I'm not sure, it would definitely be worth asking this on the RichFaces/Ajax4jsf forums as well. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4040367#4040367 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4040367