Thanks for the advice, but it didn't work. Here's my web.xml:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<web-app version="2.4"
xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee/web-app_2_4.xsd">
<display-name>a4jEchoText</display-name>
<context-
<param-name>org.richfaces.SKIN</param-name>
<param-value>#{skinBean.skin}</param-value>
</context-param>
<context-param>
<param-name>javax.faces.STATE_SAVING_METHOD</param-name>
<param-value>server</param-value>
</context-param>
<context-param>
<param-name>org.ajax4jsf.SKIN</param-name>
<param-value>blueSky</param-value>
</context-param>
<context-param>
<param-name>org.ajax4jsf.VIEW_HANDLERS</param-name>
<param-value>com.sun.facelets.FaceletViewHandler</param-value>
</context-param>
<context-param>
<param-name>org.ajax4jsf.COMPRESS_SCRIPT</param-name>
<param-value>false</param-value>
</context-param>
<context-param>
<param-name>org.ajax4jsf.xmlparser.ORDER</param-name>
<param-value>NEKO</param-value>
</context-param>
<context-param>
<param-name>org.richfaces.LoadStyleStrategy</param-name>
<param-value>ALL</param-value>
</context-param>
<context-param>
<param-name>javax.faces.CONFIG_FILES</param-name>
<param-value>/WEB-INF/faces-config.xml</param-value>
</context-param>
<filter>
<display-name>RichFaces Filter</display-name>
<filter-name>richfaces</filter-name>
<filter-class>org.ajax4jsf.Filter</filter-class>
</filter>
<filter-mapping>
<filter-name>richfaces</filter-name>
<servlet-name>Faces Servlet</servlet-name>
<dispatcher>REQUEST</dispatcher>
<dispatcher>FORWARD</dispatcher>
<dispatcher>INCLUDE</dispatcher>
</filter-mapping>
<listener>
<listener-class>com.sun.faces.config.ConfigureListener</listener-class>
</listener>
<!-- Faces Servlet -->
<servlet>
<servlet-name>Faces Servlet</servlet-name>
<servlet-class>javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet</servlet-class>
<load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
</servlet>
<!-- Faces Servlet Mapping -->
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>Faces Servlet</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>*.jsf</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
<login-config>
<auth-method>BASIC</auth-method>
</login-config>
</web-app>
This is the faces-config.xml:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE faces-config PUBLIC
"-//Sun Microsystems, Inc.//DTD JavaServer Faces Config 1.1//EN"
"http://java.sun.com/dtd/web-facesconfig_1_1.dtd">
<faces-config>
<managed-bean>
<managed-bean-name>suggestionBox</managed-bean-name>
<managed-bean-class>org.richfaces.SuggestionBox</managed-bean-class>
<managed-bean-scope>session</managed-bean-scope>
</managed-bean>
<managed-bean>
<managed-bean-name>skinBean</managed-bean-name>
<managed-bean-class>org.richfaces.SkinBean</managed-bean-class>
<managed-bean-scope>session</managed-bean-scope>
</managed-bean>
</faces-config>
index.jsp:
<!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en">
<html>
<head></head>
<body>
<jsp:forward page="/pages/index.jsf"/>
</body>
</html>
/pages/index.jsp:
<%@ taglib uri="http://java.sun.com/jsf/html" prefix="h" %>
<%@ taglib uri="http://java.sun.com/jsf/core" prefix="f" %>
<%@ taglib uri="http://labs.jboss.com/jbossrichfaces/ui/suggestionbox"
prefix="rich" %>
<%@ taglib uri="http://richfaces.org/a4j" prefix="a4j" %>
<html>
<head>
<title></title>
</head>
<body>
<f:view>
<a4j:outputPanel ajaxRendered="true">
<h:messages />
</a4j:outputPanel>
<h:form id="suggestionbox_form">
<h:selectOneRadio binding="#{skinBean.component}" />
<h:commandLink action="#{skinBean.change}" value="set skin" />
<br/>
<br/>
<h:outputText
value="Simple richfaces Suggestion Box test web application."
