I tested it and had it working in the Seam examples. Do you have any messages printed by h:messages? View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4108399#4108399 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4108399