as the STOCK_ADD button when that button is present

Freemind - Add child node

LibreOffice - Switch between insert mode and overwrite mode

LibreOffice - Inserts a new theme

Lacerte - Toggle insert/overstrike

CintaNotes 3.13 - Create a new note.

Trader Workstation 980 - Insert row

X_Trader 7.17 - Focus on customer

Oxygen Light - Create vertex

Act! - Add a contact, group, company or opportunity

Atlassian Structure - New Sub-Issue

Oracle PeopleSoft - Toggle insert mode

Scientific (9)

Altium Designer - Copies attributes of the object currently under the cursor while placing an object of the same type

Altium Designer - Adds a vertex while placing a Wire, Line, Bus, Signal Harness, or Polygon

Altium Designer - Resets the Delta Origin point for the Heads Up Display feature to 0,0

Altium Designer - Toggle the text mode between Insert and Overwrite

KiCad 5.0.2 - Repeat last item

Tekla Structures 20 - Center by cursor

Eplan Platform 2.9 - Insert symbol

OpenSCAD 2019.05 - Toggle overwrite

AVEVA PI Server 2018 SP3 - Adds a new object to the viewer or browser

Hardware (2)

CNC12 Mill Operator - Decrease Incremental Jog amount, x1, x10, x100

Dell XPS15z, Latitude 3350 - Enter Sleep / Hibernation mode

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