In order to fix this in our application, we created a new class in our project which subclassed SelectInputDateRenderer.java and we over-road the public void encodeEnd(FacesContext facesContext, UIComponent uiComponent) throws IOException method. I will post the code: /** * {@inheritDoc} */ public void encodeEnd(FacesContext facesContext, UIComponent uiComponent) throws IOException { super.encodeEnd(facesContext, uiComponent); DOMContext domContext = DOMContext.attachDOMContext(facesContext, uiComponent); SelectInputDate selectInputDate = (SelectInputDate)uiComponent; Node rootNode = domContext.getRootNode(); Element inputNode = (Element)rootNode.getFirstChild(); Element calendarButton = (Element)inputNode.getNextSibling(); //add dummy code to be executed on 'onblur'                 inputNode.setAttribute(HTML.ONBLUR_ATTR, ";"); if (selectInputDate.isDisabled()) { inputNode.setAttribute(HTML.DISABLED_ATTR, "true"); } if (selectInputDate.isDisabled()) { calendarButton.setAttribute(HTML.DISABLED_ATTR, "true"); } } This code also includes the fix for issue: http://jira.icefaces.org/browse/ICE-1865 Unfortunately this code is not very good in case you still need partial submit. We didn't have time to come up with a complete solution as partial submit for dates is not required for us. :) In case of some spare time, we'll come back with a complete solution!