I can't seem to display the hash character In my JSP page, I have the following: | <h:outputText escape="true" value="#{messages['TestNumber']}" /> In my messages.properties file, I have: TestNumber=Test # Seam cannot evaluate the EL... Cannot get value for expression '#{messages['RequestNumber.Short']}' I've also tried the Unicode character for the hash sign: TestNumber=Test \u0023 On an interesting note (just to test), if I tried another Unicode character like the left arrow (\u2190), then it does display the left arrow... If I change the label to (i.e. without the hash sign #): | TestNumber=Test Number then everything is OK. Is this a bug in Seam or is there another way of doing this? I previously didn't have this problem in my JSF project until I added JBoss Seam. TIA. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3964805#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...