Rerendring a component inside popupPanel fails - jsf

Question

I have popupPanel with a simple form (for search) and a dataTable (for search results). I try to Rerender the dataTable after submitting the form and populating the search results which fails. Here is the source code
<ui:composition xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"
xmlns:ui="http://java.sun.com/jsf/facelets"
xmlns:f="http://java.sun.com/jsf/core"
xmlns:h="http://java.sun.com/jsf/html"
xmlns:rich="http://richfaces.org/rich"
xmlns:rd2="http://www.logica.com/raindance/webcomp"
xmlns:a4j="http://richfaces.org/a4j" template="/layout/template.xhtml">
<ui:define name="head">
</ui:define>
<ui:define name="body" >
.......................................
<rich:popupPanel id="ruleSearchPanel" width="600" lenght="400" autosized="true">
<f:facet name="header">
<h:panelGroup id="modelPanelHeader">
<h:outputText styleClass="modalpanel-header"
value="Search and select a rule set"></h:outputText>
</h:panelGroup>
</f:facet>
<h:form id="searchForm">
<h:panelGrid columns="2" styleClass="center" width="100%">
<h:inputText id="searchForKey" value="#{authRuleRegisterManager.rulSetSearchCriteria}"/>
<a4j:commandButton id="SearchRuleSets" styleClass="plain-btn fright" reRender="ruleSearchPanel"
value="#{messages.search}" type="submit" action="#{authRuleRegisterManager.searchAuthRulesMap(authRuleRegisterManager.rulSetSearchCriteria)}"
/>
</h:panelGrid>
<rich:extendedDataTable id="resultRuleSets"
value="#{authRuleRegisterManager.searchResultsForAuthRuleSets}" selectedClass="active-row"
rows="#{systemSettingsAction.systemSettings.paginationRows.value}"
var="ruleSet"
rowClasses="odd-row-selectable,even-row-selectable"
selectionMode="single">
<rich:column label="ruleset name"
headerClass="left"
styleClass="left" width="70">
<f:facet name="header">
<h:outputText value="name" styleClass="right" />
</f:facet>
<h:outputText value="#{ruleSet.description}" />
</rich:column>
</rich:extendedDataTable>
</h:form>
</rich:popupPanel>
</ui:define>
</ui:composition>
why I cannot rerender my datatable , do I miss something here?
any help will be appreciated.

Answer 1

There is no reRender attribute for <a4j:commandButton> for the version you are using. You can check the tag reference below
a4j:commandButton.
Based on the code I'm seeing (ui:composition not taken into account), if you want to update the dataTable simply change
reRender="ruleSearchPanel"
to
render ="searchForm:resultRuleSets"
If you are confused about determining ids check the link below
How can I know the id of a JSF component so I can use in Javascript
Note: Some of the attributes that you are using are not defined in some of the components that you are using. For example
lenght for rich:popupPanel
selectedClass for rich:extendedDataTable
label for rich:column