No! At least it needs to span the point from when the selectitems are rendered to where they are submitted. Take a look at the ui example. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4029033#4029033 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4029033