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m2e autocomplete for cuatom properties not working

I have this configuration:

<properties>
    <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
    <project.webinf.dir>${basedir}/WebContent/WEB-INF</project.webinf.path>
</properties>

My autocomplete feature from custom properties in Maven 2 Eclipse (m2e) is not working for pom.xml files in the editor. The only thing that is working is the properties such as ${basedir}, ${project.artifactId}, etc.

The properties work, the problem is the autocomplete only.
EDIT: The properties do not work, I equivocated myself.

Is there any bug related to this or this could be a misconfiguration of my system?

Solution

  • The statement:

    The properties work, the problem is the autocomplete only.

    was equivocated, I assumed it was working but it wasn't.

    The thing is I was setting the properties to the project.* namespace, when I changed to <webinf.dir>${basedir}/WebContent/WEB-INF</webinf.path> it worked like a charm (the properties and the autocomplete).

    Probably there is some kind of restriction for adding a new property to an existed workspace. If you have some answer that explains how this works in details I would be very happy to accept.