You are trying to reRender the modal but you need to reRender a panel inside the modal instead. Cheers, Damian. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4107493#4107493 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4107493