h:message not working in ajax refresh

[waynebagguley]

I've got a page with this piece of xhtml in:

<f:subview>
 <h:panelGroup id="findJobPanel">
 <a4j:include viewId="/findJob/search.xhtml"/>
 </h:panelGroup>
</f:subview>

In the pages that are used by the a4j control, I have a h:form with a h:inputText and corresponding h:message

e.g.

<h:message for="jobNumber" styleClass="cntError"/>

and

facesMessages.addToControl("jobNumber", "Job number #{jobNumber} not found");

The h:message only displays if the error is the result of the automatic validation. If I programatically set the error message it doesn't show up.

Any ideas?

[ilya_shaikovsky]

as described in ajax4jsf documentation you must use a4j:outputPanel with ajaxRendered="true" as wrapper for your messages. Did you perform that?