inputText not updating from valueChangedListener

[David Boyd]

Hey all,   I know this problem most likely would have been addressed before but was just wondering if there has been any solution for it?   Say you had   <t:selectOneMenu value="#{bean.test}"   >   valueChangeListener="#{bean.changedMethod}">    <f:selectItem itemValue="a" itemLabel="a"/>    <f:selectItem itemValue="b" itemLabel="b"/> </t:selectOneMenu>                         <t:inputText  value="#{bean.userName}" /> <t:outputText " value="#{bean.userName}" />       and you have the value change method     private userName; //getters and setters for userName   public void changedMethod(ValueChangeEvent event)     {             userName = "someValue";                        FacesContext.getCurrentInstance().renderResponse();    }       Just wondering why does the outputText update but the inputText does not? i.e why does the outputText display “someValue” and the inputText is still empty?   I know if you bind the inputText and call the setSubmittedValue() you can update the inputText   Just wondering if I can get an explanation of why this problem occurs?