rendered paste body<f:view><h:form id="form" prependId="false"><h:messages styleClass="errormsg"/><br/> <h:selectManyCheckbox style="smaller" id="terms" required="true"> <f:selectItem value="#{test.siTRUE}"/> </h:selectManyCheckbox><br><h:message styleClass="errormsg" for="terms"></h:message> <br> <h:selectBooleanCheckbox required="true" value="#{test.checkbox}" id="checkbox"/> <h:outputText value="this is preselected and is checked" id="checkboxtext"></h:outputText> <br><h:message styleClass="errormsg" for="checked"></h:message><h:commandButton value="Test"/></h:form></f:view>