diff --git a/crates/ide-core/src/event.rs b/crates/ide-core/src/event.rs
index 3cfabb35..1db2bd6c 100644
--- a/crates/ide-core/src/event.rs
+++ b/crates/ide-core/src/event.rs
@@ -106,6 +106,9 @@ pub enum ServerStatus {
     Crashed,
     Stopped,
     Missing,
+    /// Not started: its configuration can't launch it (e.g. no JDK new enough);
+    /// the message says what to change, and a settings change retries.
+    Misconfigured,
 }
 
 #[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize, Type)]
diff --git a/crates/ide-core/src/settings.rs b/crates/ide-core/src/settings.rs
index 579c8993..ac68f0b0 100644
--- a/crates/ide-core/src/settings.rs
+++ b/crates/ide-core/src/settings.rs
@@ -422,6 +422,10 @@ pub struct JavaSettings {
     /// Project JDK home; empty = per module, the installed JDK matching the
     /// Java version it targets.
     pub jdk: String,
+    /// JDK home the Java language server (jdtls) runs on, apart from the project
+    /// JDK (IDEA's "JDK for importer"); empty = the project JDK when new enough,
+    /// else the first installed one that is.
+    pub jdtls_jdk: String,
     /// Extra JVM options for the Java language server (jdtls), space-separated
     /// (VS Code's `java.jdt.ls.vmargs`).
     pub jdtls_vm_args: String,
diff --git a/crates/ide-lsp/src/jdtls.rs b/crates/ide-lsp/src/jdtls.rs
index a3821b13..03c30b33 100644
--- a/crates/ide-lsp/src/jdtls.rs
+++ b/crates/ide-lsp/src/jdtls.rs
@@ -179,6 +179,9 @@ impl LspManager {
                     ide_core::event::ServerStatus::Missing => {
                         "jdtls is not installed (Settings › Languages & Frameworks › Language Servers)".to_owned()
                     }
+                    ide_core::event::ServerStatus::Misconfigured => {
+                        server.status_message().unwrap_or_else(|| "jdtls cannot start".to_owned())
+                    }
                     _ => format!("jdtls is not ready ({status:?})"),
                 }))
             }
diff --git a/crates/ide-lsp/src/launch.rs b/crates/ide-lsp/src/launch.rs
index 728e1083..8e4c24b5 100644
--- a/crates/ide-lsp/src/launch.rs
+++ b/crates/ide-lsp/src/launch.rs
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ use std::sync::{Arc, OnceLock};
 pub enum LaunchError {
     /// The server binary is not installed / not on `PATH`.
     Missing,
+    /// The configuration can't be launched (`LanguageServerConfig::launch_error`).
+    Config(String),
     Failed(String),
 }
 
diff --git a/crates/ide-lsp/src/lib.rs b/crates/ide-lsp/src/lib.rs
index bbc8e018..90033735 100644
--- a/crates/ide-lsp/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/ide-lsp/src/lib.rs
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ impl LspManager {
             if let Some(message) = &cfg.launch_error {
                 // A missing binary still asks to be installed first.
                 let missing = !me.launcher.available(&cfg, &root);
-                return Err(if missing { LaunchError::Missing } else { LaunchError::Failed(message.clone()) });
+                return Err(if missing { LaunchError::Missing } else { LaunchError::Config(message.clone()) });
             }
             me.launcher.launch(&cfg, &root, handler, Box::new(move |line| tail.push_stderr(line)))
         })
@@ -358,6 +358,13 @@ impl LspManager {
                 }
                 return;
             }
+            Err(LaunchError::Config(message)) => {
+                tracing::warn!("{}: {message}", server.name);
+                if server.finish_start(generation, Conn::Failed) {
+                    server.set_status(&self.sink, ide_core::event::ServerStatus::Misconfigured, Some(message));
+                }
+                return;
+            }
             Err(LaunchError::Failed(message)) => {
                 tracing::warn!("{}: {message}", server.name);
                 if server.finish_start(generation, Conn::Failed) {
@@ -1604,8 +1611,10 @@ impl LspManager {
                     s.reset_for_restart();
                     self.ensure_started(&s);
                 }
-                // Missing / crashed servers retry with the new configuration (e.g. a new PATH).
-                ide_core::event::ServerStatus::Missing | ide_core::event::ServerStatus::Crashed => {
+                // Missing / crashed / misconfigured servers retry with the new configuration (e.g. a new PATH).
+                ide_core::event::ServerStatus::Missing
+                | ide_core::event::ServerStatus::Crashed
+                | ide_core::event::ServerStatus::Misconfigured => {
                     s.reset_for_restart();
                     self.ensure_started(&s);
                 }
diff --git a/crates/ide-lsp/tests/mock_server.rs b/crates/ide-lsp/tests/mock_server.rs
index c5f65521..8853ce80 100644
--- a/crates/ide-lsp/tests/mock_server.rs
+++ b/crates/ide-lsp/tests/mock_server.rs
@@ -710,13 +710,15 @@ async fn launch_error_fails_without_starting_the_server() {
     h.mgr.set_config_hook(Box::new(|cfg, _| cfg.launch_error = Some("needs JDK 21".into())));
     assert!(!h.mgr.serves_path(&h.root.join("a.mk")), "batch inspection skips it");
     h.open("a.mk", "x");
-    h.wait_status("mock", ServerStatus::Crashed).await;
+    // Not a crash: nothing ran, the configuration has to change.
+    h.wait_status("mock", ServerStatus::Misconfigured).await;
     assert_eq!(h.launcher.state("mock").launches.load(Ordering::SeqCst), 0);
-    let crashed = h.events.lock().iter().find_map(|e| match e {
-        IdeEvent::LanguageServer { status: ServerStatus::Crashed, message, .. } => message.clone(),
+    let reason = h.events.lock().iter().find_map(|e| match e {
+        IdeEvent::LanguageServer { status: ServerStatus::Misconfigured, message, .. } => message.clone(),
         _ => None,
     });
-    assert_eq!(crashed.as_deref(), Some("needs JDK 21"));
+    assert_eq!(reason.as_deref(), Some("needs JDK 21"));
+    assert!(!h.statuses("mock").contains(&ServerStatus::Crashed));
 }
 
 #[tokio::test(flavor = "multi_thread")]
diff --git a/crates/ide-lsp/tests/real_servers.rs b/crates/ide-lsp/tests/real_servers.rs
index 582253b2..42f23597 100644
--- a/crates/ide-lsp/tests/real_servers.rs
+++ b/crates/ide-lsp/tests/real_servers.rs
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ async fn rust_analyzer_end_to_end() {
     mgr.did_open(doc, &main, &LanguageId::new("rust"), 1, MAIN_RS);
     retry("rust-analyzer ready", Duration::from_secs(60), || {
         let s = last_status(&events, "rust-analyzer");
-        if let Some((ServerStatus::Crashed | ServerStatus::Missing, msg)) = &s {
+        if let Some((ServerStatus::Crashed | ServerStatus::Missing | ServerStatus::Misconfigured, msg)) = &s {
             panic!("rust-analyzer failed: {msg:?}");
         }
         async move { matches!(s, Some((ServerStatus::Ready | ServerStatus::Busy, _))).then_some(()) }
diff --git a/crates/ide-sdk/src/apply.rs b/crates/ide-sdk/src/apply.rs
index 695b8f90..9e956450 100644
--- a/crates/ide-sdk/src/apply.rs
+++ b/crates/ide-sdk/src/apply.rs
@@ -56,14 +56,30 @@ fn goroot(root: &Path, s: &Settings) -> Option<PathBuf> {
     setting_path(root, &s.languages.go.goroot)
 }
 
-/// The project JDK (`languages.java.jdk`): a JDK home, its `bin` or its `bin/java`.
+/// A JDK setting: a JDK home, its `bin` or its `bin/java`.
+fn jdk_setting(root: &Path, value: &str) -> Option<Result<crate::java::Jdk, PathBuf>> {
+    let p = setting_path(root, value)?;
+    Some(p.ancestors().take(3).find_map(crate::java::jdk_at).ok_or(p))
+}
+
+/// The project JDK (`languages.java.jdk`).
 pub fn project_jdk(root: &Path, s: &Settings) -> Option<crate::java::Jdk> {
-    let p = setting_path(root, &s.languages.java.jdk)?;
-    let jdk = p.ancestors().take(3).find_map(crate::java::jdk_at);
-    if jdk.is_none() {
-        tracing::warn!("project JDK {} is not a JDK home", p.display());
+    jdk_setting(root, &s.languages.java.jdk)?
+        .inspect_err(|p| tracing::warn!("project JDK {} is not a JDK home", p.display()))
+        .ok()
+}
+
+/// The JDK chosen to run jdtls (`languages.java.jdtlsJdk`): `Ok(None)` when not
+/// set, `Err` (the message) when it is not a JDK home.
+pub fn jdtls_jdk(root: &Path, s: &Settings) -> Result<Option<crate::java::Jdk>, String> {
+    match jdk_setting(root, &s.languages.java.jdtls_jdk) {
+        None => Ok(None),
+        Some(Ok(jdk)) => Ok(Some(jdk)),
+        Some(Err(p)) => Err(format!(
+            "The language server JDK {} is not a JDK home (Settings › Languages & Frameworks › Java).",
+            p.display()
+        )),
     }
-    jdk
 }
 
