Invoke action method using

Question

I have the following code:

    Do Stuff

which does

Answer 1

You need to use event="action" instead of event="click". You could even omit it altogether. It's namely the default event the <f:ajax> is listening on when nested in an UICommand component.

<h:commandLink action="#{testBean.showSomething}">
    <f:ajax render=":content" />
    Do Stuff
</h:commandLink>