how would one implement a back-button as a commandbutton that works universally? with back button i don't mean the browser-button, but rather a button that sits somewhere on the page. it is not always possible to use the Post-redirect-get pattern.
its quite impractial to pass around the information on every single where the button should point to.
is there maybe a reserved keyword for a navigation rule that points to the last navigation rule applied?
I use a h:commandLink
with attribute onclick="history.go(-1)"
in this case. It works universally.
My first idea :
on every
<h:commandLink .....>
and etc; store the navigation string in a bean, or even a stack, and then the back button can retrieve it and just return that as per faces-config.xml
Second idea.
But on reflection you should override or use a filter to intercept the navigation commands and push them onto a stack. Then the back button can just pop the navigation off and away you go.
I would store the navigation string in a stack datatype and you use the stack.peek() to show which is the site behind you, and when its clicked you fire an action event that triggers the stack.pop()
You can use:
<p:commandButton onclick="window.history.back();"/>
That instruction do the same as onclick="history.go(-1)"
which alexmeia has said.