Now i finally upgraded everything the behaviour is slightly better, but still not like expected: I am using latest jsf ri implementation and jboss-4.2.1.GA in my messages.properties | myInput=Label for my Inputfield | in my facelets page | <h:inputText id="myInput" required="true" value="#{TestBean.value}" errorStyle="color:red" label="#{messages['myInput']}" /> | <h:message for="myInput" /> | The output should be: | "Label for my Inputfield": Value required | but in fact it is: | Value required | He seems to ignore the label attribute, and i am getting insane on this :-/ Pls help, well at least this behaviour is slightly better than before. Do i really have to rewrite message tag to get this to work? Thx very much , Holger View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4093609#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...