Okay I screwed up that example. It should have been.
<rich:dataTable value="#{seamComponent.list}" var="_localVariable">
<h:outputText value="#{_localVariable.property}" />
</rich:dataTable>
@Name("sameComponent")
public class SeamComponent
{
public List<Something> getList() {
}
}
if you perform "Open Selection" on the "list" property, SeamComponent.java will open and focus on getList().
If you try to do it on the "property" of the local variable, nothing will happen.
It used to actually open the property on the referenced object.