FYI: Spring + JSF 1.1  MyFaces + RichFaces 3.1.6

JSP:

<%-- Properties Form  - the a:panel is a Alfresco tag--%>
<a:panel id="create-properties-panel" border="innerwhite" bgcolor="white"
    titleBorder="lbgrey" expandedTitleBorder="dotted" titleBgcolor="white"
    styleClass="mainSubTitle" label="#{msg.create_new_type_properties_panel_title}">
    <a4j:outputPanel id="out">
        <h:panelGrid id="propertiesGrid"  columns="1"></h:panelGrid>
    </a4j:outputPanel>
    <a4j:form>
        <a4j:commandButton id="addPropertiesButton" actionListener="#{DialogManager.bean.addNewProperty}" image="#{request.contextPath}/images/icons/add_item_large.gif"  reRender="dialog:dialog-body:out" />
    </a4j:form>
</a:panel>

BEAN:

public void addNewProperty(ActionEvent event){
        List gridList = FacesContext.getCurrentInstance().getViewRoot().findComponent("dialog:dialog-body:propertiesGrid").getChildren();;
        UIComponent grid = FacesContext.getCurrentInstance().getViewRoot().findComponent("dialog:dialog-body:propertiesGrid");
        HtmlOutputLabel propertyFormLabel;
        HtmlInputText input;
        HtmlInputTextarea inputArea;
        HtmlSelectBooleanCheckbox inputCheck;
        HtmlMessage msg;
        HtmlSelectOneMenu selectBox;
       
        try {       
            HtmlPanelGrid propertyFormGrid = createPropertyGrid(this.propertiesCount,3,grid);
          
            //create the ListShuttle
            HtmlListShuttle ls = new HtmlListShuttle();
            ls.setSourceListWidth("150");
            ls.setTargetListWidth("150");
            ls.setSourceCaptionLabel(Application.getMessage(FacesContext.getCurrentInstance(), "constraints_shuttle_list_available"));
            ls.setTargetCaptionLabel(Application.getMessage(FacesContext.getCurrentInstance(), "constraints_shuttle_list_selected"));
            ls.setSourceValue(this.getAvailableConstrains());
            ls.setVar("item");
            ls.setTargetValue(this.getSelectedConstrains());
            HtmlColumn col = new HtmlColumn();    
            HtmlOutputLabel label = new HtmlOutputLabel();
            label.setValueBinding("value", FacesContext.getCurrentInstance().getApplication().createValueBinding("#{item.name}"));
            col.getChildren().add(label);    
            ls.getChildren().add(col);
            propertyFormGrid.getChildren().add(ls);
           
            //fill the cell
            createRichSpace("10","10",propertyFormGrid);
            createRichSpace("10","10",propertyFormGrid);
            createRichSpace("10","10",propertyFormGrid);
           
            //get the request context
            //final Object request = FacesContext.getCurrentInstance().getExternalContext().getRequest();
            //String contextpath="";              
            //if (request instanceof HttpServletRequest) {
            //    HttpServletRequest svRequest = (HttpServletRequest) request;              
            //    contextpath = svRequest.getContextPath();   
            //    logger.info("context path : " + contextpath);
            //}
           
            HtmlAjaxCommandButton removeButton = new HtmlAjaxCommandButton();
            removeButton.setId("removePropertiesButton-" + this.propertiesCount );
            removeButton.setImage("/images/icons/remove_item_large.gif");
            removeButton.setActionListener(FacesContext.getCurrentInstance().getApplication().createMethodBinding("#{DialogManager.bean.removeNewProperty}",
                    new Class[]{ActionEvent.class}));
            removeButton.setReRender(FacesContext.getCurrentInstance().getViewRoot().findComponent("dialog:dialog-body:out"));   
            HtmlForm form = new HtmlForm();
            form.setId("property" + this.propertiesCount + "Form");
            form.getChildren().add(removeButton);
            propertyFormGrid.getChildren().add(form);
           
            if(gridList != null){
                //add all created components
                gridList.add(propertyFormGrid);                
            }
            //Increment the number of properties on the form (
            //Note that if some property is removed from the form this variable is not decremented)
            this.propertiesCount++;
           
        } catch (Exception ex) {
            logger.error("The following exception occured " +
                      "when trying to create a new property form: " + ex.toString());   
        }
    }   
   
    public void removeNewProperty(ActionEvent event){

        //not yet implemented....(got a breakpoint here)
        //

       //   

    }

Currently I have 2 issues. The first one is is with the "HtmlAjaxCommandButton removeButton = new HtmlAjaxCommandButton();"

it doesn't invoke the "public void removeNewProperty(ActionEvent event){" on the bean.

The HtmlAjaxCommandButton declared in the JSP works fine. I create a new Property Form tha has a the "HtmlAjaxCommandButton removeButton" to remove the form.

Please help me with this.

The second issue is with the ListShuttle. Whe I add the first newPropertyForm it doesn't work. but with the second form the both start to work. Why this is happening?

best regards