diff --git a/src/document/katedocument.h b/src/document/katedocument.h
--- a/src/document/katedocument.h
+++ b/src/document/katedocument.h
@@ -1385,11 +1385,11 @@
     /**
      * current autobrace range
      */
-    QSharedPointer<KTextEditor::MovingRange> m_currentAutobraceRange;
+    QStack<QSharedPointer<KTextEditor::MovingRange>> m_currentAutobraceRange;
     /**
      * current autobrace closing charater (e.g. ']')
      */
-    QChar m_currentAutobraceClosingChar;
+    QStack<QChar> m_currentAutobraceClosingChar;
 
 private Q_SLOTS:
     void checkCursorForAutobrace(KTextEditor::View* view, const KTextEditor::Cursor& newPos);
diff --git a/src/document/katedocument.cpp b/src/document/katedocument.cpp
--- a/src/document/katedocument.cpp
+++ b/src/document/katedocument.cpp
@@ -2938,11 +2938,25 @@
         /**
          * closing bracket for the autobracket we inserted earlier?
          */
-        if ( m_currentAutobraceClosingChar == chars[0] && m_currentAutobraceRange ) {
-            // do nothing
-            m_currentAutobraceRange.reset(nullptr);
-            view->cursorRight();
-            return true;
+        if ( m_currentAutobraceClosingChar.size() > 0 && m_currentAutobraceClosingChar.top() == chars[0]
+            && m_currentAutobraceRange.size() > 0) {
+
+            // pop this closing char off the top of the stack
+            QChar top = m_currentAutobraceClosingChar.pop();
+            m_currentAutobraceRange.pop();
+
+            // If the close bracket was eaten (m_currentAutobraceClosingChar ==
+            // char at cursor position), then move the cursor right to skip over
+            // the auto-generated closing bracket without inserting another one.
+            // However, if the user inserted a new closing bracket, don't mess
+            // with the cursor position, and let it be typed as normal
+            if(plainKateTextLine(m_activeView->cursorPosition().line()).data()
+                ->at(m_activeView->cursorPosition().column()) == top) {
+                view->cursorRight();
+                return true;
+            } else {
+                return false;
+            }
         }
     }
 
@@ -3044,15 +3058,15 @@
                 insertText(view->cursorPosition(), QString(closingBracket));
                 const auto insertedAt(view->cursorPosition());
                 view->setCursorPosition(cursorPos);
-                m_currentAutobraceRange.reset(newMovingRange({cursorPos - Cursor{0, 1}, insertedAt},
-                                                            KTextEditor::MovingRange::DoNotExpand));
+                m_currentAutobraceRange.push(QSharedPointer<KTextEditor::MovingRange>(
+                    newMovingRange({cursorPos - Cursor{0, 1}, insertedAt}, KTextEditor::MovingRange::DoNotExpand)));
                 connect(view, &View::cursorPositionChanged,
                         this, &DocumentPrivate::checkCursorForAutobrace, Qt::UniqueConnection);
 
                 // add bracket to chars inserted! needed for correct signals + indent
                 chars.append(closingBracket);
             }
-            m_currentAutobraceClosingChar = closingBracket;
+            m_currentAutobraceClosingChar.push(closingBracket);
         }
 
         // end edit session here, to have updated HL in userTypedChar!
@@ -3075,8 +3089,8 @@
 }
 
 void KTextEditor::DocumentPrivate::checkCursorForAutobrace(KTextEditor::View*, const KTextEditor::Cursor& newPos) {
-    if ( m_currentAutobraceRange && ! m_currentAutobraceRange->toRange().contains(newPos) ) {
-        m_currentAutobraceRange.clear();
+    while ( m_currentAutobraceRange.size() > 0 && ! m_currentAutobraceRange.top()->toRange().contains(newPos) ) {
+        m_currentAutobraceRange.pop();
     }
 }
 
@@ -3233,12 +3247,14 @@
             }
         }
     }
-    if ( m_currentAutobraceRange ) {
-        const auto r = m_currentAutobraceRange->toRange();
+    while ( m_currentAutobraceRange.size() > 0 ) {
+        const auto r = m_currentAutobraceRange.top()->toRange();
         if ( r.columnWidth() == 1 && view->cursorPosition() == r.start() ) {
             // start parenthesis removed and range length is 1, remove end as well
             del(view, view->cursorPosition());
-            m_currentAutobraceRange.clear();
+            m_currentAutobraceRange.pop();
+        } else {
+            break;
         }
     }
 }