diff --git a/src/components/sequencing/form/ArgEditor.svelte b/src/components/sequencing/form/ArgEditor.svelte
index b1751890a4..064560850e 100644
--- a/src/components/sequencing/form/ArgEditor.svelte
+++ b/src/components/sequencing/form/ArgEditor.svelte
@@ -80,14 +80,20 @@
       />
     {/if}
   {:else}
-    <ArgTitle {argDef} />
+    {#if argInfo.argDef}
+      <ArgTitle
+        argDef={argInfo.argDef}
+        {commandInfoMapper}
+        argumentValueCategory={isVariable ? 'Reference' : 'Literal'}
+        setInEditor={val => {
+          if (argInfo.node) {
+            setInEditor(argInfo.node, val);
+          }
+        }}
+      />
+    {/if}
     {#if isVariable && isFswCommandArgumentEnum(argDef)}
-      <div
-        class="st-typography-small-caps"
-        title="Literals are quoted in editor, Constants/Parameters/Variables are unquoted"
-      >
-        Reference
-      </div>
+      <div class="st-typography-small-caps">Reference</div>
       <EnumEditor
         {argDef}
         initVal={argInfo.text ?? ''}
diff --git a/src/components/sequencing/form/ArgTitle.svelte b/src/components/sequencing/form/ArgTitle.svelte
index 1bf4f41264..96f65cb04b 100644
--- a/src/components/sequencing/form/ArgTitle.svelte
+++ b/src/components/sequencing/form/ArgTitle.svelte
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 <script lang="ts">
   import type { FswCommandArgument } from '@nasa-jpl/aerie-ampcs';
   import { isArray } from 'lodash-es';
+  import type { CommandInfoMapper } from '../../../utilities/codemirror/commandInfoMapper';
+  import { getTarget } from '../../../utilities/generic';
   import Collapse from '../../Collapse.svelte';
   import {
     isFswCommandArgumentFloat,
@@ -13,10 +15,19 @@
   } from './../../../utilities/codemirror/codemirror-utils';
 
   export let argDef: FswCommandArgument;
+  export let commandInfoMapper: CommandInfoMapper;
+  export let setInEditor: (val: string) => void;
+  export let argumentValueCategory: 'Literal' | 'Reference';
+
+  let title: string = '';
+  let typeInfo: string = '';
+  let formattedRange: string = '';
 
   $: title = getArgTitle(argDef);
+  $: typeInfo = compactType(argDef);
+  $: formattedRange = formatRange(argDef);
 
-  function compactType(argDef: FswCommandArgument) {
+  function compactType(argDef: FswCommandArgument): string {
     if (isFswCommandArgumentUnsigned(argDef)) {
       return `U${argDef.bit_length}`;
     } else if (isFswCommandArgumentInteger(argDef)) {
@@ -30,7 +41,18 @@
     return '';
   }
 
-  function getArgTitle(argDef: FswCommandArgument) {
+  function formatRange(argDef: FswCommandArgument): string {
+    if ('range' in argDef && argDef.range) {
+      if (isArray(argDef.range)) {
+        return ` [${argDef.range.join(', ')}]`;
+      } else {
+        return ` [${argDef.range.min} – ${argDef.range.max}]`;
+      }
+    }
+    return '';
+  }
+
+  function getArgTitle(argDef: FswCommandArgument): string {
     if (
       isFswCommandArgumentRepeat(argDef) &&
       typeof argDef.repeat?.max === 'number' &&
@@ -39,18 +61,11 @@
       return `${argDef.name} - [${argDef.repeat?.min}, ${argDef.repeat?.max}] sets`;
     }
 
-    let compactTypeInfo = compactType(argDef);
+    let compactTypeInfo = typeInfo;
     if (compactTypeInfo) {
       compactTypeInfo = ` [${compactTypeInfo}]`;
     }
-    let base = `${argDef.name}${compactTypeInfo}`;
-    if ('range' in argDef && argDef.range) {
-      if (isArray(argDef.range)) {
-        base += ` [${argDef.range.join(', ')}]`;
-      } else {
-        base += ` [${argDef.range.min} – ${argDef.range.max}]`;
-      }
-    }
+    let base = `${argDef.name}${compactTypeInfo}${formatRange(argDef)}`;
 
     if ('units' in argDef) {
       return `${base} – (${argDef.units})`;
@@ -58,10 +73,57 @@
 
     return base;
   }
+
+  function onValueTypeChange(event: Event) {
+    const { value } = getTarget(event);
+    if (value === 'Literal') {
+      setInEditor(commandInfoMapper.getDefaultValueForArgumentDef(argDef, {}));
+    } else {
+      setInEditor('VARIABLE_OR_CONSTANT_NAME');
+    }
+  }
 </script>
 
