From your point about " But still on the UI it doesn't work in both cases. " it seems so, but I can't reproduce it on plain JSF.

autocomplete method does not resolve bean if ui:included and only one parameter provided ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Key: RF-11469 URL: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/RF-11469 Project: RichFaces Issue Type: Bug Security Level: Public(Everyone can see) Components: component-input Affects Versions: 4.0.0.Final Reporter: u j Assignee: Lukáš Fryč Priority: Minor Fix For: 4.3.5 Attachments: RF-11469.zip Original Estimate: 45 minutes Remaining Estimate: 45 minutes A bean parameter in the autocomplete method is not resolved if the rich:autocomplete is part of a ui:include. {code} <ui:include src="/searchlocation.xhtml"> <ui:param name="bean" value="#{searchBean}" /> </ui:include> {code} searchlocation.xhtml contains: {code} <rich:autocomplete id="cityName" mode="ajax" value="#{bean.cityName}" autocompleteMethod="#{bean.suggestCities}" /> {code} The value binding works, but the binding in the autocompleteMethod gives: {code} 15:26:15,809 SEVERE [org.richfaces.log.Renderkit] (ajp-127.0.0.1-127.0.0.1-8009-1) Target Unreachable, identifier 'bean' resolved to null: javax.el.PropertyNotFoundException: Target Unreachable, identifier 'bean' resolved to null at org.apache.el.parser.AstValue.getTarget(AstValue.java:75) [jbossweb-7.0.1.Final.jar:7.0.1.Final] at org.apache.el.parser.AstValue.invoke(AstValue.java:183) [jbossweb-7.0.1.Final.jar:7.0.1.Final] at org.apache.el.MethodExpressionImpl.invoke(MethodExpressionImpl.java:276) [jbossweb-7.0.1.Final.jar:7.0.1.Final] at org.jboss.weld.util.el.ForwardingMethodExpression.invoke(ForwardingMethodExpression.java:43) [weld-core-1.1.2.Final.jar:2011-07-26 15:02] at org.jboss.weld.el.WeldMethodExpression.invoke(WeldMethodExpression.java:56) [weld-core-1.1.2.Final.jar:2011-07-26 15:02] at org.richfaces.renderkit.AutocompleteRendererBase.getItems(AutocompleteRendererBase.java:105) [richfaces-components-ui-4.0.0-20110322.220419-243.jar:] at org.richfaces.renderkit.AutocompleteRendererBase.encodeItems(AutocompleteRendererBase.java:160) [richfaces-components-ui-4.0.0-20110322.220419-243.jar:] at org.richfaces.renderkit.AutocompleteRendererBase.encodeMetaComponent(AutocompleteRendererBase.java:271) [richfaces-components-ui-4.0.0-20110322.220419-243.jar:] {code}