CommandLink doesn't work if javascript is disabled

• Key: MYFACES-882
• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Resolution: Invalid
• Priority: Major
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Alberto Molpeceres
• Component/s: General
• Affects Version/s: 1.1.1

Description

This bug is very similar to: http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MYFACES-198, closed due to lack of interest. The solution given in that thread doesn't seem to work.

I'm working with a SVN copy of MyFaces dated on 20-Nov-05.

If I have context parameter org.apache.myfaces.ALLOW_JAVASCRIPT to false, commandLinks seem to be rendered wrong. The following code:

         <h:commandLink id="doit" action="#{bb.doIt}" immediate="true" >
               <h:outputText value="Do it!" />
         </h:commandLink>

becomes something like:

        <a .... href=id="A_VERY_LONG_URL">Do It!</a>

what leads to a "page not found" in the browser.

Setting org.apache.myfaces.ALLOW_JAVASCRIPT to "true" solves this problem, because it creates a working javascript-link, so this isn't a showstopper. However, I think this tag should work properly without javascript too.

Comments

[Mike Kienenberger]

JSF CommandLink requires javascript. Javascript must be enabled to use this component.

http://java.sun.com/j2ee/javaserverfaces/1.1/docs/renderkitdocs/HTML_BASIC/javax.faces.Commandjavax.faces.Link.html

[Alberto Molpeceres]

Wow. Sorry, I didn't know.
I can't understand how can someone make javascript mandatory to write a link, but sure it's a reason for it.

Well, we can discuss it on the mailing lists, but the short answer is that javascript is required to make the link submit the form. Normal anchor tags can't submit forms, so the anchor tag has to use javascript to click a submit button.