Skin standard controls using org.richfaces.CONTROL_SKINNING
There are two ways to initialize skinning for standard HTML controls: Add the org.richfaces.CONTROL_SKINNING parameter to web.xml org.richfaces.CONTROL_SKINNING takes enable and disable as parameters. This method implies that skinning style properties are applied per-element and attribute type (where applicable). No additional steps are required. See the Section 4.4.7.1, “Standard Level� and Section 4.4.7.2, “Extended level� tables for elements to which skinning can be applied.