<p>Then I believe we can implement the logic used in MS Visual Studio  editor and in Visual Studio Code.  If only one is a brace, the highlighting logic will remain as currently: to point a brace the cursor bar can be either before or after the brace.  If we have  several braces in a row, the  highlighting should be based on the brace position. ( It could be based on after-brace position, too. But,  I believe the brace position is more straightforward and more consistent for users. I am not talking about OVERWRITE mode when the cursor is underline).<br>
The goto placement should move the caret to matching brace position.  If the cursor is after a single brace,  double goto will not return to the initial position, however, it will always return to the same brace, that is most important.<br>
Changes should be done in editor_highlight_braces and goto_matching_brace.<br>
I attached these two functions. I also attached three screenshots demonstrating the highlighting logic.<br>
<a href="https://github.com/geany/geany/files/2834062/editor_highlight_braces-functon.txt">editor_highlight_braces-functon.txt</a><br>
<a href="https://github.com/geany/geany/files/2834063/goto_matching_brace-function.txt">goto_matching_brace-function.txt</a></p>
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