Claudiu

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      xmlns:ui="http://java.sun.com/jsf/facelets"
      xmlns:h="http://java.sun.com/jsf/html"
      xmlns:f="http://java.sun.com/jsf/core"
      xmlns:a4j="http://richfaces.org/a4j"
      xmlns:rich="http://richfaces.org/rich">

    <style>
        .outergridselfcolumn {
            padding: 0px 30px 10px 0px;
            width : 300px;
            vertical-align: top;
        }
        .innergridselfcolumn1 {
            padding-left: 10px;
            font-weight: bold;
        }
        .innergridselfcolumn2 {
            padding-left: 10px;
        }
    </style>

    <h:panelGrid columns="2" columnClasses="outergridselfcolumn">

        <a4j:region selfRendered="true">
            <h:panelGroup>
                <h:form>
                    <h:panelGrid columns="2" columnClasses="innergridselfcolumn1,innergridselfcolumn2">
                        <h:outputText value="Name" />
                        <h:inputText value="#{userBean.name}">
                            <a4j:support event="onkeyup" reRender="out3,outname2" />
                        </h:inputText>
                    </h:panelGrid>
                </h:form>
                <rich:spacer height="5" />
                <br />
                <h:panelGroup id="out3">
                    This text will disappear during the partial update of this panel.
                    The text appears again only after the whole page refresh or a partial
                    update from the region with selfRendered="false" (default value).
                </h:panelGroup>
            </h:panelGroup>
        </a4j:region>

        <a4j:region selfRendered="true">
            <h:panelGroup>
                <h:form>
                    <h:panelGrid columns="2" columnClasses="innergridselfcolumn1,innergridselfcolumn2">
                        <h:outputText value="Name" />
                        <h:inputText value="#{userBean.name}">
                            <a4j:support event="onkeyup" reRender="out4,outname2" />
                        </h:inputText>
                    </h:panelGrid>
                </h:form>
                <rich:spacer height="5" />
                <br />
                <h:panelGroup id="out4">
                    <h:outputText value="The text of the similar panel will
                        not disappear because it is printed with h:outputText" />
                </h:panelGroup>
            </h:panelGroup>
        </a4j:region>

    </h:panelGrid>
    <h:outputText   id="outname2" style="font-weight:bold"
                    value="Typed Name: #{userBean.name}" />
    <br />

</ui:composition>