Extend the ace:tableConfigPanel - Overview in ICEfaces Showcase with
Ajax event listeners:
<ace:ajax event="submit" listener="#{deviceTableConfigPanelBean.submitTableConfigAjaxEvent}" />
<ace:ajax event="cancel" listener="#{deviceTableConfigPanelBean.cancelTableConfigAjaxEvent}" />

and

    public void submitTableConfigAjaxEvent(javax.faces.event.AjaxBehaviorEvent event)
    {
     System.out.println("submitTableConfig()");
    }

    public void cancelTableConfigAjaxEvent(javax.faces.event.AjaxBehaviorEvent event)
    {
     System.out.println("cancelTableConfig()");
    }

Open the table config panel,
click on cancel -> "cancelTableConfig()" printout!
Open the table config panel, click on submit -> no printout!

swap the listener declarations in the xhtml file

Open the table config panel,
click on cancel -> "submitTableConfig()" printout!
Open the table config panel, click on submit -> no printout!

In the request parameters the following is found:
javax.faces.behavior.event submit
javax.faces.partial.event submit
javax.faces.partial.ajax true
but the submit event does not seem to reach the backing bean