 <Collapse headerHeight={24} padContent={false} {title} defaultExpanded={false}>
-  <div style="padding-bottom: 4px">
-    {argDef.description}
+  <div class="w-100 labeled-values" style="padding-bottom: 4px">
+    {#if formattedRange}
+      <div>Range</div>
+      <div>{formattedRange}</div>
+    {/if}
+
+    {#if typeInfo}
+      <div>Type</div>
+      <div>{typeInfo}</div>
+    {/if}
+
+    <div>Description</div>
+    <div>
+      {argDef.description}
+    </div>
+
+    <div>Value Type</div>
+
+    <select class="st-select" required bind:value={argumentValueCategory} on:change={onValueTypeChange}>
+      <option value="Literal"> Literal </option>
+      <option value="Reference"> Reference </option>
+    </select>
   </div>
 </Collapse>
+
+<style>
+  .labeled-values {
+    align-content: center;
+    column-gap: 3px;
+    display: grid;
+    grid-template-columns: max-content 1fr;
+    row-gap: 2px;
+  }
+
+  .labeled-values > * {
+    align-self: top;
+  }
+
+  .labeled-values > div:nth-child(odd) {
+    font-weight: bold;
+  }
+</style>
diff --git a/src/utilities/codemirror/commandInfoMapper.ts b/src/utilities/codemirror/commandInfoMapper.ts
index 4ecfaf6347..b04269e0a4 100644
--- a/src/utilities/codemirror/commandInfoMapper.ts
+++ b/src/utilities/codemirror/commandInfoMapper.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import type { SyntaxNode, Tree } from '@lezer/common';
+import type { EnumMap, FswCommandArgument } from '@nasa-jpl/aerie-ampcs';
 
 export interface CommandInfoMapper {
   /** format string of multiple arguments */
@@ -16,6 +17,8 @@ export interface CommandInfoMapper {
   /** ascends parse tree to find scope to display in form editor */
   getContainingCommand(node: SyntaxNode | null): SyntaxNode | null;
 
+  getDefaultValueForArgumentDef(argDef: FswCommandArgument, enumMap: EnumMap): string;
+
   /** finds the node in the parse tree containing the name */
   getNameNode(stepNode: SyntaxNode | null): SyntaxNode | null;
 
diff --git a/src/utilities/codemirror/seq-n-tree-utils.ts b/src/utilities/codemirror/seq-n-tree-utils.ts
index 38d733d6c9..12045baa5a 100644
--- a/src/utilities/codemirror/seq-n-tree-utils.ts
+++ b/src/utilities/codemirror/seq-n-tree-utils.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import type { SyntaxNode, Tree } from '@lezer/common';
+import type { EnumMap, FswCommandArgument } from '@nasa-jpl/aerie-ampcs';
 import {
   RULE_ARGS,
   RULE_COMMAND,
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@ import {
   TOKEN_REQUEST,
   TOKEN_STRING,
 } from '../../constants/seq-n-grammar-constants';
+import { fswCommandArgDefault } from '../sequence-editor/command-dictionary';
 import { validateVariables } from '../sequence-editor/sequence-linter';
 import { getFromAndTo, getNearestAncestorNodeOfType } from '../sequence-editor/tree-utils';
 import type { CommandInfoMapper } from './commandInfoMapper';
@@ -86,6 +88,10 @@ export class SeqNCommandInfoMapper implements CommandInfoMapper {
     return getAncestorStepOrRequest(node);
   }
 
