i am using a code of the following pattern
<h:form id="addLegForm"> <a4j:region id="topOne"> --- this is the global region <rich:modalPanel id="trainFareInfo" minWidth="520" autosized="true"> <f:facet name="header"> <h:panelGroup> <h:outputText value="Fare Information" /> </h:panelGroup> </f:facet> <f:facet name="controls"> <h:panelGroup> <h:graphicImage value="/journeyplanner/image/close.gif" id="hideFarePanel" /> <rich:componentControl for="trainFareInfo" attachTo="hideFarePanel" operation="hide" event="onclick" /> </h:panelGroup> </f:facet> <a4j:status for="topOne" startText="Started Request"> <f:facet name="start"> <h:graphicImage value="/journeyplanner/image/ajax_progress.gif" /> </f:facet> <a4j:facet name="stop"> <some code > </a4j:facet> </a4j:status> </rich:modalPanel> </a4j:region> </h:form>
https://jira.jboss.org/jira/browse/RF-6492 unfortunately not done
So define local statuses in local panel regions and commons status on main page.