PrimeFaces commandButton doesn't navigate or update

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Sven picture Sven · Jan 9, 2011 · Viewed 80.7k times · Source

I'am using Primefaces to make my app a little bit more beautiful. I noticed that p:commandButton and h:commandButton don't work the same way.

The p:commandButton calls the method and nothing else hapens. The h:commandButton calls the method and returns a navigation.

I have got trouble with redirecting after pressing the login button when using p:commandButton. How to deal with that?

I do have an update parameter:

<p:commandButton value="Login" action="#{login.login}" type="submit" update="msgs" />

Answer

Michael Borgwardt picture Michael Borgwardt · Jan 9, 2011

<p:commandButton> needs one of the following to work correctly:

  • the update attribute to list id's of components to re-render (for AJAX requests)
  • the attribute ajax="false" to make a normal, non-ajax submit.

If you have neither, the button does per default an AJAX request with no UI feedback.

Additionally, I've had problems with neither option working when the surrounding <h:form> had an enctype attribute.

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