I've recommitted the fix Ryan originally provided. Apparently the change that broke this was some functionality Jacob added for Gavin to support the s:decorate component. I tested the fix with the Seam s:decorate component in the Booking example's register page and the s:decorate appears to still correctly decorate the inputText fields on validation failure. If anyone who knows more about s:decorate can test the Facelets head further to ensure not breakages it would be appreciated. Mike View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4079663#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...