Indicate your preferences for the smart insert settings on the Java > Editor > Typing preference page. Those preferences are only considered if Smart Insert Mode appears in the status line. This can be toggled in the Edit menu.
Option |
Description |
Default |
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Automatically close |
Select for which characters a closing character should be inserted when typing the opening character. |
All on |
Automatically insert at correct position |
Select which characters should be automatically inserted when they are required. |
All off |
Enter key adjusts the indentation on the new line |
If enabled, smart indentation will be used to indent the new line after pressing the 'Enter' key. |
On |
Tab key adjusts the indentation of the current line |
If enabled then the 'Tab' key can be used to indent the current line. |
On |
Adjust indentation |
When pasting Java code from the clipboard adjust its indentation to the current indentation level. |
On |
Update imports |
When pasting Java code from the clipboard add the required import statements to the import section. |
On |
Wrap automatically |
If enabled, string literals are wrapped when they exceed the max line length. |
On |
Escape text when pasting into a string literal |
If enabled, special characters in pasted strings are escaped when they are pasted into an existing string literal. |
Off |