diff --git a/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/openapi/options/ConfigurableEP.java b/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/openapi/options/ConfigurableEP.java
index 281fc695c942..5717d694bc35 100644
--- a/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/openapi/options/ConfigurableEP.java
+++ b/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/openapi/options/ConfigurableEP.java
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ public class ConfigurableEP extends AbstractExtensionPointBean {
   @AbstractCollection(surroundWithTag = false)
   public ConfigurableEP[] children;
 
+  @Attribute("id")
+  public String id;
   /**
    * @deprecated use '{@link #instanceClass instance}' or '{@link #providerClass provider}' attribute instead
    */
diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/options/ex/ConfigurableWrapper.java b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/options/ex/ConfigurableWrapper.java
index f99bd19a682d..1adc8957329e 100644
--- a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/options/ex/ConfigurableWrapper.java
+++ b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/options/ex/ConfigurableWrapper.java
@@ -18,9 +18,11 @@ package com.intellij.openapi.options.ex;
 import com.intellij.openapi.options.Configurable;
 import com.intellij.openapi.options.ConfigurableEP;
 import com.intellij.openapi.options.ConfigurationException;
+import com.intellij.openapi.options.SearchableConfigurable;
 import com.intellij.util.Function;
 import com.intellij.util.containers.ContainerUtil;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nls;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
 
 import javax.swing.*;
@@ -29,7 +31,7 @@ import javax.swing.*;
  * @author Dmitry Avdeev
  *         Date: 9/17/12
  */
-public class ConfigurableWrapper implements Configurable, Configurable.Composite {
+public class ConfigurableWrapper implements SearchableConfigurable, Configurable.Composite {
 
   private static final ConfigurableWrapper[] EMPTY_ARRAY = new ConfigurableWrapper[0];
 
@@ -107,4 +109,17 @@ public class ConfigurableWrapper implements Configurable, Configurable.Composite
   public Configurable[] getConfigurables() {
     return myKids;
   }
+
+  @NotNull
+  @Override
+  public String getId() {
+    return myEp.id;
+  }
+
+  @Nullable
+  @Override
+  public Runnable enableSearch(String option) {
+    final Configurable configurable = getConfigurable();
+    return configurable instanceof SearchableConfigurable ? ((SearchableConfigurable)configurable).enableSearch(option) : null;
+  }
 }
diff --git a/platform/platform-resources/src/META-INF/PlatformExtensions.xml b/platform/platform-resources/src/META-INF/PlatformExtensions.xml
index f182b14a5f1d..1db3f55cff7b 100644
--- a/platform/platform-resources/src/META-INF/PlatformExtensions.xml
+++ b/platform/platform-resources/src/META-INF/PlatformExtensions.xml
@@ -225,8 +225,9 @@
   <ComponentRoamingType component="RestoreUpdateTree" type="DISABLED"/>
   <ComponentRoamingType component="PropertiesComponent" type="DISABLED"/>
 
-  <projectConfigurable instance="com.intellij.javaee.ExternalResourceConfigurable" key="display.name.edit.external.resource" bundle="messages.XmlBundle">
-    <configurable instance="com.intellij.javaee.XMLCatalogConfigurable" displayName="XML Catalog"/>
+  <projectConfigurable instance="com.intellij.javaee.ExternalResourceConfigurable" key="display.name.edit.external.resource"
+                       bundle="messages.XmlBundle" id="preferences.externalResources">
+    <configurable instance="com.intellij.javaee.XMLCatalogConfigurable" displayName="XML Catalog" id="xml.catalog"/>
   </projectConfigurable>
 
