"dpocock" wrote : &quot;gavin.king(a)jboss.com&quot; wrote : Absolutely, this pattern is mentioned in the documentation. | | | I tried changing my URLs to end with `.elvis' instead of `.seam'. I notice that tags like <h:commandLink> now generate URLs with the new ending. How do these tags know that I am using this new pattern? Do they just look at the current URL being processed? | | This is done by JSF. The tags don't know anything. They defer to the ViewHandler to build the URL. Different view handlers might do different things, but it typically does tricks like looking at the incoming request and reading your web.xml. For portlets, the URL ultimately comes from the Portal. Stan View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3964219#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...