look at the layout/edit.xhtml template in a seam-gen project and how it is used with the s:decorate tag. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4062569#4062569 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4062569