Eclipse double quote auto completion breaks standard key sequence
05:35 18 Mar 2026

In recent version of Eclipse IDE for Java EE Developers, MacOS introduced new "improvement":

Type first double quote (dq), second dq, press left arrow. Expected result: I have 2 double quotes and cursor is between them. Works for any IDE/editor however smart or simple.

Recent eclipse build broken that. I've recorded screen capture https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/e63470bf-149a-4bf3-8882-c75a56fee3d8

Now double quotes are highlighted yellow and result is different, at the end of sequence cursor is positioned after 2 dq not between them.

That seems like a minor issue (need to click left arrow once more), but it breaks 20yo muscle memory.

I've tried to disable auto-close of brackets:

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/1bafe5bd-4ee1-47f6-9e47-996fbe15b57f

Result is different: https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/caf10e17-87ce-449c-9abd-0040765a14cb

but still not as expected, one dq and cursor after it.

How can I disable this pesky feature of yellow highlight of dq?

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