 /// `mvn` of the configured Maven home (`languages.java.maven.home`): the
diff --git a/crates/ide-sdk/src/java.rs b/crates/ide-sdk/src/java.rs
index 2eeaf733..e85fc61c 100644
--- a/crates/ide-sdk/src/java.rs
+++ b/crates/ide-sdk/src/java.rs
@@ -265,7 +265,8 @@ const METADATA_PROPERTY: &str = "java.import.generatesMetadataFilesAtProjectRoot
 /// the project; it runs on a JDK `min_java`+ (via `JAVA_HOME`, which its
 /// launcher reads), installed JDKs are registered as runtimes and `bundles`
 /// (e.g. the java-debug plugin jar) are loaded into the server. The project
-/// JDK, when set, is the default runtime and preferred for running the server.
+/// JDK, when set, is the default runtime and preferred for running the server;
+/// `server_jdk` (the user's choice for the server alone) overrides that.
 #[allow(clippy::too_many_arguments)]
 pub fn configure_jdtls(
     cfg: &mut LanguageServerConfig,
@@ -273,6 +274,7 @@ pub fn configure_jdtls(
     data_dir: &Path,
     jdks: &[Jdk],
     project_jdk: Option<&Jdk>,
+    server_jdk: Option<&Jdk>,
     min_java: u32,
     bundles: &[PathBuf],
     lombok: Option<&Path>,
@@ -303,15 +305,24 @@ pub fn configure_jdtls(
     {
         cfg.args.push(format!("--jvm-arg=-javaagent:{}", jar.to_string_lossy()));
     }
-    let jdks: Vec<Jdk> =
-        project_jdk.into_iter().chain(jdks.iter().filter(|j| Some(*j) != project_jdk)).cloned().collect();
-    let jdks = jdks.as_slice();
+    let mut all: Vec<Jdk> = Vec::new();
+    for j in project_jdk.into_iter().chain(jdks).chain(server_jdk) {
+        if !all.contains(j) {
+            all.push(j.clone());
+        }
+    }
+    let jdks = all.as_slice();
     if !cfg.env.contains_key("JAVA_HOME") {
-        match jdtls_runtime(jdks, min_java) {
-            Some(jdk) => {
+        let runtime = match server_jdk {
+            Some(jdk) if jdk.major < min_java => Err(server_jdk_too_old_message(jdk, min_java)),
+            Some(jdk) => Ok(jdk),
+            None => jdtls_runtime(jdks, min_java).ok_or_else(|| missing_runtime_message(jdks, min_java)),
+        };
+        match runtime {
+            Ok(jdk) => {
                 cfg.env.insert("JAVA_HOME".to_owned(), jdk.home.to_string_lossy().into_owned());
             }
-            None => cfg.launch_error = Some(missing_runtime_message(jdks, min_java)),
+            Err(e) => cfg.launch_error = Some(e),
         }
     }
     let mut runtimes = runtimes(jdks);
@@ -348,6 +359,15 @@ fn missing_runtime_message(jdks: &[Jdk], min_java: u32) -> String {
     )
 }
 
+fn server_jdk_too_old_message(jdk: &Jdk, min_java: u32) -> String {
+    format!(
+        "The language server JDK ({}, JDK {}) is too old: jdtls needs JDK {min_java} or newer. Choose another \
+         one in Settings › Languages & Frameworks › Java, or set it to Auto.",
+        jdk.home.display(),
+        jdk.major
+    )
+}
+
 /// The `java` launcher of a JDK home.
 pub fn java_executable(home: &Path) -> PathBuf {
     home.join("bin").join(crate::exe("java"))
@@ -450,6 +470,7 @@ mod tests {
             Path::new("/data"),
             &jdks,
             None,
+            None,
             JDTLS_MIN_JAVA,
             &bundles,
             None,
@@ -474,6 +495,7 @@ mod tests {
             Path::new("/data"),
             &jdks,
             None,
+            None,
             JDTLS_MIN_JAVA,
             &bundles,
             None,
@@ -489,6 +511,7 @@ mod tests {
             Path::new("/data"),
             &jdks,
             Some(&project),
+            None,
             JDTLS_MIN_JAVA,
             &[],
             None,
@@ -499,7 +522,17 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(cfg.env["JAVA_HOME"], "/jdk21b");
 
         let mut other: LanguageServerConfig = toml::from_str("name = \"pyright\"\ncommand = \"x\"").unwrap();
-        configure_jdtls(&mut other, Path::new("/p"), Path::new("/data"), &jdks, None, JDTLS_MIN_JAVA, &bundles, None);
+        configure_jdtls(
+            &mut other,
+            Path::new("/p"),
+            Path::new("/data"),
+            &jdks,
+            None,
+            None,
+            JDTLS_MIN_JAVA,
+            &bundles,
+            None,
+        );
         assert!(other.args.is_empty() && other.initialization_options.is_none());
     }
 
@@ -508,23 +541,23 @@ mod tests {
         let jdtls = || -> LanguageServerConfig { toml::from_str("name = \"jdtls\"\ncommand = \"jdtls\"").unwrap() };
         let jar = Path::new("/m2/lombok-1.18.48.jar");
         let mut cfg = jdtls();
-        configure_jdtls(&mut cfg, Path::new("/p"), Path::new("/data"), &[], None, JDTLS_MIN_JAVA, &[], Some(jar));
+        configure_jdtls(&mut cfg, Path::new("/p"), Path::new("/data"), &[], None, None, JDTLS_MIN_JAVA, &[], Some(jar));
         let agent = format!("--jvm-arg=-javaagent:{}", jar.to_string_lossy());
         assert!(cfg.args.contains(&agent), "{:?}", cfg.args);
         let mut plain = jdtls();
-        configure_jdtls(&mut plain, Path::new("/p"), Path::new("/data"), &[], None, JDTLS_MIN_JAVA, &[], None);
+        configure_jdtls(&mut plain, Path::new("/p"), Path::new("/data"), &[], None, None, JDTLS_MIN_JAVA, &[], None);
         assert_ne!(cfg.args[1], plain.args[1], "a separate workspace, so everything is rebuilt with the agent");
         let before = cfg.clone();
-        configure_jdtls(&mut cfg, Path::new("/p"), Path::new("/data"), &[], None, JDTLS_MIN_JAVA, &[], Some(jar));
+        configure_jdtls(&mut cfg, Path::new("/p"), Path::new("/data"), &[], None, None, JDTLS_MIN_JAVA, &[], Some(jar));
         assert_eq!(cfg, before, "idempotent");
 
         let mut cfg = jdtls();
         cfg.args.push("--jvm-arg=-javaagent:/own/lombok.jar".into());
-        configure_jdtls(&mut cfg, Path::new("/p"), Path::new("/data"), &[], None, JDTLS_MIN_JAVA, &[], Some(jar));
+        configure_jdtls(&mut cfg, Path::new("/p"), Path::new("/data"), &[], None, None, JDTLS_MIN_JAVA, &[], Some(jar));
         assert!(!cfg.args.contains(&agent), "the user's agent wins");
         let mut own = jdtls();
         own.args.push("--jvm-arg=-javaagent:/own/lombok.jar".into());
-        configure_jdtls(&mut own, Path::new("/p"), Path::new("/data"), &[], None, JDTLS_MIN_JAVA, &[], None);
+        configure_jdtls(&mut own, Path::new("/p"), Path::new("/data"), &[], None, None, JDTLS_MIN_JAVA, &[], None);
         assert_eq!(cfg.args, own.args, "its workspace follows the agent in use");
     }
 
@@ -533,19 +566,19 @@ mod tests {
         let jdtls = || -> LanguageServerConfig { toml::from_str("name = \"jdtls\"\ncommand = \"jdtls\"").unwrap() };
         let old = [Jdk { major: 17, home: PathBuf::from("/jdk17") }, Jdk { major: 8, home: PathBuf::from("/jdk8") }];
         let mut cfg = jdtls();
-        configure_jdtls(&mut cfg, Path::new("/p"), Path::new("/data"), &old, None, JDTLS_MIN_JAVA, &[], None);
+        configure_jdtls(&mut cfg, Path::new("/p"), Path::new("/data"), &old, None, None, JDTLS_MIN_JAVA, &[], None);
         assert!(!cfg.env.contains_key("JAVA_HOME"));
         let err = cfg.launch_error.unwrap();
         assert!(err.contains("JDK 21 or newer") && err.contains("found JDK 8, 17"), "{err}");
 
         let mut cfg = jdtls();
-        configure_jdtls(&mut cfg, Path::new("/p"), Path::new("/data"), &[], None, JDTLS_MIN_JAVA, &[], None);
+        configure_jdtls(&mut cfg, Path::new("/p"), Path::new("/data"), &[], None, None, JDTLS_MIN_JAVA, &[], None);
         assert!(cfg.launch_error.unwrap().contains("no JDK was found"));
 
         // An explicit JAVA_HOME is the user's call.
         let mut cfg = jdtls();
         cfg.env.insert("JAVA_HOME".into(), "/custom".into());
-        configure_jdtls(&mut cfg, Path::new("/p"), Path::new("/data"), &old, None, JDTLS_MIN_JAVA, &[], None);
+        configure_jdtls(&mut cfg, Path::new("/p"), Path::new("/data"), &old, None, None, JDTLS_MIN_JAVA, &[], None);
         assert_eq!((cfg.env["JAVA_HOME"].as_str(), cfg.launch_error), ("/custom", None));
 
         let mixed = [old[0].clone(), Jdk { major: 21, home: PathBuf::from("/jdk21") }];
@@ -553,11 +586,55 @@ mod tests {
 
