Hi It seems the @NotEmpty validator is not working forcing me to put a required="true" attribute in my <h:inputText>. I noticed that even the seam examples do this also. Problem with this is that it displays an ugly message with the component id in it. j_id50:firstname: Validation Error: Value is required. Can this be controlled? Anyone else experienced the @NotEmpty not working problem? Thanks Troy View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4079091#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...