Well, the 13th, that's a problem, right ;) ok - if you didn't have luck with commandLink, have you tried it with outputLink?
that's the most link-like stuff you can have in JSF ;) regards, Martin On 2/1/06, tony kerz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > thanks martin, > > yes, i saw this blog post with a more elaborate solution than i was > hoping for: > > http://jroller.com/page/cenkcivici?entry=custom_jsf_navigation_handler_for > > but since it was posted on friday the 13th, i would never use it cause > it's bad luck ;) > > but seriously, i was hoping for something a bit less involved. > > i couldn't get the history.back() bit to work with either a > commandButton or commandLink, > what i currently have is the following: > > <f:verbatim> > <input type=button onclick="javascript:history.back()" > value="Back" /> > </f:verbatim> > > which has the desired effect, but it has the drawback of not being able > to use the messages.properties file > and value="#{messages['button_back']}" for localization. > > anyone have any ideas for getting the localized value in there instead > of hardcoding "Back"...? > > Martin Marinschek wrote: > > Hmm... > > > > Well, if you use client-side state saving ( or server-side state > > saving and MyFaces after 1.1.1) you can use that trick above. > > > > If you want to post-back to the server in between, you can write a > > custom Navigation-Handler and configure that in your faces-config.xml. > > This navigation-handler would need to store a stack of pages visited > > somewhere and then just go back if the outcome equals to some > > predefined string (e.g. "back"). > > > > I'm sure somebody can jump in with some source to support you, right? > > > > regards, > > > > Martin > > > > On 1/31/06, tony kerz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> i understand there are some far reaching issues with the back button, > >> with respect to the back button leaving things in a bad state, > >> but i'm not looking for the back button holy grail (just now). > >> > >> my question is simply what would be the best way to get a button > >> on a jsf page which mimics functionality of browser's back button: > >> > >> the equivilent of the ever popular: > >> > >> <a href="javascript:history.back()">Back</a> > >> > >> ? > >> > >> thx... > >> > >> > > > > > > -- > > > > http://www.irian.at > > > > Your JSF powerhouse - > > JSF Consulting, Development and > > Courses in English and German > > > > Professional Support for Apache MyFaces > > > > > > -- http://www.irian.at Your JSF powerhouse - JSF Consulting, Development and Courses in English and German Professional Support for Apache MyFaces
