"norman.richards(a)jboss.com" wrote : I couldn't think of a good name. Component is too generic. JSF component. AWT component. Seam component? To me "swing" is synonymous with Java GUI components. So p:swing, despite not being technically correct, seemed to me to be the only thing captured the idea of a GUI component being inserted. I'm still open to suggestions. Ok, swing is fine. You're right, Component is used in every other sentences when talking about Java anything. "norman.richards(a)jboss.com" wrote : BTW, the problem with the LAF wasn't just that the components were being rendered differently but that they weren't being rendered at all with the default LAF on my machine. That's very troubling because it means none of this is guaranteed to work out of the box. Hmm. What kind of machine? I only have Linux machines here so that's all I've tested on. As you say, anyone using Swing JComponents is going to want to set the LAF to something that looks more generic or cross-platform. I don't know what's the right way (the "Seam way") of doing that. Could there be a setting for Swing UI LaF in the components.xml file? View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4115125#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...