The commandLink tag represents an HTML hyperlink and is rendered as an HTML <a> element. The commandLink tag is used to submit an action event to the application. See Implementing Action Listeners for more information on action events.
A commandLink tag must include a nested outputText tag, which represents the text the user clicks to generate the event. The following tag is from the chooselocale.jsp page from the Duke’s Bookstore application.
<h:commandLink id="NAmerica" action="bookstore" actionListener="#{localeBean.chooseLocaleFromLink}"> <h:outputText value="#{bundle.English}" /> </h:commandLink>
This tag will render the following HTML:
<a id="_id3:NAmerica" href="#" onclick="document.forms[’_id3’][’_id3:NAmerica’]. value=’_id3:NAmerica’; document.forms[’_id3’].submit(); return false;">English</a>
The commandLink tag will render JavaScript. If you use this tag, make sure your browser is JavaScript-enabled.