This is down to the view framework you use - the RI, MyFaces or Facelets so I would suggest asking there :) View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3982064#3982064 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=3982064