f:messages / not working with subviews

Question

Hello,
in our JSF application, we have a problem with messages queued with FacesContext.addMessage() not propagating to other subviews than the one defining the sending JSF component. Are the messages really intended to stay within the defining subview only?
For example, we have code something like this:
<f:subview id="messages"> 
    <f:messages/>
</f:subview>
<f:subview id="content"> 
    <f:messages/> 
    <h:commandButton  action="#{Bean.action}" actionListener="#{Bean.listener}" value="{Messages.SUBMIT_VALUE}" />
</f:subview>Now, if the submit handling code sends JSF message(s) using the FacesContext.addMessage(), it is only shown in the content-subview, not in the messages-subview. No messages are shown in the messages-subview either if we remove the <f:messages /> tag from the content-subview.
Currently we have a workaround bean that functions as a message placeholder, having its contents read in the messages-subview using the <h:outputText>-tag. I believe that using framework-provided messaging system would be better, only if it worked in the situation.
Should we start improving our own workaround bean, or wait for the messages mechanism to be improved in a following JSF release, ie. is the functionality shown intended in the JSF design, and if so, how should we be showing our component messages to the end user when there are multiple subviews used in the application?
-Pietu

Answer 1

Yeah. That was a typo in cut'n'paste; the original code uses <h:messages />, ofcourse. The problem, however, still persists.
(If the original code used f:messages, why would the messages be shown in the subview that contained the message sending object ?)