style="font: 18px;font-weight: bold;"/>
<br/>
<br/>
<h:panelGrid columns="4" border="0" style="border: 1px solid black;">
<f:verbatim>Suggestion Box will suggest you Town's names if it's started with the "a" or
"A" letter</f:verbatim>
<f:facet name="header">
<f:verbatim>Input With Suggestion Feature</f:verbatim>
</f:facet>
<f:verbatim> </f:verbatim>
<h:panelGroup>
<h:inputText value="#{suggestionBox.property}" id="text"/>
<rich:suggestionbox id="suggestionBoxId" for="text"
rules="#{suggestionBox.rules}"
suggestionAction="#{suggestionBox.autocomplete}" var="result"
fetchValue="#{result.text}"
first="#{suggestionBox.intFirst}"
minChars="#{suggestionBox.minchars}"
shadowOpacity="#{suggestionBox.shadowOpacity}"
border="#{suggestionBox.border}"
width="#{suggestionBox.width}"
height="#{suggestionBox.height}"
shadowDepth="#{suggestionBox.shadowDepth}"
cellpadding="#{suggestionBox.cellpadding}"
usingSuggestObjects="#{suggestionBox.usingSuggestObjects}">
<a4j:ajaxListener type="org.richfaces.AjaxListener"/>
<h:column>
<h:outputText value="#{result.text}"/>
</h:column>
<h:column>
<h:outputText value="#{result.price}">
<f:convertNumber pattern="#,##.00" type="currency"/>
</h:outputText>
</h:column>
</rich:suggestionbox>
</h:panelGroup>
<h:inputText value="#{suggestionBox.property}" id="text1">
<rich:suggestionbox id="suggestionBoxId1" tokens=",["
rules="#{suggestionBox.rules}"
suggestionAction="#{suggestionBox.autocomplete}" var="result"
fetchValue="#{result.text}"
first="#{suggestionBox.intFirst}"
minChars="#{suggestionBox.minchars}"
shadowOpacity="#{suggestionBox.shadowOpacity}"
border="#{suggestionBox.border}"
width="#{suggestionBox.width}"
height="#{suggestionBox.height}"
shadowDepth="#{suggestionBox.shadowDepth}"
cellpadding="#{suggestionBox.cellpadding}"
usingSuggestObjects="#{suggestionBox.usingSuggestObjects}">
<a4j:ajaxListener type="org.richfaces.AjaxListener"/>
<h:column>
<h:outputText value="#{result.text}"/>
</h:column>
<h:column>
<h:outputText value="#{result.price}">
<f:convertNumber pattern="#,##.00" type="currency"/>
</h:outputText>
</h:column>
</rich:suggestionbox>
</h:inputText>
</h:panelGrid>
<br/>
<br/>
<h:panelGrid columns="3" border="0" style="border: 1px solid black;">
<f:verbatim>Border</f:verbatim>
<f:verbatim> </f:verbatim>
<h:selectOneRadio value="#{suggestionBox.border}" onchange="submit()">
<f:selectItem itemLabel="1" itemValue="1"/>
<f:selectItem itemLabel="2" itemValue="2"/>
<f:selectItem itemLabel="3" itemValue="3"/>
</h:selectOneRadio>
<f:verbatim>Width</f:verbatim>
<f:verbatim> </f:verbatim>
<h:selectOneRadio value="#{suggestionBox.width}" onchange="submit()">
<f:selectItem itemLabel="150" itemValue="150"/>
<f:selectItem itemLabel="200" itemValue="200"/>
<f:selectItem itemLabel="250" itemValue="250"/>
<f:selectItem itemLabel="300" itemValue="300"/>
<f:selectItem itemLabel="350" itemValue="350"/>
</h:selectOneRadio>
<f:verbatim>Height</f:verbatim>
<f:verbatim> </f:verbatim>
<h:selectOneRadio value="#{suggestionBox.height}" onchange="submit()">
<f:selectItem itemLabel="100" itemValue="100"/>
<f:selectItem itemLabel="150" itemValue="150"/>
<f:selectItem itemLabel="200" itemValue="200"/>
<f:selectItem itemLabel="250" itemValue="250"/>
<f:selectItem itemLabel="300" itemValue="300"/>
</h:selectOneRadio>
<f:verbatim>Shadow Depth</f:verbatim>
<f:verbatim> </f:verbatim>
<h:selectOneRadio value="#{suggestionBox.shadowDepth}" onchange="submit()">
<f:selectItem itemLabel="3" itemValue="3"/>
<f:selectItem itemLabel="4" itemValue="4"/>
<f:selectItem itemLabel="5" itemValue="5"/>
<f:selectItem itemLabel="6" itemValue="6"/>
</h:selectOneRadio>
<f:verbatim>Shadow Opacity</f:verbatim>
<f:verbatim> </f:verbatim>
<h:selectOneRadio value="#{suggestionBox.shadowOpacity}" onchange="submit()">
<f:selectItem itemLabel="1" itemValue="1"/>
<f:selectItem itemLabel="2" itemValue="2"/>
<f:selectItem itemLabel="3" itemValue="3"/>
<f:selectItem itemLabel="4" itemValue="4"/>
<f:selectItem itemLabel="5" itemValue="5"/>
<f:selectItem itemLabel="6" itemValue="6"/>
<f:selectItem itemLabel="7" itemValue="7"/>
<f:selectItem itemLabel="8" itemValue="8"/>
<f:selectItem itemLabel="9" itemValue="9"/>
</h:selectOneRadio>
<f:verbatim>Cellpadding</f:verbatim>
<f:verbatim> </f:verbatim>
<h:inputText value="#{suggestionBox.cellpadding}" onchange="submit()" />
<f:verbatim>Onsubmit function will return</f:verbatim>
<f:verbatim> </f:verbatim>
<h:selectOneRadio value="#{suggestionBox.onsubmit}" onchange="submit()">
<f:selectItem itemLabel="true" itemValue="true"/>
<f:selectItem itemLabel="false" itemValue="false"/>
<f:selectItem itemLabel="no function" itemValue="none"/>
</h:selectOneRadio>
<f:verbatim>Using Suggestion Objects</f:verbatim>
<f:verbatim> </f:verbatim>
<h:selectBooleanCheckbox value="#{suggestionBox.usingSuggestObjects}" onchange="submit()" />
</h:panelGrid>
</h:form>
</f:view>
</body>
</html>
...any further ideas?