         // A jdtls whose bundles need 25 doesn't start on 21, and says what it needs.
         let mut cfg = jdtls();
-        configure_jdtls(&mut cfg, Path::new("/p"), Path::new("/data"), &mixed, None, 25, &[], None);
+        configure_jdtls(&mut cfg, Path::new("/p"), Path::new("/data"), &mixed, None, None, 25, &[], None);
         let err = cfg.launch_error.unwrap();
         assert!(err.contains("JDK 25 or newer") && err.contains("found JDK 17, 21"), "{err}");
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn jdtls_runs_on_the_chosen_server_jdk() {
+        let jdtls = || -> LanguageServerConfig { toml::from_str("name = \"jdtls\"\ncommand = \"jdtls\"").unwrap() };
+        let jdk = |major: u32, home: &str| Jdk { major, home: PathBuf::from(home) };
+        let installed = [jdk(25, "/jdk25"), jdk(21, "/jdk21"), jdk(17, "/jdk17")];
+        let project = jdk(17, "/jdk17");
+        let run = |server: Option<&Jdk>, min_java: u32| {
+            let mut cfg = jdtls();
+            configure_jdtls(
+                &mut cfg,
+                Path::new("/p"),
+                Path::new("/data"),
+                &installed,
+                Some(&project),
+                server,
+                min_java,
+                &[],
+                None,
+            );
+            cfg
+        };
+
+        // Project on JDK 17, server on the chosen 21: each keeps its own JDK.
+        let cfg = run(Some(&jdk(21, "/jdk21")), JDTLS_MIN_JAVA);
+        assert_eq!((cfg.env["JAVA_HOME"].as_str(), cfg.launch_error), ("/jdk21", None));
+        let opts = serde_json::to_value(cfg.initialization_options.unwrap()).unwrap();
+        let rt = &opts["settings"]["java"]["configuration"]["runtimes"];
+        assert_eq!(rt[0], json!({ "name": "JavaSE-17", "path": "/jdk17", "default": true }), "still compiles on 17");
+
+        // Not set: the first installed JDK new enough, as before.
+        assert_eq!(run(None, JDTLS_MIN_JAVA).env["JAVA_HOME"], "/jdk25");
+
+        // A chosen JDK outside the scanned locations.
+        let own = jdk(25, "/opt/own-jdk");
+        let cfg = run(Some(&own), 25);
+        assert_eq!(cfg.env["JAVA_HOME"], "/opt/own-jdk");
+
+        // Too old for this jdtls: the user's choice is not overridden, it is explained.
+        let cfg = run(Some(&jdk(21, "/jdk21")), 25);
+        assert!(!cfg.env.contains_key("JAVA_HOME"));
+        let err = cfg.launch_error.unwrap();
+        assert!(err.contains("/jdk21") && err.contains("JDK 25 or newer"), "{err}");
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn bundle_manifests_give_the_java_jdtls_needs() {
         let ee = |m: &str| manifest_min_java(m);
diff --git a/crates/ide-sdk/src/tests.rs b/crates/ide-sdk/src/tests.rs
index a090e96c..ae2dce42 100644
--- a/crates/ide-sdk/src/tests.rs
+++ b/crates/ide-sdk/src/tests.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 use crate::apply::{
-    apply_to_run_configs, configure_server, maven_command, maven_options, project_jdk, python_interpreter,
+    apply_to_run_configs, configure_server, jdtls_jdk, maven_command, maven_options, project_jdk, python_interpreter,
     terminal_activation, tsdk,
 };
 use crate::python::parse_pip_list;
@@ -202,6 +202,25 @@ fn project_jdk_and_maven_settings() {
     assert_eq!(project_jdk(tmp.path(), &s), None);
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn jdtls_jdk_setting() {
+    if cfg!(windows) {
+        return; // Unix paths
+    }
+    let tmp = tempfile::tempdir().unwrap();
+    fake_jdk(&tmp.path().join("jdk17"));
+    let mut s = Settings::default();
+    assert_eq!(jdtls_jdk(tmp.path(), &s), Ok(None));
+    // Separate from the project JDK, which run configurations keep using.
+    s.languages.java.jdk = "jdk17".into();
+    assert_eq!(jdtls_jdk(tmp.path(), &s), Ok(None));
+    s.languages.java.jdtls_jdk = "jdk17/bin".into();
+    assert_eq!(jdtls_jdk(tmp.path(), &s).unwrap().map(|j| j.major), Some(17));
+    // A chosen path that is not a JDK is an error, not a silent fallback.
+    s.languages.java.jdtls_jdk = "missing".into();
+    assert!(jdtls_jdk(tmp.path(), &s).unwrap_err().contains("is not a JDK home"));
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn terminal_activation_for_project_venv() {
     if cfg!(windows) {
diff --git a/src-tauri/src/commands/app.rs b/src-tauri/src/commands/app.rs
index b485a993..4aa1ff34 100644
--- a/src-tauri/src/commands/app.rs
+++ b/src-tauri/src/commands/app.rs
@@ -109,6 +109,14 @@ pub fn settings_get(window: Window, state: State<'_, AppState>) -> Settings {
     }
 }
 
+/// Defaults plus the global layer, without any project's values: what new
+/// projects (and projects without their own value) get.
+#[tauri::command]
+#[specta::specta]
+pub fn settings_get_global(state: State<'_, AppState>) -> Settings {
+    state.global_settings.effective()
+}
+
 /// `value` is JSON text, e.g. `14` or `"dark"`. Every window (for a project
 /// value: that project's windows) is told (`IdeEvent::SettingsChanged`) so it
 /// re-reads its effective settings.
diff --git a/src-tauri/src/commands/mod.rs b/src-tauri/src/commands/mod.rs
index fd3d8e27..86ef2178 100644
--- a/src-tauri/src/commands/mod.rs
+++ b/src-tauri/src/commands/mod.rs
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ pub fn builder() -> tauri_specta::Builder<tauri::Wry> {
         app::close_project,
         app::languages,
         app::settings_get,
+        app::settings_get_global,
         app::settings_set,
         app::project_roots,
         app::cancel_request,
diff --git a/src-tauri/src/commands/window.rs b/src-tauri/src/commands/window.rs
index 894ae18b..64725def 100644
--- a/src-tauri/src/commands/window.rs
+++ b/src-tauri/src/commands/window.rs
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ pub async fn window_new(app: AppHandle) -> IdeResult<String> {
     windows::create_window(&app, None).map(|w| w.label().to_owned())
 }
 
-/// Opens this window's Settings window on `page` (or focuses it and navigates).
+/// Opens this window's Settings window on `page` (or focuses it and navigates);
+/// `new_projects` edits the global layer only ("Settings for New Projects").
 /// `background` (`#rrggbb`) paints a new window until its page has loaded.
 #[tauri::command]
 #[specta::specta]
@@ -32,9 +33,10 @@ pub async fn window_open_settings(
     app: AppHandle,
     window: WebviewWindow,
     page: Option<String>,
+    new_projects: bool,
     background: Option<String>,
 ) -> IdeResult<()> {
-    windows::open_settings_window(&app, &window, page, background)
+    windows::open_settings_window(&app, &window, page, new_projects, background)
 }
 
 /// Focuses the next / previous window (⌘` / ⇧⌘`).
diff --git a/src-tauri/src/lib.rs b/src-tauri/src/lib.rs
index 2701f130..63441fef 100644
--- a/src-tauri/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src-tauri/src/lib.rs
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ pub fn run() {
             if let Ok(cwd) = std::env::current_dir()
                 && let Some(path) = windows::cli_path(&std::env::args().collect::<Vec<_>>(), &cwd)
             {
-                windows.set_launch("main", windows::Launch { project: Some(path.into()), settings_page: None });
+                windows.set_launch("main", windows::Launch { project: Some(path.into()), ..Default::default() });
             }
             let menu_state = menu::MenuState::default();
             menu::install(app.handle(), &menu_state, &state.recent.list());
@@ -135,7 +135,11 @@ fn on_menu_event(app: &tauri::AppHandle, event: tauri::menu::MenuEvent) {
         Some(w) => {
             // Settings is modal for its project window: only app-level items get through, to the parent.
             let label = match windows::settings_parent(w.label()) {
-                Some(parent) if matches!(route.action.as_str(), "app.quit" | "file.settings") => parent,
+                Some(parent)
+                    if matches!(route.action.as_str(), "app.quit" | "file.settings" | "file.newProjectsSettings") =>
+                {
+                    parent
+                }
                 Some(_) => return,
                 None => w.label(),
             };
diff --git a/src-tauri/src/menu.rs b/src-tauri/src/menu.rs
index cf2f5b21..02c41f7f 100644
--- a/src-tauri/src/menu.rs
+++ b/src-tauri/src/menu.rs
@@ -208,6 +208,11 @@ pub fn spec(os: Os) -> Vec<Entry> {
         act("file.save", "Save All"),
         sub("fileProperties", "File Properties", vec![act("file.toggleReadOnly", "Make File Read-only / Writable")]),
         SEP,
+        sub(
+            "newProjectsSetup",
+            "New Projects Setup",
+            vec![act("file.newProjectsSettings", "Settings for New Projects…")],
+        ),
         act("file.invalidateCaches", "Invalidate Caches…"),
     ];
     if !mac {
@@ -972,6 +977,7 @@ mod tests {
                 "file.closeProject",
                 "file.save",
                 "file.settings",
+                "file.newProjectsSettings",
                 "window.new",
                 "window.next",
                 "window.previous",
diff --git a/src-tauri/src/state.rs b/src-tauri/src/state.rs
index be5a3d1e..402046c4 100644
--- a/src-tauri/src/state.rs
+++ b/src-tauri/src/state.rs
@@ -259,12 +259,17 @@ impl AppState {
                     if let Some(problem) = lombok.problem() {
                         tracing::warn!("{problem}");
                     }
+                    let server_jdk = ide_sdk::apply::jdtls_jdk(&root, &effective).unwrap_or_else(|e| {
+                        cfg.launch_error = Some(e);
+                        None
+                    });
                     ide_sdk::java::configure_jdtls(
                         cfg,
                         server_root,
                         &data_dir,
                         &jdks,
                         ide_sdk::apply::project_jdk(&root, &effective).as_ref(),
+                        server_jdk.as_ref(),
                         min_java,
                         &bundles,
                         lombok.jar(),
diff --git a/src-tauri/src/windows.rs b/src-tauri/src/windows.rs
index de8ff3ad..bf625819 100644
--- a/src-tauri/src/windows.rs
+++ b/src-tauri/src/windows.rs
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ pub struct Launch {
     pub project: Option<ide_core::IpcPath>,
     /// Settings windows: the page to show.
     pub settings_page: Option<String>,
+    /// Settings windows: edit the global layer only ("Settings for New Projects").
+    pub new_projects: bool,
 }
 
