I am using seam 1.2.1GA and Jboss 4.0.5GA and am experiencing a problem when I try to use s:validate when the form fields are contained in a custom tag.

my calling page calls a custom tag that I have created that contains a group of common form fields that I would like to reuse across many pages.

<s:validateAll>
 <tt:basicCRMFields title="#{signUp.title}" firstName="#{signUp.firstName}" lastName="#{signUp.lastName}"
 country="#{signUp.country}" email="#{signUp.email}"
 confirmEmail="#{signUp.confirmEmail}"/>
</s:validateAll>

the tag works fine as far as passing the data to my seam components but validation does not occur.

my tag .xhtml file looks like the following.

 <s:decorate id="titleDecoration" template="../../templates/decorateFormField.xhtml">
 <ui:define name="label">Title:</ui:define>
 <ui:define name="field">
 <tt:salutationList id="title" value="#{title}" required="true">
 </tt:salutationList>
 </ui:define>
 </s:decorate>
 <s:decorate id="firstNameDecoration" template="../../templates/decorateFormField.xhtml">
 <ui:define name="label">First Name:</ui:define>
 <ui:define name="field">
 <h:inputText id="firstName" value="#{firstName}" required="true">
 </h:inputText>
 </ui:define>
 </s:decorate>
 <s:decorate id="lastNameDecoration" template="../../templates/decorateFormField.xhtml">
 <ui:define name="label">Last Name:</ui:define>
 <ui:define name="field">
 <h:inputText id="lastName" value="#{lastName}" required="true">
 </h:inputText>
 </ui:define>
 </s:decorate>
 <s:decorate id="countryDecoration" template="../../templates/decorateFormField.xhtml">
 <ui:define name="label">Country:</ui:define>
 <ui:define name="field">
 <tt:countryList id="country" value="#{country}" required="true">
 </tt:countryList>
 </ui:define>
 </s:decorate>

 <s:decorate id="emailDecoration" template="../../templates/decorateFormField.xhtml">
 <ui:define name="label">Email:</ui:define>
 <ui:define name="field">
 <h:inputText id="email" value="#{email}" required="true">
 </h:inputText>
 </ui:define>
 </s:decorate>
 <s:decorate id="emailConfirmDecoration" template="../../templates/decorateFormField.xhtml">
 <ui:define name="label">Confirm Email:</ui:define>
 <ui:define name="field">
 <h:inputText id="confirmEmail" value="#{confirmEmail}" required="true">
 </h:inputText>
 </ui:define>
 </s:decorate>

Should it be possible that seam will validate my fields when used in this way? It makes no difference if I add the s:validateAll to the tag .xhtml template file, validation still does not occur. if I move one of the s:decorate fields directly into the calling file the validation works. Is this the expected behavior?

Thanks
Mat