Index: stripes/src/net/sourceforge/stripes/tag/FormTag.java
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--- stripes/src/net/sourceforge/stripes/tag/FormTag.java	(revision 542)
+++ stripes/src/net/sourceforge/stripes/tag/FormTag.java	(working copy)
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@
     /** Stores the field name (or magic values ''/'first') to set focus on. */
     private String focus;
     private boolean focusSet = false;
+    
+    private boolean partialForm;
 
     /** Stores the value of the action attribute before the context gets appended. */
     private String actionWithoutContext;
@@ -123,6 +125,8 @@
     /** Gets the name of the field that should receive focus when the form is rendered. */
     public String getFocus() { return focus; }
 
+    public void setPartialForm(boolean partialForm){ this.partialForm = partialForm; }
+    public boolean isPartialForm(){ return partialForm; }
 
     ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
     // Additional attributes specific to the form tag
@@ -198,28 +202,33 @@
             }
 
             JspWriter out = getPageContext().getOut();
-            writeOpenTag(out, "form");
+            if(!partialForm){
+                writeOpenTag(out, "form");
+            }
+            
             getBodyContent().writeOut( getPageContext().getOut() );
 
-            // Write out a hidden field with the name of the page in it....
-            // The div is necessary in order to be XHTML compliant, where a form can contain
-            // only block level elements (which seems stupid, but whatever).
-            out.write("<div style=\"display: none;\">");
-            out.write("<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"");
-            out.write(StripesConstants.URL_KEY_SOURCE_PAGE);
-            out.write("\" value=\"");
-            HttpServletRequest request = (HttpServletRequest) getPageContext().getRequest();
-            out.write( request.getServletPath());
-            out.write("\" />");
+            if(!partialForm){
+                // Write out a hidden field with the name of the page in it....
+                // The div is necessary in order to be XHTML compliant, where a form can contain
+                // only block level elements (which seems stupid, but whatever).
+                out.write("<div style=\"display: none;\">");
+                out.write("<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"");
+                out.write(StripesConstants.URL_KEY_SOURCE_PAGE);
+                out.write("\" value=\"");
+                HttpServletRequest request = (HttpServletRequest) getPageContext().getRequest();
+                out.write( request.getServletPath());
+                out.write("\" />");
 
-            if (isWizard()) {
-                writeWizardFields();
-            }
+                if (isWizard()) {
+                    writeWizardFields();
+                }
 
-            writeFieldsPresentHiddenField(out);
-            out.write("</div>");
+                writeFieldsPresentHiddenField(out);
+                out.write("</div>");
 
-            writeCloseTag(getPageContext().getOut(), "form");
+                writeCloseTag(getPageContext().getOut(), "form");
+            }
 
             // Write out a warning if focus didn't find a field
             if (this.focus != null && !this.focusSet) {
Index: stripes/resources/stripes.tld
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--- stripes/resources/stripes.tld	(revision 542)
+++ stripes/resources/stripes.tld	(working copy)
@@ -458,6 +458,14 @@
             <description>Scripting code run prior to the form being submitted to the server, (HTML Pass-through)</description>
             <name>onsubmit</name><required>false</required><rtexprvalue>true</rtexprvalue>
         </attribute>
+        <attribute>
+            <description>
+                Tells the form whether or not actually render the &gt;form&lt; tag and the hidden 
+                sourcePage tags as well. This is useful for partial forms when you are using ajax
+                to render the segements and you don't want the additional form elements.
+            </description>
+            <name>partialForm</name><required>false</required><rtexprvalue>true</rtexprvalue>
+        </attribute>
 
         <!-- Start: Standard HTML attributes -->
         <attribute><description>@class@</description><name>class</name><required>false</required><rtexprvalue>true</rtexprvalue></attribute>