 #[derive(Default)]
@@ -271,7 +273,7 @@ pub fn create_window(app: &AppHandle, project: Option<PathBuf>) -> IdeResult<Web
         config.y = Some(pos.y + CASCADE);
         config.center = false;
     }
-    app.state::<WindowsState>().set_launch(&label, Launch { project: project.map(Into::into), settings_page: None });
+    app.state::<WindowsState>().set_launch(&label, Launch { project: project.map(Into::into), ..Default::default() });
     let window = build_project_window(app, config)?;
     focus(&window);
     Ok(window)
@@ -338,7 +340,7 @@ pub fn open_path(app: &AppHandle, path: &Path) {
     match free {
         Some(w) => {
             app.state::<WindowsState>()
-                .set_launch(w.label(), Launch { project: Some(root.into()), settings_page: None });
+                .set_launch(w.label(), Launch { project: Some(root.into()), ..Default::default() });
             let _ = app.emit_to(w.label(), LAUNCH_EVENT, ());
             focus(&w);
         }
@@ -375,6 +377,7 @@ pub fn open_settings_window(
     app: &AppHandle,
     parent: &WebviewWindow,
     page: Option<String>,
+    new_projects: bool,
     background: Option<String>,
 ) -> IdeResult<()> {
     // Asked from a settings window itself: navigate it.
@@ -382,8 +385,8 @@ pub fn open_settings_window(
     let label = settings_label(&parent_label);
     let windows = app.state::<WindowsState>();
     if let Some(existing) = app.get_webview_window(&label) {
-        if page.is_some() {
-            windows.set_launch(&label, Launch { project: None, settings_page: page });
+        if page.is_some() || new_projects {
+            windows.set_launch(&label, Launch { project: None, settings_page: page, new_projects });
             let _ = app.emit_to(label.as_str(), LAUNCH_EVENT, ());
         }
         focus(&existing);
@@ -406,7 +409,7 @@ pub fn open_settings_window(
     if let Some(color) = background.and_then(|c| serde_json::from_value(serde_json::Value::String(c)).ok()) {
         config.background_color = Some(color);
     }
-    windows.set_launch(&label, Launch { project: None, settings_page: page });
+    windows.set_launch(&label, Launch { project: None, settings_page: page, new_projects });
     let window = WebviewWindowBuilder::from_config(app, &config)
         .and_then(|b| b.parent(&parent))
         .and_then(|b| b.build())
@@ -485,7 +488,7 @@ mod tests {
     #[test]
     fn launches_are_taken_once() {
         let st = WindowsState::default();
-        st.set_launch("project-1", Launch { project: Some("/p".into()), settings_page: None });
+        st.set_launch("project-1", Launch { project: Some("/p".into()), ..Default::default() });
         assert_eq!(st.take_launch("project-1").and_then(|l| l.project), Some("/p".into()));
         assert_eq!(st.take_launch("project-1"), None);
     }
diff --git a/src/bindings.ts b/src/bindings.ts
index 8fb2473d..71749fbc 100644
--- a/src/bindings.ts
+++ b/src/bindings.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,11 @@ export const commands = {
 	languages: () => __TAURI_INVOKE<LanguageInfo_Serialize[]>("languages"),
 	/**  Effective settings for the window's project, or global settings without one. */
 	settingsGet: () => __TAURI_INVOKE<Settings_Serialize>("settings_get"),
+	/**
+	 *  Defaults plus the global layer, without any project's values: what new
+	 *  projects (and projects without their own value) get.
+	 */
+	settingsGetGlobal: () => __TAURI_INVOKE<Settings_Serialize>("settings_get_global"),
 	/**
 	 *  `value` is JSON text, e.g. `14` or `"dark"`. Every window (for a project
 	 *  value: that project's windows) is told (`IdeEvent::SettingsChanged`) so it
@@ -429,10 +434,11 @@ export const commands = {
 	/**  Opens an empty (welcome) window; returns its label. */
 	windowNew: () => typedError<string, IdeError>(__TAURI_INVOKE("window_new")),
 	/**
-	 *  Opens this window's Settings window on `page` (or focuses it and navigates).
+	 *  Opens this window's Settings window on `page` (or focuses it and navigates);
+	 *  `new_projects` edits the global layer only ("Settings for New Projects").
 	 *  `background` (`#rrggbb`) paints a new window until its page has loaded.
 	 */
-	windowOpenSettings: (page: string | null, background: string | null) => typedError<null, IdeError>(__TAURI_INVOKE("window_open_settings", { page, background })),
+	windowOpenSettings: (page: string | null, newProjects: boolean, background: string | null) => typedError<null, IdeError>(__TAURI_INVOKE("window_open_settings", { page, newProjects, background })),
 	/**  Focuses the next / previous window (⌘` / ⇧⌘`). */
 	windowCycle: (forward: boolean) => __TAURI_INVOKE<void>("window_cycle", { forward }),
 	windowToggleFullscreen: () => typedError<boolean, IdeError>(__TAURI_INVOKE("window_toggle_fullscreen")),
@@ -442,6 +448,8 @@ export const commands = {
 	project: IpcPath | null,
 	/**  Settings windows: the page to show. */
 	settingsPage: string | null,
+	/**  Settings windows: edit the global layer only ("Settings for New Projects"). */
+	newProjects: boolean,
 } | null>("window_take_launch"),
 	windowCloseContext: () => __TAURI_INVOKE<CloseContext>("window_close_context"),
 	/**  Projects open in project windows, in window order (title bar project widget). */
@@ -2367,6 +2375,12 @@ export type JavaSettings = {
 	 *  Java version it targets.
 	 */
 	jdk?: string,
+	/**
+	 *  JDK home the Java language server (jdtls) runs on, apart from the project
+	 *  JDK (IDEA's "JDK for importer"); empty = the project JDK when new enough,
+	 *  else the first installed one that is.
+	 */
+	jdtlsJdk?: string,
 	/**
 	 *  Extra JVM options for the Java language server (jdtls), space-separated
 	 *  (VS Code's `java.jdt.ls.vmargs`).
@@ -2442,6 +2456,8 @@ export type Launch = {
 	project: IpcPath | null,
 	/**  Settings windows: the page to show. */
 	settingsPage: string | null,
+	/**  Settings windows: edit the global layer only ("Settings for New Projects"). */
+	newProjects: boolean,
 };
 
 export type LaunchConfig = {
@@ -3381,7 +3397,12 @@ export type ServerInfo = {
 	pid: number | null,
 };
 
-export type ServerStatus = "starting" | "ready" | "busy" | "crashed" | "stopped" | "missing";
+export type ServerStatus = "starting" | "ready" | "busy" | "crashed" | "stopped" | "missing" | 
+/**
+ *  Not started: its configuration can't launch it (e.g. no JDK new enough);
+ *  the message says what to change, and a settings change retries.
+ */
+"misconfigured";
 
 /**  Exception filters of one session (see [`DebugManager::exception_filters`]). */
 export type SessionExceptionFilters = {
diff --git a/src/features/code-insight/ServerStatus.tsx b/src/features/code-insight/ServerStatus.tsx
index 50357887..4c521518 100644
--- a/src/features/code-insight/ServerStatus.tsx
+++ b/src/features/code-insight/ServerStatus.tsx
@@ -89,6 +89,6 @@ export function ServerStatus() {
 function toneOf(status: string): "ok" | "busy" | "error" | "idle" {
   if (status === "ready") return "ok";
   if (status === "starting" || status === "busy") return "busy";
-  if (status === "crashed" || status === "missing") return "error";
+  if (status === "crashed" || status === "missing" || status === "misconfigured") return "error";
   return "idle";
 }
diff --git a/src/features/code-insight/servers.ts b/src/features/code-insight/servers.ts
index aa91614d..38f3ede0 100644
--- a/src/features/code-insight/servers.ts
+++ b/src/features/code-insight/servers.ts
@@ -126,12 +126,13 @@ export const STATUS_LABEL: Record<ServerStatus, string> = {
   crashed: "Crashed",
   stopped: "Stopped",
   missing: "Not installed",
+  misconfigured: "Not started",
 };
 
 /** One-line summary for the status bar. */
 export function serversSummary(servers: readonly ServerEntry[]): { text: string; tone: "ok" | "busy" | "error" | "idle" } | null {
   if (!servers.length) return null;
-  const bad = servers.filter((s) => s.status === "crashed" || s.status === "missing");
+  const bad = servers.filter((s) => s.status === "crashed" || s.status === "missing" || s.status === "misconfigured");
   const busy = servers.filter((s) => s.status === "starting" || s.status === "busy");
   const tone = bad.length ? "error" : busy.length ? "busy" : servers.some((s) => s.status === "ready") ? "ok" : "idle";
   const names = [...new Set(servers.map((s) => s.name))];
diff --git a/src/features/code-insight/views.test.ts b/src/features/code-insight/views.test.ts
index 3b91b010..5000bd96 100644
--- a/src/features/code-insight/views.test.ts
+++ b/src/features/code-insight/views.test.ts
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ describe("serversSummary", () => {
     expect(serversSummary([s("rust-analyzer", "ready")])).toEqual({ text: "rust-analyzer", tone: "ok" });
     expect(serversSummary([s("vtsls", "ready"), s("eslint", "starting")])).toEqual({ text: "vtsls +1", tone: "busy" });
     expect(serversSummary([s("gopls", "missing")])!.tone).toBe("error");
+    expect(serversSummary([s("jdtls", "misconfigured")])!.tone).toBe("error");
   });
 });
 
diff --git a/src/features/settings/__tests__/dialog.test.tsx b/src/features/settings/__tests__/dialog.test.tsx
index 743701e6..775e66a1 100644
--- a/src/features/settings/__tests__/dialog.test.tsx
+++ b/src/features/settings/__tests__/dialog.test.tsx
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import type { Settings } from "@/platform/ipc";
 
 const settingsSet = vi.fn();
 const settingsGet = vi.fn();
+const settingsGetGlobal = vi.fn();
 
 vi.mock("@/platform/ipc", async (importOriginal) => {
   const real = await importOriginal<typeof import("@/platform/ipc")>();
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@ vi.mock("@/platform/ipc", async (importOriginal) => {
       ...real.commands,
       settingsSet: (...a: unknown[]) => settingsSet(...a),
       settingsGet: () => settingsGet(),
+      settingsGetGlobal: () => settingsGetGlobal(),
     },
   };
 });
@@ -38,6 +40,7 @@ beforeEach(() => {
     return { status: "ok", data: current };
   });
   settingsGet.mockReset().mockImplementation(async () => current);
+  settingsGetGlobal.mockReset().mockImplementation(async () => current);
   useProject.setState({ settings: current, project: null });
   dispose = activate();
 });
@@ -171,6 +174,48 @@ describe("Settings dialog", () => {
     expect(useKeymap.getState().overrides).toEqual({ "t.dup": ["Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Meta+F9"] });
   });
 
