I'm having a hard time imagining a "top to bottom" tree. Check the documentation and try asking in the RichFaces forum... View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4117449#4117449 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4117449