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12. JSF HTML Tag Reference

Documentation > JSF > JSF Tag Reference > JSF HTML Tag Library > h:commandLink

< h:commandButton h:dataTable >

h:commandLink

The commandLink tag renders an HTML anchor tag that behaves like a form submit button and that can be associated with a backing bean or ActionListener class for event handling purposes. The display value of the link can also be obtained from a message bundle to support internationalization (I18N).

JSF Example

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
	"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" 
      xmlns:h="http://java.sun.com/jsf/html">
<h:head/>
<body>
<h:form>
	<h:commandLink value="#{messages.checkoutLabel}" 
	               action="#{shoppingCartBean.checkout}" />
</h:form>
</body>
</html>
This example was formatted by JSFToolbox for Dreamweaver.

Rendered Output

Rendered h:commandLink tag

Tag Attributes

accesskey Text
 
The accesskey attribute is a standard HTML attribute that sets the access key that transfers focus to this element when pressed.
action Text
 
The action attribute accepts a method-binding expression for a backing bean action method to invoke when this component is activated by the user. An action method must be a public method with no parameters that returns a String. The returned string represents the logical outcome of the action (eg. "success", "failure", etc. ) and is used by the JavaServer Faces MVC framework to determine which view to display next.
actionListener Text
 
The actionListener attribute accepts a method-binding expression for a backing bean action listener method that will be notified when this component is activated by the user. An action listener method must be a public method with an javax. faces. event. ActionEvent parameter and a void return type.
binding Expression
 
The value-binding expression linking this component tag to a backing bean property.
charset Text
 
The charset attribute identifies the character encoding of the resource linked to by this hyperlink.
coords Text
 
The coords attribute sets the position and shape of the hotspot on the screen when using this link with a client-side image map.
dir Enumerated
 
The dir attribute is a standard HTML attribute that overrides the default text directionality for this component. The values accepted for this component are "LTR" (left-to-right) and "RTL" (right-to-left).

This attribute accepts the following values:

  • LTR
  • RTL
disabled Boolean
 
The disabled attribute is a boolean flag that when set to true indicates that this component should not receive focus or be included in a form submit.
hreflang Text
 
The hreflang attribute identifies the language code of the resource link to by this hyperlink.
id Text
 
The unique identifier value for this component. The value must be unique within the closest naming container.
immediate Boolean
 
The immediate attribute is a boolean flag indicating that component events should be sent to registered event listeners immediately rather than after the validation phase of the JSF request processing lifecycle. The immediate flag allows you bypass JSF validation for a particular component.
lang Text
 
The lang attribute is a standard HTML attribute that sets the code describing the language to be used in the markup generated by this component.
onblur Text
 
The onblur attribute sets the JavaScript code to execute when this element loses focus.
onclick Text
 
The onclick attribute sets the JavaScript code to execute when the mouse pointer is clicked over this element.
ondblclick Text
 
The ondblclick attribute sets the JavaScript code to execute when the mouse pointer is double-clicked over this element.
onfocus Text
 
The onfocus attribute sets the JavaScript code to execute when the element receives focus.
onkeydown Text
 
The onkeydown attribute sets the JavaScript code to execute when a key is pressed down over this element.
onkeypress Text
 
The onkeypress attribute sets the JavaScript code to execute when a key is pressed and released over this element.
onkeyup Text
 
The onkeyup attribute sets the JavaScript code to execute when a key is released over this element.
onmousedown Text
 
The onmousedown attribute sets the JavaScript code to execute when the mouse pointer is pressed down over this element.
onmousemove Text
 
The onmousemove attribute sets the JavaScript code to execute when the mouse pointer is moved within this element.
onmouseout Text
 
The onmouseout attribute sets the JavaScript code to execute when the mouse pointer is moved away from this element.
onmouseover Text
 
The onmouseover attribute sets the JavaScript code to execute when the mouse pointer is moved onto this element.
onmouseup Text
 
The onmouseup attribute sets the JavaScript code to execute when the mouse button is released over this element.
rel Text
 
The rel attribute identifies the relationship from the current document to the anchor specified by this hyperlink. The value of this attribute is a space-separated list of link types.
rendered Boolean
 
A value-binding expression that evaluates to a Boolean condition indicating if this component should be rendered.
rev Text
 
The rev attribute identifies a reverse link from the anchor specified by this hyperlink to the current document. The value of this attribute is a space-separated list of link types.
shape Enumerated
 
The shape of the hot spot on the screen (for use in client-side image maps). Valid values are:default (entire region); rect (rectangular region); circle (circular region); and poly (polygonal region).

This attribute accepts the following values:

  • circle
  • default
  • poly
  • rect
style Text
 
The style attribute sets the CSS style definition to be applied to this component when it is rendered.
styleClass Text
 
The styleClass attribute sets the CSS class to apply to this component when it is rendered.
tabindex Text
 
The tabindex attribute is a standard HTML attribute that sets the order in which this element receives focus when the user cycles through the elements using the TAB key. The value for this attribute must be an integer between 0 and 32767.
target Text
 
The target attribute identifies the name of a frame into which the resource retrieved by this hyperlink should be displayed.
title Text
 
The title attribute is a standard HTML attribute that sets the tooltip text to display for the rendered component.
type Text
 
The content type of the resource designated by this hyperlink.
value Text
 
The value attribute sets the current value for this component.
< h:commandButton h:dataTable >