I was going by the description of page actions in the seam docs, section 3.1.1 anonymous wrote : | The page action method can return a JSF outcome. If the outcome is non-null, Seam will delegate to the defined JSF navigation rules and a different view may end up being rendered. | I took that to mean that a null outcome meant that it would proceed to the "default" view (the one it would land on without a page action). At any rate, using the propagation parameter looks like a much cleaner way of doing it than blank page actions (though it's usually not a bad place to stick application-level audit log messages). Thanks for pointing it out (and for putting up with my endless questions). You rock my small self-centered universe :) View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3979539#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...