I am using Seam 2.1.2 and RichFaces 3.3.2.SR1.

<a4j:form>
    <rich:tabPanel switchType="ajax">
        <rich:tab label="TAB 1" actionListener="#{outControl.tab1}" immediate="true">
            <ui:include src="/pages/agenda/TabContain.xhtml" />
        </rich:tab>
        <rich:tab label="TAB 2" actionListener="#{outControl.tab2}">
            <ui:include src="/pages/agenda/TabContain.xhtml" />
        </rich:tab>
        ...

TabContain.xhtml:

<rich:extendedDataTable value="#{manBean.seDataModel}" var="out" id="bc_table" 
    sortMode="#{manBean.sortMode}" selectionMode="#{manBean.selectionMode}" 
    tableState="#{manBean.tableState}" selection="#{manBean.selection}" 
    rowKeyVar="rkvar">
    <rich:column sortable="false" id="bc_col_0">
        ...

The content of extendedDataTable should be dependent of the tab selected. My first approach was to set an actionListener in the tabs and change the manBean within that action. After that actionListener even if I can see in the logs that the manBean has changed, this is not reflected in the page in the browser. It's like not refreshing. I tried setting a rerender in the rich:tab but that's also not doing it.

Any idea? Also happy about other approaches, this might be not the best one.