a4j commandlink onclick event

cchidamb Dec 23, 2008 10:36 PM

Hi,
I'm using <a4j:commandLink reRender="ipTable, ip_panel" action="#{inventoryHome.addAnotherIP}"
value="#{messages.action_add}" onclick="return isValidIPAddress('ipFirstOctet', 'ipSecondOctet', 'ipThirdOctet', 'ipFourthOctet', '#{messages.ValidIP}')">
</a4j:commandLink>

It doesn't matter what the return value from the javascript API commandLink is not firing the request. If I specify like this i.e. without calling return in the onclick it fires the request, but I want the request to be fired only if the javascript method returns true.

<a4j:commandLink reRender="ipTable, ip_panel" action="#{inventoryHome.addAnotherIP}"
value="#{messages.action_add}" onclick="isValidIPAddress('ipFirstOctet', 'ipSecondOctet', 'ipThirdOctet', 'ipFourthOctet', '#{messages.ValidIP}')">
</a4j:commandLink>

1. Re: a4j commandlink onclick event

ilya_shaikovsky Dec 24, 2008 5:34 AM (in response to cchidamb)

So just call return false only if condition is false and do not return anything if not. return breaks Ajax request because the request actually called by JS function call placed after your one. So it will not be called if you return anything.

Works as designed.
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