This sounds like a bug in facelets to me. I suggest you ask on the facelets mailing list. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4125899#4125899 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4125899