JSF onclick refreshes page

Question

<h:commandButton  onclick="window.open('/page.html')" value="test" action="#{bean.myAction}"></h:commandButton>

After I click on above the browser appears to refresh the page and scroll to the top.

If I use "return false;" the action never runs.

How can I stop this from happening?

Answer 1

Not sure why you are using the "window.open('/page.html')", But if you want to open the page after the action command completes then do the following

<h:commandButton value="test" action="#{bean.myAction}">
    <f:ajax onevent="function(data){ if(data.status === 'success') window.open('/page.html')}"/>
</h:commandButton>