   <bundledKeymapProvider implementation="com.intellij.openapi.keymap.impl.DefaultBundledKeymaps"/>
diff --git a/xml/impl/src/com/intellij/javaee/ExternalResourceConfigurable.java b/xml/impl/src/com/intellij/javaee/ExternalResourceConfigurable.java
index 04e87b4fde1a..086f8fedefbd 100644
--- a/xml/impl/src/com/intellij/javaee/ExternalResourceConfigurable.java
+++ b/xml/impl/src/com/intellij/javaee/ExternalResourceConfigurable.java
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ package com.intellij.javaee;
 import com.intellij.openapi.application.ApplicationManager;
 import com.intellij.openapi.options.BaseConfigurable;
 import com.intellij.openapi.options.Configurable;
-import com.intellij.openapi.options.SearchableConfigurable;
 import com.intellij.openapi.project.Project;
 import com.intellij.openapi.util.io.FileUtil;
 import com.intellij.openapi.vfs.JarFileSystem;
@@ -30,7 +29,6 @@ import com.intellij.util.ArrayUtil;
 import com.intellij.util.containers.ContainerUtil;
 import com.intellij.util.ui.UIUtil;
 import com.intellij.xml.XmlBundle;
-import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
 
 import javax.swing.*;
@@ -44,7 +42,7 @@ import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
 
 public class ExternalResourceConfigurable extends BaseConfigurable
-  implements SearchableConfigurable, Configurable.NoScroll {
+  implements Configurable.NoScroll {
   private JPanel myPanel;
   private List<NameLocationPair> myPairs;
   private List<String> myIgnoredUrls;
@@ -54,7 +52,6 @@ public class ExternalResourceConfigurable extends BaseConfigurable
   private HtmlLanguageLevelForm myHtmlLanguageLevelForm;
   @Nullable private final Project myProject;
   private final List<NameLocationPair> myNewPairs;
-  private Configurable[] myConfigurables;
 
   @SuppressWarnings("UnusedDeclaration")
   public ExternalResourceConfigurable(@Nullable Project project) {
@@ -241,7 +238,7 @@ public class ExternalResourceConfigurable extends BaseConfigurable
   }
 
   public String getHelpTopic() {
-    return getId();
+    return "preferences.externalResources";
   }
 
   @Nullable
@@ -378,14 +375,4 @@ public class ExternalResourceConfigurable extends BaseConfigurable
       return myNames[column];
     }
   }
-
-  @NotNull
-  public String getId() {
-    return "preferences.externalResources";
-  }
-
-  @Nullable
-  public Runnable enableSearch(String option) {
-    return null;
-  }
 }
diff --git a/xml/impl/src/com/intellij/javaee/XMLCatalogConfigurable.java b/xml/impl/src/com/intellij/javaee/XMLCatalogConfigurable.java
index f8e6f95f6f8e..41b5825d3fa1 100644
--- a/xml/impl/src/com/intellij/javaee/XMLCatalogConfigurable.java
+++ b/xml/impl/src/com/intellij/javaee/XMLCatalogConfigurable.java
@@ -18,11 +18,9 @@ package com.intellij.javaee;
 import com.intellij.openapi.fileChooser.FileChooserDescriptor;
 import com.intellij.openapi.options.BaseConfigurable;
 import com.intellij.openapi.options.ConfigurationException;
-import com.intellij.openapi.options.SearchableConfigurable;
 import com.intellij.openapi.ui.TextFieldWithBrowseButton;
 import com.intellij.openapi.util.text.StringUtil;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nls;
-import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 
 import javax.swing.*;
 
@@ -30,7 +28,7 @@ import javax.swing.*;
  * @author Dmitry Avdeev
  *         Date: 7/20/12
  */
-public class XMLCatalogConfigurable extends BaseConfigurable implements SearchableConfigurable {
+public class XMLCatalogConfigurable extends BaseConfigurable {
 
   private TextFieldWithBrowseButton myPropertyFile;
   private JPanel myPanel;
@@ -80,15 +78,4 @@ public class XMLCatalogConfigurable extends BaseConfigurable implements Searchab
   public void disposeUIResources() {
 
   }
-
-  @NotNull
-  @Override
-  public String getId() {
-    return "xml.catalog";
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  public Runnable enableSearch(String option) {
-    return null;
-  }
 }