Using environment variables in “VM options” and “Program arguments”

Question

In my project configuration in IDEA, I have the following text fields:

I woul

Answer 1

You can access environment variables using the brace-enclosed environment variable syntax. Example:

VM options: -Dfoo=${MY_ENV_VAR}

MY_ENV_VAR environment variable will be expanded properly.

Update: tested in IntelliJ IDEA 2017.1.2 and still working.