I need your help . i am developing a simple project with jsf2.0 and primefaces 3.2. I have 2 pages first is the page1.xhtml whci contains : <p:column> <p:panel header="#{ct.coTypeName}" > <h:panelGrid columns="1" width="100" height="100"> <h:outputText value="#{ct.coTypeId}" /> <p:commandLink action="distributer/distributersList.xhtml"> <h:graphicImage url="/resources/images/homePagecartoonBusinessMan.jpg" width="100" height="100"/> <f:param name="bt" value="dist" /> <f:param name="ti" value="#{ct.coTypeId}" /> </p:commandLink> </h:panelGrid> </p:panel> </p:column> </p:dataGrid> When i press The command link it forwarded me to another page "distributer/distributersList.xhtml" which have a selectOneMenu which doesn't show its items until i refresh the page manually . <f:selectItems value="#{bussinessOwnersViewerMB.cities}" var="city" itemLabel="#{city.cityName}" itemValue="#{city.cityId}"/> </p:selectOneMenu>