Drag and drop an Link component onto the page:
You are prompted to enter a URL and label for the link:
The Link component looks like this on the page:
The Link component looks like this on the page during runtime:
The Properties view for a component shows the most common set of attributes you can set on a component, and, depending on the component, you might also see options for adding controls, actions, or other components. To open the Properties view, click
.Configuration option |
Description |
---|---|
Add the parameters that are passed to the action |
Specifies what parameters are passed to the action by the component. |
The All Attributes view shows a table
of all the attributes you can set on a component, which includes those attributes
you can access from the Properties view. To switch to the All Attributes view,
click the All Attributes icon in the upper right
corner of the Properties view.
Attribute name |
Represented in Properties view by |
Description |
---|---|---|
accesskey |
Accessibility>Access Key |
Specifies a single keyboard key as an access key. Pressing the specified access key at runtime gives focus to this component. Pressing ALT plus the specified access key at runtime gives focus to this component (or executes the component if it is a kind of button). |
binding |
Not represented |
An expression that binds the component's instance (usually a user interface component) to a bean property (usually in the backing file). |
charset |
Not represented |
The character encoding of the resource designated by the hyperlink. |
coords |
Not represented |
The position and shape of the hot spot on the screen (for use in client-side image maps). |
converter |
Not represented |
Specifies the data type to which the value is converted. The JavaServer Faces implementation provides a set of Converter implementations that you can use to convert your component data to a type not supported by its renderer. |
dir |
Not represented |
Specifies the component's direction when rendered at runtime.
The values can be either:
|
hreflang |
Not represented |
The language code of the resource designated by this hyperlink. |
id |
ID |
Assigns a name to a component. Should be a unique name within a JSP. |
lang |
Not represented |
The language of the component's value(s) and text content.
If omitted, the language is inherited from the containing tags (notably the
view. Specified as an ISO-standard language abbreviation code. For example,
"en" for English, "en-US" for American English, "fr" for French, "de" for
German.
Note: This does not "translate" the text in the component, rather,
it identifies the language of the component so that operations such as searching,
sorting, collating and the like are done correctly.
|
mimeType |
Not represented |
Used for declaring the media MIME type when src is bound to binary data. |
rel |
Not represented |
The relationship from the current document to the anchor specified by this hyperlink. The value of this attribute is a space-separated list of link types. |
rendered |
Not represented |
Can be set to true or false:
|
rev |
Not represented |
A reverse link from the anchor specified by this hyperlink to the current document. The value of this attribute is a space-separated list of link types. |
shape |
Not represented |
Sets the shape of the link:
|
styleClass |
Style: Classes |
Space-separated list of CSS style classes to be applied when this element is rendered. This value must be passed through as the class attribute on generated markup. Defines the classes (such as style sheets) of the selected component. This may be done manually, or by clicking the button and selecting the desired Classes from within the window. |
style |
Style: Props |
Specifies CSS style information for the component (for example, style="font-size : 8pt ; color : red"). Defines the properties (such as font and color) of the selected component. This may be done manually, or by clicking the button and selecting the desired properties from within the window. |
target |
Not represented |
Assigns the target frame within a frameset that a page
should be loaded into when the hyperlink is clicked:
|
tabindex |
Accessibility>Tab order index |
Specifies the position of the component in the tabbing order in the JSP. This value must be a number between 0 and 32767. |
title |
Accessibility>Title |
Specifies the title text, shown in browser as a tooltip at runtime. Used by a browser as the alternative text of a component if the alternative text is not specified. |
type |
Not represented |
Specifies the button type, either Submit, Reset, or Plain . |
url |
Not represented |
Specifies the URL the component should use. |
value |
Not represented |
Specifies the document to which the link is connected. This can be a String containing the document filename or it can be the binary data of the document. Specifying binary data is done in conjunction with setting the mimetype attribute. The value can be a String(Base64 encoded), a byte[], or a java.io.InputStream object. When specifying binary data the value binding expression must be able to be evaluated on its own in a subsequent request back to the server by the browser for the document. |