Well that's the problem, if you don't want to use javascript and want to submit a form, all you can do is use a button. Replacing your link with buttons might be odd, but with a bit o css, you can remove all borders and margin around the button, make it inline paragraph and have it look like a link :)
En l'instant précis du 02/22/07 11:02, Veit Guna s'exprimait en ces termes: > Hi. > > Normally, you want to execute some view logic when pressing a link - not > only to post forms. Since the JS-free outputLink doesn't have an action > attribute, this can't be used for a replacement for commandLink. > Replacing all links with buttons seems odd to me... > > No other solutions? > > regards, > Veit > > > Simon Kitching schrieb: > >> Replacing all commandLinks with commandButtons seems the best solution >> to me. After all, if you were using some other tech like CGI or PHP or >> whatever you still couldn't submit a form using an <a> tag without >> javascript. It's just not possible with HTML. >> >> The h:commandLink tag is really an optional feature over and above >> normal html, which is why javascript is needed to implement it on the >> client side. >> >> Note that this only applies where the link *submits a form*. Ordinary >> links can be output using h:outputLink - but they won't submit the form. >> >> >> lightbulb432 wrote: >> >>> I see, so what do developers of JSF applications generally do - >>> replace all >>> commandLinks with commandButtons, or only users with JavaScript >>> enabled to >>> access their site? What strategy do some of you use with regards to users >>> out there who don't enable JavaScript (which isn't as small a number as I >>> would've thought) >>> >>> >>> >>> craigmcc wrote: >>> >>>> On 12/21/06, lightbulb432 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Why does JSF always use JavaScript to submit a form rather than through >>>>> the >>>>> regular method of form submission? >>>>> >>>> That only happens for a commandLink component (i.e. a hyperlink that >>>> is to >>>> submit a form). If you use a commandButton component, no JavaScript is >>>> needed. >>>> >>>> Is your entire JSF web application useless for clients that have >>>> JavaScript >>>> >>>>> turned off? >>>>> >>>> Only for hyperlinks. If you can describe a way to have a hyperlink >>>> submit >>>> a >>>> form, without Javascript being enabled, we would love to hear it. >>>> >>>> Craig >>>> >>>> >>>>
