How to change jEdit autoclose html tag functionality?

Question

jEdit autocloses the last open html tag when typing

I want jEdit to close the open tag automatically (as it closes a bracket) and places the cursor between the tags.

How can I do this?

Answer 1

jEdit does not auto-close any brackets. I guess you are using the FirstMate plugin or something similar which is providing that functionality. The functionality you are searching is in the XML plugin which also handles HTML. In its settings you have an option for autoclosing on typing "