Rich Faces navigationPane hint=buttons does not navigate - should it?

Question

Hello,
We are having issues where we are trying to setup up two levels of navigation both using the af:navigationPane. The first uses the hint="tabs" and this works. The second tier uses hint="buttons" and does not result in a valid URL. I am trying to use top level navigation (default) for both.
So for nav1 results in a valid URL such as:
http://127.0.0.1:7101/MyApp-ViewController-context-root/faces/WarehouseHome;jsessionid=GNLYSMwK1ry7RLMVNJBCG7....
The second results in URLs such as:
http://127.0.0.1:7101/MyApp-ViewController-context-root/faces/;jsessionid=GNLYSMwK1ry7RLMVNJBCG7....
                                                                                           ^^^^^^^^^^
With the page name stripped off.
If I switch the second level of navigation to hints="tabs" it works fine.
Should this work? According to the documentation there should be no differences in navigation for the two types.
Build JDEVADF_11.1.2.4.0_GENERIC_130421.1600.6436.1
Thanks!
-bill
Page source for the navigation:
<af:panelGridLayout id="hm_psl1">
       <af:gridRow id="hm_gr_main_nav">
            <af:gridCell halign="stretch" id="hm_gc4" columnSpan="3">
                <af:panelGroupLayout layout="horizontal" id="hm_pgl2" halign="right">
                    <!-- disabled="#{userbean.loginScreen}"  -->
                    <af:navigationPane hint="tabs" id="hm_np1" >
                        <af:commandNavigationItem text="Home" selected="#{userbean.homeSelected}" rendered="true"
                                                  disabled="#{userbean.loginScreen}" action="GoWarehouseHome"
                                                  immediate="true" id="hm_cni2"/>
                        <af:commandNavigationItem text="Admin" selected="#{userbean.adminSelected}" rendered="true"
                                                  disabled="#{userbean.admin}" action="GoAdmin" immediate="true"
                                                  id="hm_cni3"/>
                            <af:commandNavigationItem text="Receiving" selected="#{userbean.receivingSelected}"
                                                  rendered="true" disabled="#{userbean.receiving}" action="GoReceiving"
                                                  immediate="true" id="hm_cni4"/>
          <!-- SNIP -->
                       </af:commandNavigationItem>
                    </af:navigationPane>
                </af:panelGroupLayout>
            </af:gridCell>
        </af:gridRow>
        <af:gridRow id="hm_gr2">
            <af:gridCell columnSpan="3" id="hm_gc5">
                <af:navigationPane hint="buttons" id="hm_np2" >
                    <!-- Receiving -->
                    <af:commandNavigationItem text="General Receiving" rendered="#{userbean.receivingSelected}"
                                              disabled="#{userbean.receiving_General or userbean.receiving_General_Selected}"
                                              inlineStyle="#{userbean.receiving_General_Selected ? 'font-size:13px;font-weight:bold;color:#FFCC66;text-decoration:underline' : ''}"
                                              action="GoReceivingGeneral" immediate="true" id="hm_cl6"/>
                    <af:commandNavigationItem text="Cancel SID" rendered="#{userbean.receivingSelectedCancelSID}"
                                              disabled="#{userbean.receiving_CancelSID or userbean.receiving_CancelSID_Selected}"
                                              inlineStyle="#{userbean.receiving_CancelSID_Selected ? 'font-size:13px;font-weight:bold;color:#FFCC66;text-decoration:underline' : ''}"
                                              action="GoReceivingCancelSID" immediate="true" id="hm_cl7"/>
               <!-- SNIP -->
                </af:navigationPane>
            </af:gridCell>
        </af:gridRow>
        </af:panelGridLayout>

Answer 1

OK work around was to use the deprecated commandLink tag in a tool bar separated by groups. This give the same basic look and works in this version.