Though this might be a long shot, it occurred to me that I might be using <s:selectItems> incorrectly. In my case, when I do the following in my Facelet as described above: | <select jsfc="h:selectOneMenu" id="categoryDropdown" value="#{myAction.category}"> | <s:selectItems value="#{queryService.categories}" var="category" label="#{category.name}" noSelectionLabel="" /> | </select> | ...the method queryService.categories returns a List < Category > object. It was my assumption that the Seam control constructs a List< SelectItem > from that, but I might be mistaken. Any clarification here is much appreciated. It may have absolutely nothing to do with this odd problem, but at this point I am desperate. I am sure you can relate. Thanks. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4129807#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...