# Typing

Indicate your preferences for the Typing settings on the Java > Editor > Typing preference page.

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
Tab key indents 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 pastet into an existing string literal. | Off

Java Editor preference page