+  describe("toolchain settings with a project open", () => {
+    let global: Settings;
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      // Global layer: -Xmx1g; the project overrides it with -Xmx4g.
+      global = setAt(structuredClone(DEFAULT_SETTINGS) as Settings, "languages.java.jdtlsVmArgs", "-Xmx1g");
+      current = setAt(global, "languages.java.jdtlsVmArgs", "-Xmx4g");
+      settingsGetGlobal.mockImplementation(async () => global);
+      useProject.setState({
+        settings: current,
+        project: { root: "/p", name: "p", settings: current } as never,
+      });
+    });
+
+    it("edit the project first; Global shows and writes the global layer", async () => {
+      const dialog = await openDialog("languages.java");
+      expect(within(dialog).getByRole("radio", { name: "This project" })).toHaveAttribute("aria-checked", "true");
+      expect(within(dialog).getByLabelText("JVM options")).toHaveValue("-Xmx4g");
+
+      fireEvent.click(within(dialog).getByRole("radio", { name: "Global" }));
+      expect(within(dialog).getByLabelText("JVM options")).toHaveValue("-Xmx1g");
+      expect(within(dialog).getByText(/used by new projects/)).toBeInTheDocument();
+
+      fireEvent.change(within(dialog).getByLabelText("JVM options"), { target: { value: "-Xmx2g" } });
+      await act(async () => {
+        fireEvent.click(within(dialog).getByRole("button", { name: "Apply" }));
+      });
+      expect(settingsSet.mock.calls).toEqual([["global", "languages.java.jdtlsVmArgs", '"-Xmx2g"']]);
+    });
+
+    it("Settings for New Projects edits the global layer on every page", async () => {
+      render(<SettingsDialog />);
+      await act(async () => {
+        await executeAction("file.newProjectsSettings");
+      });
+      const dialog = screen.getByRole("dialog", { name: "Settings for New Projects" });
+      expect(within(dialog).queryByRole("radiogroup", { name: "Settings scope" })).toBeNull();
+      expect(within(dialog).getByLabelText("JVM options")).toHaveValue("-Xmx1g");
+      expect(within(dialog).getByLabelText("Language server JDK")).toBeInTheDocument();
+      expect(within(dialog).getByText(/used by new projects/)).toBeInTheDocument();
+    });
+  });
+
   it("survives invalid settings values", async () => {
     act(() =>
       useProject.setState({
diff --git a/src/features/settings/__tests__/languages.test.ts b/src/features/settings/__tests__/languages.test.ts
index b2b9e079..b7a05a6d 100644
--- a/src/features/settings/__tests__/languages.test.ts
+++ b/src/features/settings/__tests__/languages.test.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ describe("languages settings", () => {
       node: { packageManager: "pip" },
       rust: { checkCommand: "clippy", checkOnSave: false },
       typescript: { version: "" },
-      java: { jdtlsVmArgs: " -Xmx2g ", jdk: 21, maven: { home: " /opt/maven " } },
+      java: { jdtlsVmArgs: " -Xmx2g ", jdk: 21, jdtlsJdk: " /opt/jdk-25 ", maven: { home: " /opt/maven " } },
     });
     expect(v.python).toEqual({ interpreter: "/usr/bin/python3", activateVirtualenv: true });
     expect(v.node.packageManager).toBe("");
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ describe("languages settings", () => {
     expect(v.typescript.version).toBe("bundled");
     expect(v.java.jdtlsVmArgs).toBe("-Xmx2g");
     expect(v.java.jdk).toBe("");
+    expect(v.java.jdtlsJdk).toBe("/opt/jdk-25");
     expect(v.java.maven).toEqual({ home: "/opt/maven", userSettings: "", localRepository: "" });
     expect(validateSettings({}).languages).toEqual(DEFAULT_LANGUAGES);
   });
diff --git a/src/features/settings/__tests__/staging.test.ts b/src/features/settings/__tests__/staging.test.ts
index f4465dd3..be3668ae 100644
--- a/src/features/settings/__tests__/staging.test.ts
+++ b/src/features/settings/__tests__/staging.test.ts
@@ -40,6 +40,27 @@ describe("settings staging", () => {
     expect(useProject.getState().settings?.editor?.showWhitespace).toBe(false);
   });
 
+  it("compares the Global scope with the global layer, not the project's values", () => {
+    const projectValue = setAt(useSettingsDialog.getState().base, "editor.tabSize", 8);
+    useSettingsDialog.setState({ base: projectValue });
+    const s = () => useSettingsDialog.getState();
+    expect(stagedValue(s(), "global", "editor.tabSize")).toBe(4);
+    expect(stagedValue(s(), "project", "editor.tabSize")).toBe(8);
+    // 8 is new for the global layer even though the project already has it.
+    stage("editor.general", "global", "editor.tabSize", 8);
+    expect(pendingChanges(s())).toEqual([{ scope: "global", key: "editor.tabSize", value: 8, page: "editor.general" }]);
+    stage("editor.general", "project", "editor.tabSize", 8);
+    expect(pendingChanges(s())).toHaveLength(1);
+  });
+
+  it("opens Settings for New Projects on request", () => {
+    expect(useSettingsDialog.getState().newProjects).toBe(false);
+    openSettings("languages.java", { newProjects: true });
+    expect(useSettingsDialog.getState()).toMatchObject({ newProjects: true, pageId: "languages.java" });
+    openSettings();
+    expect(useSettingsDialog.getState().newProjects).toBe(false);
+  });
+
   it("drops edits that return to the effective value", () => {
     stage("editor.general", "global", "editor.tabSize", 2);
     stage("editor.general", "global", "editor.tabSize", 4);
diff --git a/src/features/settings/dialog/SettingsDialog.tsx b/src/features/settings/dialog/SettingsDialog.tsx
index 28e58d35..4ded82dd 100644
--- a/src/features/settings/dialog/SettingsDialog.tsx
+++ b/src/features/settings/dialog/SettingsDialog.tsx
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import {
   selectPage,
   setPageScope,
   setQuery,
+  settingsTitle,
   useSettingsDialog,
   type Scope,
 } from "../model/staging";
@@ -99,10 +100,13 @@ function PageHost({
 }) {
   const pageId = node?.key ?? "";
   const hasProject = useProject((s) => !!s.project);
+  const newProjects = useSettingsDialog((s) => s.newProjects);
   const spec = page ? builtinSpec(page.id) : undefined;
-  const projectScope = !!spec?.projectScope && hasProject;
-  const chosen = useSettingsDialog((s) => s.scopes[pageId]);
+  const projectScope = !!spec?.projectScope && hasProject && !newProjects;
+  const chosen = useSettingsDialog((s) => s.scopes[pageId]) ?? spec?.defaultScope;
   const scope: Scope = projectScope && chosen === "project" ? "project" : "global";
+  // Where a project value is the norm, say what the global one is for.
+  const globalNote = newProjects || (projectScope && scope === "global" && spec?.defaultScope === "project");
   const ctx = useMemo(() => ({ pageId, scope }), [pageId, scope]);
   if (!node) return <EmptyState title="Nothing found" icon="search" />;
   const Body = page?.component;
@@ -142,6 +146,12 @@ function PageHost({
           <T>Saved to .openidea/settings.toml in this project; overrides the global value.</T>
         </div>
       )}
+      {globalNote && (
+        <div className={styles.scopeNote}>
+          <Icon name="info" size={14} />
+          <T>Saved to the global settings: used by new projects and by projects without their own value.</T>
+        </div>
+      )}
       <div className={styles.pageBody}>
         <PageErrorBoundary pageId={pageId}>{Body ? <Body /> : <GroupPage node={node} />}</PageErrorBoundary>
       </div>
@@ -155,12 +165,16 @@ export function SettingsDialog() {
   return <SettingsDialogInner />;
 }
 
+export function useSettingsTitle(): string {
+  return useSettingsDialog((s) => settingsTitle(s.newProjects));
+}
+
 function SettingsDialogInner() {
   return (
     <Dialog
       open
       onClose={closeSettings}
-      title="Settings"
+      title={useSettingsTitle()}
       width={980}
       className={styles.dialog}
       footerStart={<SettingsStatus />}
@@ -283,8 +297,8 @@ export function SettingsLayout() {
 
