Action Listener isn't invoked by DEFAULT on the menuItem -------------------------------------------------------- Key: RF-243 URL: http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/RF-243 Project: RichFaces Issue Type: Bug Affects Versions: 3.0.1 Reporter: Ilya Shaikovsky Assigned To: Aleksej Yanul Fix For: 3.0.1 If you specify only actionListener on the menu Item <rich:dropDownMenu value="Opened File"> <rich:menuItem value="Close" actionListener="#{capitalsBean.actionListener}" ></rich:menuItem> </rich:dropDownMenu> - submit will not be fired But if you add action or submitMode to tag - request getting called and listener fires.