Take a look at the ui example to see how to use s:selectItems (it decouples your business and presentation logic) View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4031676#4031676 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4031676