Unfortunately it works only for Seam variables for now. See https://jira.jboss.org/jira/browse/JBIDE-2016 View the original post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4222601#4222601 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4222601