There is no solution unless the FR described (by me) in that issue gets implemented. You could file a issue asking for the ability to style the s:decorate's div. anonymous wrote : At least this way they can style the span in their template to resemble a div (ie. display=block, etc) No, because it's not valid to nest block level components in inline components. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4092547#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...