<b:commandButton> action doesn't fire managed bean function

[rpinquie]

I've got a command button defined as follows:

b:commandButton size="xs" ajax="true" look="primary" value="Update settings" update="panel" action="#{managerManagedBean.updateSettings}" icon="ui-icon-check"

When clicked, the button does not fire the server side "updateSettings" function of my managed bean "ManagerManagedBean". I am under 0.7.0 version - any idea why it doesn't work as it does with primefaces?

Cheers.

[stephanrauh]

At first glance, your code looks good. However, we've taken a new approach to AJAX with BootsFaces 0.8.0, which will be released soon. See http://bootsfaces.net/Staging/forms/ajax.jsf.

[rpinquie]

Yeah, it seems the problem arises when AJAX attributes "ajax" and/or "update" are used.

1. If there are two AJAX command buttons - e.g. one to change a panel content and another one to call a managed bean function on the new panel content, the second one doesn't trigger the action. Thus, as a work around, I am obligated to avoid using AJAX on the first button.

2. When I do not use AJAX on both buttons, the sever side function is fired normally, but I get many printouts "Event is null - probably that's a bug in AJAXRenderer, roughly line 100" in the console...

[stephanrauh]

Omitting ajax="true" or update="something" converts the AJAX request into an ordinary request. Truth to tell, until 0.7 BootsFaces offered only limited AJAX support. So please apology my reluctance to support this version. Please fetch the preview version of 0.8.0 (see #151 on how to get it), and read the new guide on AJAX (see http://bootsfaces.net/Staging/forms/ajax.jsf). We've already started to release this version, so using the developer preview version is almost no risk (unless you want to release your product tomorrow). Currently, we're doing the final tests.

[stephanrauh]

I didn't hear from you, so I consider this issue fixed (in the upcoming version 0.8.0 of BootsFaces). Please reopen the issue if the problem persists with the new version.