Thanks for the food for thought. I haven't tried the tag files yet, but the idea pushed me in the right direction. It looks like the problem was with the tag I used to start the file. It needs to be <ui:composition ...> | <h:panelGrid> | ... | </h:panelGrid> | </ui:composition> instead of just <h:panelGrid ...> | ... | </h:panelGrid> View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4031838#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...