 /** OK / Cancel / Apply, ordered per platform by the dialog primitive. */
 function useSettingsButtons(): DialogButton[] {
-  const { staged, base, saving } = useSettingsDialog();
-  const pending = useMemo(() => pendingChanges({ base, staged }).length > 0, [base, staged]);
+  const { staged, base, globalBase, saving } = useSettingsDialog();
+  const pending = useMemo(() => pendingChanges({ base, globalBase, staged }).length > 0, [base, globalBase, staged]);
   const ok = async () => {
     if (await applySettings()) closeSettings();
   };
diff --git a/src/features/settings/index.ts b/src/features/settings/index.ts
index 55085051..d7f440d1 100644
--- a/src/features/settings/index.ts
+++ b/src/features/settings/index.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@
  * On the desktop Settings open in a native child window (`activateSettingsWindow`
  * runs there); in the browser build they open as an in-page dialog.
  *
- * `executeAction("file.settings", "keymap")` opens a specific page.
+ * `executeAction("file.settings", "keymap")` opens a specific page;
+ * `file.newProjectsSettings` (IDEA's Settings for New Projects) edits the
+ * global layer only, which new projects inherit.
  */
 import { getCurrentWebviewWindow } from "@tauri-apps/api/webviewWindow";
 import { registerActions, type Action } from "@/platform/actions";
@@ -16,7 +18,15 @@ import { isPopupOpen, lazyComponent } from "@/ui";
 import { loadSettings, useProject } from "@/platform/project";
 import { registerOverlay } from "@/workbench/contributions";
 import { LazySettingsDialog, loadBuiltinPages, unloadBuiltinPages } from "./dialog/LazySettingsDialog";
-import { closeSettings, openSettings, selectPage, setQuery, useSettingsDialog } from "./model/staging";
+import {
+  closeSettings,
+  openSettings,
+  selectPage,
+  setNewProjects,
+  setQuery,
+  settingsTitle,
+  useSettingsDialog,
+} from "./model/staging";
 import { zoomActions } from "./appearanceRuntime";
 import { trackRuntimeSettings } from "./runtime";
 import { installActionProxies, installSettingsHost } from "./window/bridge";
@@ -27,7 +37,10 @@ export const SettingsWindow = lazyComponent(() => import("./window/SettingsWindo
 /** Same event as `windows::LAUNCH_EVENT`: a pending launch (page) is waiting. */
 const LAUNCH_EVENT = "openidea://launch";
 
-function settingsActions(open: (page?: string) => void): Action[] {
+/** Java's page first: JDK, Maven and the language server are what new projects most often need. */
+const NEW_PROJECTS_PAGE = "languages.java";
+
+function settingsActions(open: (page?: string, newProjects?: boolean) => void): Action[] {
   return [
     {
       id: "file.settings",
@@ -37,6 +50,14 @@ function settingsActions(open: (page?: string) => void): Action[] {
       keywords: ["preferences", "options", "configure"],
       run: ({ arg }) => open(typeof arg === "string" ? arg : undefined),
     },
+    {
+      id: "file.newProjectsSettings",
+      title: "Settings for New Projects…",
+      category: "File",
+      icon: "settings",
+      keywords: ["new projects setup", "default settings", "default project", "default jdk", "global settings"],
+      run: ({ arg }) => open(typeof arg === "string" ? arg : NEW_PROJECTS_PAGE, true),
+    },
     {
       id: "settings.keymap",
       title: "Keymap…",
@@ -57,18 +78,18 @@ function settingsActions(open: (page?: string) => void): Action[] {
 }
 
 /** Native Settings window when the backend can make one, else the dialog. */
-async function showSettings(page?: string) {
+async function showSettings(page?: string, newProjects = false) {
   if (isTauri()) {
     try {
       const frame = getComputedStyle(document.documentElement).getPropertyValue("--bg-frame").trim();
-      await call(commands.windowOpenSettings(page ?? null, frame || null));
+      await call(commands.windowOpenSettings(page ?? null, newProjects, frame || null));
       return;
     } catch (e) {
       console.warn("settings window unavailable, using the dialog", e);
     }
   }
   await loadBuiltinPages();
-  openSettings(page);
+  openSettings(page, { newProjects });
 }
 
 export function activate(): () => void {
@@ -77,7 +98,7 @@ export function activate(): () => void {
     unloadBuiltinPages,
     registerOverlay({ id: "settings.dialog", component: LazySettingsDialog }),
     registerActions(zoomActions()),
-    registerActions(settingsActions((page) => void showSettings(page))),
+    registerActions(settingsActions((page, newProjects) => void showSettings(page, newProjects))),
     isTauri() ? installSettingsHost() : () => {},
   ];
   return () => disposers.reverse().forEach((d) => d());
@@ -89,21 +110,33 @@ function navigate(page: string | undefined) {
   selectPage(page);
 }
 
-async function takeLaunchPage(): Promise<string | undefined> {
+interface SettingsLaunch {
+  page?: string;
+  newProjects: boolean;
+}
+
+async function takeLaunch(): Promise<SettingsLaunch | null> {
   const launch = await commands.windowTakeLaunch().catch(() => null);
-  return launch?.settingsPage ?? undefined;
+  return launch && { page: launch.settingsPage ?? undefined, newProjects: launch.newProjects };
+}
+
+/** A launch for the open window: its page, and the mode when it asks for new projects. */
+function relaunch(launch: SettingsLaunch | null) {
+  if (!launch) return;
+  if (launch.newProjects) setNewProjects(true);
+  navigate(launch.page);
 }
 
 function listenLaunch(): () => void {
   let disposed = false;
   let off: (() => void) | undefined;
   void getCurrentWebviewWindow()
-    .listen(LAUNCH_EVENT, () => void takeLaunchPage().then(navigate))
+    .listen(LAUNCH_EVENT, () => void takeLaunch().then(relaunch))
     .then((u) => {
       if (disposed) return u();
       off = u;
       // A page requested before we listened: its event is gone, the launch is not.
-      void takeLaunchPage().then(navigate);
+      void takeLaunch().then(relaunch);
     });
   return () => {
     disposed = true;
@@ -135,12 +168,17 @@ export function activateSettingsWindow(parent: string): () => void {
   const disposers = [
     trackRuntimeSettings(),
     unloadBuiltinPages,
-    registerActions(settingsActions(navigate)),
+    registerActions(settingsActions((page, newProjects) => relaunch({ page, newProjects: !!newProjects }))),
     installActionProxies(parent),
     listenLaunch(),
     installWindowKeys(),
     useSettingsDialog.subscribe((s, prev) => {
       if (prev.open && !s.open) void getCurrentWebviewWindow().close();
+      if (s.newProjects !== prev.newProjects) {
+        void getCurrentWebviewWindow()
+          .setTitle(settingsTitle(s.newProjects))
+          .catch(() => {});
+      }
     }),
   ];
   void (async () => {
@@ -148,7 +186,9 @@ export function activateSettingsWindow(parent: string): () => void {
     const project = await commands.projectCurrent().catch(() => null);
     if (project) useProject.setState({ project, settings: project.settings });
     else await loadSettings().catch((e) => console.warn("cannot load settings", e));
-    openSettings(await takeLaunchPage());
+    // `listenLaunch` may have taken the launch first and applied it already.
+    const launch = await takeLaunch();
+    openSettings(launch?.page, { newProjects: launch?.newProjects ?? useSettingsDialog.getState().newProjects });
   })();
   return () => disposers.reverse().forEach((d) => d());
 }
diff --git a/src/features/settings/languages/LanguagePages.tsx b/src/features/settings/languages/LanguagePages.tsx
index f6beda6d..5b028484 100644
--- a/src/features/settings/languages/LanguagePages.tsx
+++ b/src/features/settings/languages/LanguagePages.tsx
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ import { useId, useMemo } from "react";
 import { IconButton, Input, type SelectOption } from "@/ui";
 import { Row, Section, Select, Toggle } from "../components/Form";
 import { choosePath } from "./api";
-import { SdkField, tildify, useDetected, useProjectSetting } from "./components";
+import { useSetting } from "../components/context";
+import { SdkField, tildify, useDetected } from "./components";
 import styles from "./Sdk.module.css";
 
 function PathInput({
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@ function PathInput({
   /** Browse for a file instead of a directory. */
   file?: boolean;
 }) {
-  const [value, set] = useProjectSetting<string>(k);
+  const [value, set] = useSetting<string>(k);
   const id = useId();
   return (
     <Row label={label} htmlFor={id} hint={hint}>
@@ -59,7 +60,7 @@ function SdkRow({
   hint,
   ...field
 }: { k: string; label: string; hint?: string } & Omit<Parameters<typeof SdkField>[0], "value" | "onChange">) {
-  const [value, set] = useProjectSetting<string>(k);
+  const [value, set] = useSetting<string>(k);
   return (
     <Row label={label} hint={hint}>
       <SdkField {...field} value={value} onChange={set} />
@@ -71,7 +72,7 @@ function SdkRow({
 // Node.js
 
 export function NodePage() {
-  const [pm, setPm] = useProjectSetting<string>("languages.node.packageManager");
+  const [pm, setPm] = useSetting<string>("languages.node.packageManager");
   const { list } = useDetected("packageManager");
   const pmOptions = useMemo<SelectOption[]>(
     () => [
@@ -112,10 +113,10 @@ export function NodePage() {
 // Rust
 
 export function RustPage() {
-  const [toolchain] = useProjectSetting<string>("languages.rust.toolchain");
-  const [checkOnSave, setCheckOnSave] = useProjectSetting<boolean>("languages.rust.checkOnSave");
-  const [checkCommand, setCheckCommand] = useProjectSetting<string>("languages.rust.checkCommand");
-  const [rustfmtArgs, setRustfmtArgs] = useProjectSetting<string>("languages.rust.rustfmtArgs");
+  const [toolchain] = useSetting<string>("languages.rust.toolchain");
+  const [checkOnSave, setCheckOnSave] = useSetting<boolean>("languages.rust.checkOnSave");
+  const [checkCommand, setCheckCommand] = useSetting<string>("languages.rust.checkCommand");
+  const [rustfmtArgs, setRustfmtArgs] = useSetting<string>("languages.rust.rustfmtArgs");
   const { list } = useDetected("rust");
   const selected = list.find((s) => s.path === toolchain);
   const argsId = useId();
@@ -216,7 +217,7 @@ export function GoPage() {
 // Java
 
