That's weird, i do the same but in a component template, and have no problems
I have a MenuItem that will render for certains users but not for others. then my layout template define the menuItems as follow ... <li t:type="MenuItem" user="user">.... ... the MenuItem component define the user parameter as @Parameter(required = true) private UserSession user; and the layout component class define the getter as public UserSession getUser() { return userSession; } userSession is a ASO and is instantiate in the log in process but i don't think that matters. Cesar. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]