It will look more like this: document.getElementById('domeId').innerHTML = '<h:outputText value="#{messages['myMessage']}"/>' View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4024934#4024934 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4024934