JSF/PrimeFaces selectOneMenu change view-id

Question

I\'m using JSF2 and PrimeFaces3. How can I write selectOneMenu that would invoke JSF navigation to redirect user to another page when he change option in menu?

Answer 1

Attach an ajax listener and let it navigate by NavigationHandler.

E.g.

(the above example expects page1.xhtml, page2.xhtml and page3.xhtml in the same context; you can even make it a instead)

with

private String outcome;

public void navigate() {
    FacesContext context = FacesContext.getCurrentInstance();
    NavigationHandler navigationHandler = context.getApplication().getNavigationHandler();
    navigationHandler.handleNavigation(context, null, outcome + "?faces-redirect=true");
}

The ?faces-redirect=true is not necessary, but it effectively sends a redirect so that the URL in browser address bar will properly change which is better for user experience and bookmarkability of the pages.