In a form i used i called a Javascript function. Though the function returns false , form is submitted and action method is called.
i used like this
<h:commandButton onclick="test();" action="{#bean.menthod}">
test- javascript method returns boolean value false.
Above doesnt work. Below mentioned code alone worked. I want to know why
<h:commandButton onclick="if(test) return true;else return false" action="{#bean.menthod}">
It is not working simply because the result of test() function is not returned to the component.
it should work as expected with
<h:commandButton onclick="return test()" action="{#bean.menthod}">
and this is exactly the same as your second case but simplified.
return before calling the function :)
At the end of the day your h:commandButton will become a HTML Form submit button. i.e, <input type="submit" .../>
Usually form won't get submitted when the submit button returns false.
Thanks.. This helped me lot. Here simple logic which i missed i.e .. in that onclick function I am returning false instead of true, which is stopping the action to be called. Finally i changed return value to true, and solved my issue.
