There are 2 ways that I can think of right now (a bit late for me so sorry if missed some): 1. Build up a list of Beans where the bean has a property that determines whether a value is present or not. 2. Use the EL to figure out if the row is new. #2 would be my choice. You could so something like: | <rich:column> | <s:span rendered="#{row.something !=null}"> | #{row.whatever} | </s:span> | <s:span rendered="#{row.something ==null}"> | <h:inputText value="#{row.whatever}"/> | </s:span> | </rich:column> | Cheers, Damian View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4070344#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...