(1) AFAIK This is a bug with the Facelets user manual - it says comments are skipped by default, when in fact they aren't. You need to explicitly set it to false. http://wiki.java.net/bin/view/Projects/FaceletsFAQ#How_do_I_prevent_HTML_... (3) I would propose the alternative of using immediate="true" on the button but keeping it in the form. Both solutions will of course mean the model (entity beans) aren't updated. If you just want to cancel out you can just use a button with a logical (navigation) outcome for the button e.g. <h:commandButton action="home" value="Cancel" /> | | View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3985352#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...