 export function JavaPage() {
-  const [vmArgs, setVmArgs] = useProjectSetting<string>("languages.java.jdtlsVmArgs");
+  const [vmArgs, setVmArgs] = useSetting<string>("languages.java.jdtlsVmArgs");
   const id = useId();
   return (
     <div className={styles.page}>
@@ -234,6 +235,17 @@ export function JavaPage() {
         />
       </Section>
       <Section title="Language Server">
+        <SdkRow
+          k="languages.java.jdtlsJdk"
+          label="JDK"
+          kind="jdk"
+          emptyLabel="Auto"
+          emptyDetail="the project JDK if new enough, else the first installed JDK that is"
+          directory
+          browseTitle="Select JDK Home Directory"
+          aria-label="Language server JDK"
+          hint="Runs jdtls only, like IDEA's JDK for importer; the project keeps compiling and running with the Project JDK. jdtls needs JDK 21 or newer (recent releases 25). The jdtls executable itself is set in Language Servers."
+        />
         <Row
           label="JVM options"
           htmlFor={id}
@@ -295,7 +307,7 @@ export function MavenPage() {
 // TypeScript
 
 export function TypeScriptPage() {
-  const [version, setVersion] = useProjectSetting<string>("languages.typescript.version");
+  const [version, setVersion] = useSetting<string>("languages.typescript.version");
   const { list } = useDetected("typeScript");
   const workspace = list.find((s) => s.source === "workspace");
   const options = useMemo<SelectOption[]>(() => {
diff --git a/src/features/settings/languages/PythonInterpreterPage.tsx b/src/features/settings/languages/PythonInterpreterPage.tsx
index 4fc0b93b..0c11c443 100644
--- a/src/features/settings/languages/PythonInterpreterPage.tsx
+++ b/src/features/settings/languages/PythonInterpreterPage.tsx
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ import { useProject } from "@/platform/project";
 import { Section, Toggle } from "../components/Form";
 import { effectivePython, listPackages, pip, useSdks, type PythonPackage } from "./api";
 import { AddInterpreterDialog } from "./AddInterpreterDialog";
-import { SdkField, tildify, useProjectSetting } from "./components";
+import { useSetting } from "../components/context";
+import { SdkField, tildify } from "./components";
 import styles from "./Sdk.module.css";
 
 type Op = "install" | "upgrade" | "uninstall";
@@ -61,8 +62,8 @@ function usePackages(python: string | null) {
 }
 
 export function PythonInterpreterPage() {
-  const [interpreter, setInterpreter] = useProjectSetting<string>("languages.python.interpreter");
-  const [activate, setActivate] = useProjectSetting<boolean>("languages.python.activateVirtualenv");
+  const [interpreter, setInterpreter] = useSetting<string>("languages.python.interpreter");
+  const [activate, setActivate] = useSetting<boolean>("languages.python.activateVirtualenv");
   const root = useProject((s) => s.project?.root ?? null);
   const [auto, setAuto] = useState<string | null>(null);
   const detected = useSdks((s) => s.byKind.python);
diff --git a/src/features/settings/languages/components.tsx b/src/features/settings/languages/components.tsx
index f70383e6..1b3ffc99 100644
--- a/src/features/settings/languages/components.tsx
+++ b/src/features/settings/languages/components.tsx
@@ -7,8 +7,9 @@ import { choosePath, detectSdks, useSdks, type Sdk, type SdkKind } from "./api";
 import styles from "./Sdk.module.css";
 
 /**
- * Interpreter / toolchain settings belong to the project (like IDEA's project
- * SDK): with a project open they are written to `.openidea/settings.toml`.
+ * Settings that only make sense per project (Project Structure): with a project
+ * open they are written to `.openidea/settings.toml`. Toolchain pages instead
+ * follow the page's Global / This project switch (`defaultScope: "project"`).
  */
 export function useProjectSetting<T>(key: string): [T, (v: T) => void] {
   const hasProject = useProject((s) => !!s.project);
diff --git a/src/features/settings/model/staging.ts b/src/features/settings/model/staging.ts
index 8ef53f39..2a65cc79 100644
--- a/src/features/settings/model/staging.ts
+++ b/src/features/settings/model/staging.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@ export interface SettingsDialogState {
   query: string;
   /** Effective settings when the dialog opened / last applied. */
   base: ValidSettings;
+  /** Defaults + global layer (no project values): what the Global scope edits. */
+  globalBase: ValidSettings;
+  /** "Settings for New Projects": every page edits the global layer. */
+  newProjects: boolean;
   staged: Record<string, StagedChange>;
   /** Scope chosen per page (Global / This project). */
   scopes: Record<string, Scope>;
@@ -38,6 +42,8 @@ export const useSettingsDialog = create<SettingsDialogState>(() => ({
   pageId: DEFAULT_PAGE,
   query: "",
   base: validateSettings(undefined),
+  globalBase: validateSettings(undefined),
+  newProjects: false,
   staged: {},
   scopes: {},
   saving: false,
@@ -46,19 +52,45 @@ export const useSettingsDialog = create<SettingsDialogState>(() => ({
 
 const stageKey = (scope: Scope, key: string) => `${scope}|${key}`;
 
-export function openSettings(pageId?: string) {
+export function openSettings(pageId?: string, opts: { newProjects?: boolean } = {}) {
   const s = useSettingsDialog.getState();
+  const base = validateSettings(useProject.getState().settings);
   useSettingsDialog.setState({
     open: true,
     pageId: pageId ?? s.pageId,
     query: "",
-    base: validateSettings(useProject.getState().settings),
+    base,
+    globalBase: base,
+    newProjects: opts.newProjects ?? false,
     staged: {},
     saving: false,
     error: null,
   });
+  void loadGlobalBase();
 }
 
+/** With a project open the effective settings include its values; the Global scope shows the global layer. */
+async function loadGlobalBase() {
+  if (!isTauri() || !useProject.getState().project) return;
+  try {
+    const globalBase = validateSettings(await commands.settingsGetGlobal());
+    useSettingsDialog.setState((s) => (s.open ? { globalBase } : {}));
+  } catch (e) {
+    console.warn("cannot load global settings", e);
+  }
+}
+
+/** IDEA's File › New Projects Setup › Settings for New Projects. */
+export const settingsTitle = (newProjects: boolean) => (newProjects ? "Settings for New Projects" : "Settings");
+
+export function setNewProjects(newProjects: boolean) {
+  useSettingsDialog.setState({ newProjects });
+}
+
+type Bases = Pick<SettingsDialogState, "base" | "globalBase">;
+
+const baseFor = (s: Bases, scope: Scope) => (scope === "global" ? s.globalBase : s.base);
+
 export function closeSettings() {
   useSettingsDialog.setState({ open: false, staged: {}, error: null, saving: false });
 }
@@ -76,17 +108,17 @@ export function setPageScope(pageId: string, scope: Scope) {
 }
 
 /** Current value of `key` as the page shows it: staged edit, else the effective value. */
-export function stagedValue(s: Pick<SettingsDialogState, "base" | "staged">, scope: Scope, key: string): unknown {
+export function stagedValue(s: Bases & Pick<SettingsDialogState, "staged">, scope: Scope, key: string): unknown {
   const hit = s.staged[stageKey(scope, key)];
-  return hit ? hit.value : getAt(s.base, key);
+  return hit ? hit.value : getAt(baseFor(s, scope), key);
 }
 
 export function stage(page: string, scope: Scope, key: string, value: unknown) {
   useSettingsDialog.setState((s) => {
     const staged = { ...s.staged };
     const id = stageKey(scope, key);
-    // Back to the effective value: nothing to write.
-    if (deepEqual(value, getAt(s.base, key))) delete staged[id];
+    // Back to the scope's current value: nothing to write.
+    if (deepEqual(value, getAt(baseFor(s, scope), key))) delete staged[id];
     else staged[id] = { scope, key, value, page };
     return { staged, error: null };
   });
@@ -101,9 +133,9 @@ export function resetPage(page: string) {
 }
 
 /** Writes to perform, global layer first so a project value still wins afterwards. */
-export function pendingChanges(s: Pick<SettingsDialogState, "base" | "staged">): StagedChange[] {
+export function pendingChanges(s: Bases & Pick<SettingsDialogState, "staged">): StagedChange[] {
   return Object.values(s.staged)
-    .filter((c) => !deepEqual(c.value, getAt(s.base, c.key)))
+    .filter((c) => !deepEqual(c.value, getAt(baseFor(s, c.scope), c.key)))
     .sort((a, b) => (a.scope === b.scope ? a.key.localeCompare(b.key) : a.scope === "global" ? -1 : 1));
 }
 
