No, it can't, not in template text. You've got two choices:   (the general XML escape for non-breaking spaces) <h:outputText escape="false" value="&nbsp;"/>
At some point, a straight may be accepted, but &nbsp; was always a hacky workaround for some glitches that are fixed by Facelets 1.1.1. BTW, this should be posted to the Facelets mailing list, not the MyFaces list. -- Adam On 3/26/06, Yee CN <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I took a look at the rendered html. It seems that & is pass > straight to the browser as & . > > So & can no longer be used? > > > > Thanks > > Yee > > > > ________________________________ > > > From: Yee CN [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, 27 March 2006 10:22 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Facelets1.1.1 - &nbsp; appears as   - not whitespace > > > > Hi, > > > > I put in the facelets1.1.1 library from last night – and all my "& " > not got rendered as " " – not white space anymore. > > > > What is the official word on how to do whitespace properly? > > > > Regards, > > Yee