RichFaces GUI displayed as text

Question

I am running a simple RichFaces example. Mainly using Tabs. The example is shown on JBoss website found at:

http://richfaces-showcase.appspot.com/richfaces/component-sample.jsf?demo=tabPanel&skin=blueSky

Running the code results in the following page:

Overview    
«
↓
»

RichFaces is a component library for JSF and an advanced framework for easily integrating 

AJAX capabilities into business applications.

100+ AJAX enabled components in two libraries

...

Notice the overview should be a clickable tab. Instead I get

Overview
« ↓ »

There is no error messages from the GlassFish server. I am using Netbeans with Facelets, RichFaces 4.0 and JSF 2.0.

My web.xml is

<context-param>
        <param-name>javax.faces.PROJECT_STAGE</param-name>
        <param-value>Development</param-value>
    </context-param>
    <context-param>
        <param-name>javax.faces.STATE_SAVING_METHOD</param-name>
        <param-value>client</param-value>
    </context-param>
    <context-param>
        <param-name>org.richfaces.SKIN</param-name>
        <param-value>blueSky</param-value>
    </context-param>
    <context-param>
        <param-name>org.richfaces.CONTROL_SKINNING</param-name>
        <param-value>enable</param-value>
    </context-param>
    <servlet>
        <servlet-name>Faces Servlet</servlet-name>
        <servlet-class>javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet</servlet-class>
        <load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
    </servlet>
    <servlet-mapping>
        <servlet-name>Faces Servlet</servlet-name>
        <url-pattern>/faces/*</url-pattern>
    </servlet-mapping>
    <session-config>
        <session-timeout>
            30
        </session-timeout>
    </session-config>
    <welcome-file-list>
        <welcome-file>faces/richexample.xhtml</welcome-file>
    </welcome-file-list>
</web-app>

Library:

richfaces-components-api-4.0.0.Final.jar
richfaces-components-ui-4.0.0.Final.jar
richfaces-core-api-4.0.0.Final.jar
richfaces-core-impl-4.0.0.Final.jar
sac-1.3.jar
guava-10.0.1.jar
cssparser-0.9.5.jar
GlassFish 3.x (libraries)

Appreciate any hint or feedback as I do not have a clue why graphics are not displayed.

Arjan Tijms Arjan Tijms · Accepted Answer · 2011-12-12T21:44:19

What URL did you use to access your page? In your web.xml you mapped Faces Servlet to the /faces prefix, so your URL must include this (even though your actual page is not really on that path).

You can add additional mappings in your web.xml, like the common *.jsf or *.xhtml or replace the existing one, e.g.

<servlet-mapping>
    <servlet-name>Faces Servlet</servlet-name>
    <url-pattern>*.xhtml</url-pattern>       
</servlet-mapping>

RichFaces GUI displayed as text

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