The rich:progressBar can be used to show a status. There is an example of the server side in the example app. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4167438#4167438 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4167438