Ok, I just found the solution ; I need to encapsulate my components into a <h:form> tag. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4085549#4085549 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4085549