Here we have a link
http://www.playframework.org/documentation/1.0.1/ide
about how to configure playframework to be working with different IDEs. There they
With an SBT project, you can debug from the IDE debugger with an SBT Task configuration (Run->Edit Configurations-> Add New Configuration->SBT Task) - with the Tasks setting set to:
"run 9000" "-jvm-debug 9999"
9000 is the site port, 9999 is the default debug port. The quotes are required
Then select the configuration & debug
Works with the community edition (2016.2)