@@ -164,11 +196,19 @@ export async function applySettings(deps?: PersistDeps): Promise<boolean> {
   useSettingsDialog.setState({ saving: true, error: null });
   const { written, error } = await persistChanges(changes, deps);
   const done = new Set(written);
+  const base = validateSettings(useProject.getState().settings);
   useSettingsDialog.setState((st) => ({
     saving: false,
     error,
-    base: validateSettings(useProject.getState().settings),
+    base,
+    // Written global values right away; the backend's copy follows.
+    globalBase: useProject.getState().project
+      ? changes
+          .filter((c) => c.scope === "global" && done.has(stageKey(c.scope, c.key)))
+          .reduce((g, c) => setAt(g, c.key, c.value), st.globalBase)
+      : base,
     staged: Object.fromEntries(Object.entries(st.staged).filter(([k]) => !done.has(k))),
   }));
+  await loadGlobalBase();
   return error === null;
 }
diff --git a/src/features/settings/pages/execution.tsx b/src/features/settings/pages/execution.tsx
index 9bcbf46d..1a3fec90 100644
--- a/src/features/settings/pages/execution.tsx
+++ b/src/features/settings/pages/execution.tsx
@@ -92,6 +92,8 @@ function TooltipDelayRow() {
 export const EXECUTION_PAGES: PageSpec[] = [
   {
     id: "build.maven",
+    projectScope: true,
+    defaultScope: "project",
     title: "Maven",
     group: BUILD_GROUP,
     // IntelliJ IDEA: Build Tools › Maven, before Console / Debugger.
diff --git a/src/features/settings/pages/languages.tsx b/src/features/settings/pages/languages.tsx
index b6597b85..2f2ff3e1 100644
--- a/src/features/settings/pages/languages.tsx
+++ b/src/features/settings/pages/languages.tsx
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ export const LANGUAGES_GROUP = "Languages & Frameworks";
 export const LANGUAGE_PAGES: PageSpec[] = [
   {
     id: "python.interpreter",
+    projectScope: true,
+    defaultScope: "project",
     title: "Python Interpreter",
     group: LANGUAGES_GROUP,
     order: 403,
@@ -41,6 +43,8 @@ export const LANGUAGE_PAGES: PageSpec[] = [
   },
   {
     id: "languages.go",
+    projectScope: true,
+    defaultScope: "project",
     title: "Go",
     group: LANGUAGES_GROUP,
     order: 390,
@@ -49,6 +53,8 @@ export const LANGUAGE_PAGES: PageSpec[] = [
   },
   {
     id: "languages.java",
+    projectScope: true,
+    defaultScope: "project",
     title: "Java",
     group: LANGUAGES_GROUP,
     order: 395,
@@ -57,6 +63,8 @@ export const LANGUAGE_PAGES: PageSpec[] = [
       "project sdk",
       "java home",
       "jdtls",
+      "language server jdk",
+      "jdk for importer",
       "jvm options",
       "vmargs",
       "lombok",
@@ -67,6 +75,8 @@ export const LANGUAGE_PAGES: PageSpec[] = [
   },
   {
     id: "languages.node",
+    projectScope: true,
+    defaultScope: "project",
     title: "Node.js",
     group: LANGUAGES_GROUP,
     order: 402,
@@ -75,6 +85,8 @@ export const LANGUAGE_PAGES: PageSpec[] = [
   },
   {
     id: "languages.rust",
+    projectScope: true,
+    defaultScope: "project",
     title: "Rust",
     group: LANGUAGES_GROUP,
     order: 404,
@@ -92,6 +104,8 @@ export const LANGUAGE_PAGES: PageSpec[] = [
   },
   {
     id: "languages.typescript",
+    projectScope: true,
+    defaultScope: "project",
     title: "TypeScript",
     group: LANGUAGES_GROUP,
     order: 405,
diff --git a/src/features/settings/pages/spec.ts b/src/features/settings/pages/spec.ts
index 61886f2d..03e186ab 100644
--- a/src/features/settings/pages/spec.ts
+++ b/src/features/settings/pages/spec.ts
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ export interface PageSpec {
   keywords?: string[];
   /** Offers the Global / This project scope switch. */
   projectScope?: boolean;
+  /** Scope shown first with a project open (toolchains belong to the project, like IDEA's project SDK). */
+  defaultScope?: "global" | "project";
   sections?: SectionSpec[];
   /** Rendered below the sections (previews). */
   footer?: ComponentType;
diff --git a/src/features/settings/window/SettingsWindow.tsx b/src/features/settings/window/SettingsWindow.tsx
index d1dfe817..e5509490 100644
--- a/src/features/settings/window/SettingsWindow.tsx
+++ b/src/features/settings/window/SettingsWindow.tsx
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { OverlayHost } from "@/workbench/OverlayHost";
 import { usePlatform } from "@/platform/platformInfo";
 import { TitleBar } from "@/workbench/TitleBar";
 import { useApplyTheme } from "@/workbench/theme";
-import { SettingsFooter, SettingsLayout } from "../dialog/SettingsDialog";
+import { SettingsFooter, SettingsLayout, useSettingsTitle } from "../dialog/SettingsDialog";
 import { useSettingsDialog } from "../model/staging";
 import styles from "../dialog/SettingsDialog.module.css";
 
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ export function SettingsWindow() {
   useApplyTheme();
   const ownTitleBar = usePlatform((s) => s.overlayTitleBar || s.framelessTitleBar);
   const open = useSettingsDialog((s) => s.open);
+  const title = useSettingsTitle();
   const ref = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
 
   useEffect(() => {
@@ -21,7 +22,7 @@ export function SettingsWindow() {
   return (
     <div ref={ref} className={styles.window}>
       {/* macOS overlays traffic lights on it; Windows is frameless. Linux keeps the OS title bar. */}
-      {ownTitleBar && <TitleBar minimal dialog title="Settings" />}
+      {ownTitleBar && <TitleBar minimal dialog title={title} />}
       {open && (
         <>
           <div className={styles.windowBody}>
diff --git a/src/platform/languageSettings.ts b/src/platform/languageSettings.ts
index f2743594..1215e2cf 100644
--- a/src/platform/languageSettings.ts
+++ b/src/platform/languageSettings.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ export interface LanguagesValid {
   typescript: { version: string };
   java: {
     jdk: string;
+    jdtlsJdk: string;
     jdtlsVmArgs: string;
     maven: { home: string; userSettings: string; localRepository: string };
   };
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ export const DEFAULT_LANGUAGES: LanguagesValid = {
   rust: { toolchain: "", stdlib: "", checkOnSave: true, checkCommand: "check", rustfmtArgs: "" },
   go: { goroot: "", gopath: "" },
   typescript: { version: "bundled" },
-  java: { jdk: "", jdtlsVmArgs: "", maven: { home: "", userSettings: "", localRepository: "" } },
+  java: { jdk: "", jdtlsJdk: "", jdtlsVmArgs: "", maven: { home: "", userSettings: "", localRepository: "" } },
 };
 
 export const DEFAULT_PROJECT_STRUCTURE: ProjectStructureValid = {
@@ -101,6 +102,7 @@ export function validateLanguages(raw: unknown): LanguagesValid {
     typescript: { version: text(ts.version, d.typescript.version) || d.typescript.version },
     java: {
       jdk: text(java.jdk, d.java.jdk),
+      jdtlsJdk: text(java.jdtlsJdk, d.java.jdtlsJdk),
       jdtlsVmArgs: text(java.jdtlsVmArgs, d.java.jdtlsVmArgs),
       maven: {
         home: text(maven.home, d.java.maven.home),
diff --git a/src/platform/locales/en.json b/src/platform/locales/en.json
index 3ca20f16..9b82ba2c 100644
--- a/src/platform/locales/en.json
+++ b/src/platform/locales/en.json
@@ -141,6 +141,8 @@
   "menu.editor.unsplit": "Unsplit",
   "menu.file": "File",
   "menu.fileProperties": "File Properties",
+  "menu.newProjectsSetup": "New Projects Setup",
+  "menu.file.newProjectsSettings": "Settings for New Projects…",
   "menu.file.toggleReadOnly": "Make File Read-only / Writable",
   "menu.file.closeProject": "Close Project",
   "menu.file.new": "New…",
diff --git a/src/platform/locales/text/zh.json b/src/platform/locales/text/zh.json
index c50c4fc0..acf5e0e6 100644
--- a/src/platform/locales/text/zh.json
+++ b/src/platform/locales/text/zh.json
@@ -1330,6 +1330,8 @@
   "Passed as -s (mirrors, servers, proxies).": "以 -s 传入（镜像、服务器、代理）。",
   "Passed to rustfmt when reformatting, e.g. --edition 2024": "重新格式化时传递给 rustfmt，例如 --edition 2024",
   "Passed to the JVM running jdtls (java.jdt.ls.vmargs), e.g. -Xmx2g. A Lombok agent is added automatically when the project uses Lombok.": "传递给运行 jdtls 的 JVM (java.jdt.ls.vmargs)，例如 -Xmx2g。项目使用 Lombok 时会自动添加 Lombok 代理。",
+  "Runs jdtls only, like IDEA's JDK for importer; the project keeps compiling and running with the Project JDK. jdtls needs JDK 21 or newer (recent releases 25). The jdtls executable itself is set in Language Servers.": "仅用于运行 jdtls（类似 IDEA 的「导入器 JDK」）；项目仍使用项目 JDK 编译和运行。jdtls 需要 JDK 21 或更高版本（较新版本需要 25）。jdtls 可执行文件本身在「语言服务器」中设置。",
+  "Language server JDK": "语言服务器 JDK",
   "Password": "密码",
   "Password:": "密码：",
   "Paste": "粘贴",
@@ -1807,6 +1809,9 @@
   "Settings pages": "设置页面",
   "Settings scope": "设置范围",
   "Settings…": "设置…",
+  "Settings for New Projects": "新项目的设置",
+  "Settings for New Projects…": "新项目的设置…",
+  "Saved to the global settings: used by new projects and by projects without their own value.": "保存到全局设置：新项目以及未单独设置的项目都会使用。",
   "Shelf": "搁置",
   "Shell integration": "Shell 集成",
   "Shell path": "Shell 路径",
@@ -2310,6 +2315,7 @@
   "or click a line number to set a breakpoint.": "或点击行号设置断点。",
   "or pick one in the toolbar.": "或在工具栏中选择一个。",
   "per module, the JDK of its Java version": "按模块使用与其 Java 版本匹配的 JDK",
+  "the project JDK if new enough, else the first installed JDK that is": "项目 JDK 版本足够时使用它，否则使用第一个版本足够的已安装 JDK",
   "pip output": "pip 输出",
   "places the caret. A line with": "放置光标。包含",
   "println! with Debug": "使用 Debug 的 println!",
diff --git a/src/platform/locales/zh.json b/src/platform/locales/zh.json
index 158933fd..c1c4f04b 100644
--- a/src/platform/locales/zh.json
+++ b/src/platform/locales/zh.json
@@ -141,6 +141,8 @@
   "menu.editor.unsplit": "取消拆分",
   "menu.file": "文件",
   "menu.fileProperties": "文件属性",
+  "menu.newProjectsSetup": "新项目设置",
+  "menu.file.newProjectsSettings": "新项目的设置…",
   "menu.file.toggleReadOnly": "将文件设为只读/可写",
   "menu.file.closeProject": "关闭项目",
   "menu.file.new": "新建…",