thanks, but this did not work. i tried #{item.special ? 'parent' : 'child'} which renderes all rows with class="child" View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4047154#4047154 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4047154