RichFaces: Does navigation from one page to the next page using panelMenuItem needs to be enclosed in <h:form>

[yapkm01]

Since i'm just navigating from one page to the next using richfaces panelMenuItem, do those panels/panelMenuGroup/panelMenuItem needs to be enclosed in the form in order for it to navigate successfully? I noticed that if i do not enclose those panels elements in the , nothing happens. But why do i need to enclose it in a form since i'm not submitting any data to the server. At this point, i'm just navigating from one menu page to the next. Please advice.

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Portfion of the code:

<ui:composition>

<h:form> <-- if i removed this, nothing happens!!

        <rich:panel>

            <center><span id="clock"> </span></center>

        </rich:panel>

        <rich:panel>

            <f:facet name="header"><center>MView Modules</center></f:facet>

            <rich:panelMenu id="MView"  topGroupExpandedRightIcon="triangleDown"

                                        topGroupCollapsedRightIcon="triangle"

                                        groupExpandedLeftIcon="triangleDown"

                                        groupCollapsedLeftIcon="triangle"

                                        itemLeftIcon="grid"

                                        expandSingle="false">

                <rich:panelMenuGroup label="Enquiry Management">

                    <rich:panelMenuItem>Profile

                    </rich:panelMenuItem>

                    <rich:panelMenuItem action="/sections/securityHoldings">Security Holdings

                    </rich:panelMenuItem>

[ilya_shaikovsky]

any action components in JSF no matters Ajax or not should be enclosed into form.