+  getDefaultValueForArgumentDef(argDef: FswCommandArgument, enumMap: EnumMap): string {
+    return fswCommandArgDefault(argDef, enumMap);
+  }
+
   getNameNode(stepNode: SyntaxNode | null): SyntaxNode | null {
     return getNameNode(stepNode);
   }
diff --git a/src/utilities/codemirror/vml/vmlAdaptation.ts b/src/utilities/codemirror/vml/vmlAdaptation.ts
index 8436915b47..cce847c934 100644
--- a/src/utilities/codemirror/vml/vmlAdaptation.ts
+++ b/src/utilities/codemirror/vml/vmlAdaptation.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { type CompletionContext, type CompletionResult } from '@codemirror/autocomplete';
 import { syntaxTree } from '@codemirror/language';
-import type { CommandDictionary, FswCommand, FswCommandArgument } from '@nasa-jpl/aerie-ampcs';
+import type { CommandDictionary, EnumMap, FswCommand, FswCommandArgument } from '@nasa-jpl/aerie-ampcs';
 import { getNearestAncestorNodeOfType } from '../../sequence-editor/tree-utils';
 import { RULE_FUNCTION_NAME, RULE_ISSUE, RULE_STATEMENT, TOKEN_STRING_CONST } from './vmlConstants';
 import { getArgumentPosition } from './vmlTreeUtils';
@@ -72,12 +72,12 @@ export function vmlAutoComplete(
 
 function getStemAndDefaultArguments(commandDictionary: CommandDictionary, cmd: FswCommand): string {
   if (cmd.arguments.length) {
-    return `${cmd.stem} ${cmd.arguments.map(argNode => getDefaultArgumentValue(commandDictionary, argNode)).join(',')}`;
+    return `${cmd.stem} ${cmd.arguments.map(argNode => getDefaultArgumentValue(argNode, commandDictionary.enumMap)).join(',')}`;
   }
   return cmd.stem;
 }
 
-function getDefaultArgumentValue(commandDictionary: CommandDictionary, argDef: FswCommandArgument): string {
+export function getDefaultArgumentValue(argDef: FswCommandArgument, enumMap: EnumMap): string {
   switch (argDef.arg_type) {
     case 'boolean':
       return argDef.default_value ?? 'TRUE';
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ function getDefaultArgumentValue(commandDictionary: CommandDictionary, argDef: F
       // ignores conversion setting
       return (argDef.default_value ?? argDef.range?.min)?.toString(10) ?? '0';
     case 'enum':
-      return `"${commandDictionary.enumMap[argDef.enum_name]?.values[0]?.symbol ?? ''}"`;
+      return `"${enumMap[argDef.enum_name]?.values[0]?.symbol ?? ''}"`;
     case 'var_string':
       return '""';
   }
diff --git a/src/utilities/codemirror/vml/vmlTreeUtils.ts b/src/utilities/codemirror/vml/vmlTreeUtils.ts
index 177c59a22c..72915573b2 100644
--- a/src/utilities/codemirror/vml/vmlTreeUtils.ts
+++ b/src/utilities/codemirror/vml/vmlTreeUtils.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import type { SyntaxNode, Tree } from '@lezer/common';
+import type { EnumMap, FswCommandArgument } from '@nasa-jpl/aerie-ampcs';
 import {
   filterNodesToArray,
   getChildrenNode,
@@ -6,6 +7,7 @@ import {
   isDefined,
 } from '../../sequence-editor/tree-utils';
 import type { CommandInfoMapper } from '../commandInfoMapper';
+import { getDefaultArgumentValue } from './vmlAdaptation';
 import {
   RULE_CALL_PARAMETER,
   RULE_CALL_PARAMETERS,
@@ -65,6 +67,10 @@ export class VmlCommandInfoMapper implements CommandInfoMapper {
     return getNearestAncestorNodeOfType(node, [RULE_TIME_TAGGED_STATEMENT]);
   }
 
+  getDefaultValueForArgumentDef(argDef: FswCommandArgument, enumMap: EnumMap): string {
+    return getDefaultArgumentValue(argDef, enumMap);
+  }
+
   getNameNode(statementNode: SyntaxNode | null): SyntaxNode | null {
     const statementSubNode = statementNode?.getChild(RULE_STATEMENT)?.getChild(RULE_ISSUE);
     if (statementSubNode?.name === RULE_ISSUE) {