Yes, it can be disabled. (via opening screen and/or preferences.) I'm not a fan of modal editing either so I appreciate that while the Lapce developer is a fan

Yes, it can be disabled. (via opening screen and/or preferences.) I'm not a fan of modal editing either so I appreciate that while the Lapce developer is a fan they at least support non-modal as an option--unlike many other recent Rust-based text editor projects.