How to get IntelliJ IDEA to automatically populate messages from a properties file?

Question

I am using IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate v12 to build an application with Spring MVC. I use the message_en.properties file to localize the text messages of the application.

I can use ⌘-click to switch from Java code to the message file, so the IDE has some idea of ​​the link, but it does not autocomplete for me.

Can anyone suggest what I need to do to make autocomplete work?

Answer 1

Make sure that the directory containing the properties file is marked as the source root (this is indicated by the blue directory icon).

If this is not the case, right-click it and select Mark As... -> Source root .