Question

I’m trying to submit the page and forward to a new JSP.

h:outputlink will only send me to a new link without submitting the page.
h:commandlink requires me to implement a backing bean function and navigation rule which is quite complex if I have many links sending me to many pages.

I’m thinking there’s got to be a way to submit and navigate to a new page in a more simple manner.

Anyone?
Tnx!

Update: Used the next navigation rule in conjuction with Bozho answer.
Works for Chrome but not for IE and Firefox: (Doesn’t Work Meaning the redirection doesn’t occur and the browser reloads the same page)

This Component: (Shortened)

<rich:panelMenu mode="server">
    <rich:panelMenuItem styleClass="configChooserButton" icon="images/email.png"
        disabledClass="configChooserButtonDisabled">
        <h:commandLink value="Email (#{email.numOfInstances})" action="email" />
    </rich:panelMenuItem>
</rich:panelMenu>

With this Navigation Rule:

<navigation-rule>
    <from-view-id>*</from-view-id>
    <navigation-case>
        <from-outcome>email</from-outcome>
        <to-view-id>/emailConfiguration.jsp</to-view-id>
    </navigation-case>
</navigation-rule>

Answer 1

Yes – in the action attribute of <h:commandLink> specify the name of the navigation outcome (as defined in faces-config.xml)