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[I] Typing closing ] adds an extra ], stupidest thing I've ever seen [netbeans]

php4fan opened a new issue, #6706:
URL: https://github.com/apache/netbeans/issues/6706

   ### Apache NetBeans version
   
   Apache NetBeans 19
   
   ### What happened
   
   The number one rule of an IDE is that, if I type everything myself (as opposed to taking advantage of what the IDE automatically fills in for me), the IDE shouldn't get in my way.
   
   So, in PHP, say I want to type:
   ```
   $array['key']
   ```
   I start by typing:
   ```
   $array[
   ```
   The IDE autocompletes it to:
   ```
   $array[]
   ```
   and my cursor is between the `[` and the `]`.
   Now I type a single `'`, and the IDE autocompletes it to:
   ```
   $array['']
   ```
   and my cursor is now between the two `''`s, excellent.
   
   Now I type `key'`, with the closing `'`.
   Intelligently and as expected, when I type the closing `'`, the IDE does not add an extra `'`; rather, it replaces the one that it had already added for me with the one that I'm typing, so now I have:
   ```
   $array['key']
   ```
   and my cursor is right before the `]`. So far so good.
   
   Now here comes the problem. **When I type the closing `]`** (either because I'm used to, or because in the end it's the exact same effort as hitting the right-arrow key to move past the `]` that is already there), **the IDE now suddenly becomes stupid** and blindly outputs the `]` that I've just typed in front of the one that is already there, and I end up with this:
   ```
   $array['key']]
   ```
   and the cursor is between the two `]`s.
   
   Note that this is **ACTUALLY WORSE** than doing no autocomplete at all and leaving me type on my own (however, I don't want that either, I want the IDE to do an IDE's job).
   
   PHPStorm does this right. **Even Kate does this right**.
   
   
   ### How to reproduce
   
   In a php file type:
   ```
   $array['key']
   ```
   
   ### Did this work correctly in an earlier version?
   
   No / Don't know
   
   ### Operating System
   
   Manjaro Linux
   
   ### JDK
   
   Java: 21; OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM 21+35
   
   ### Apache NetBeans packaging
   
   Third-party package
   
   ### Anything else
   
   _No response_
   
   ### Are you willing to submit a pull request?
   
   No


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