yikes... <t:beaneditor object="mb:bean" t:mixins="tynamo/BeanModelAdvisor" beanmodeladvisor.key="add">
<p:message> <t:label for="message">MESSAGE</t:label> --> <t:textarea t:id="message" value="bean.message" /> </p:message> </t:beaneditor> notice the "-->" on the right hand side of my property override? i got a hunch... but testing it out now. that might be it sneaky little bugger...