jsf submit and ie7

[Bill Zelan]

I am able to successfully submit a page using javascript to click a commandButton (this commandButton is kept hidden from the user using css). The problem is that clicking the commandButton only executes the actionListener in firefox. When I try the same code in ie7 then I am not getting the page to submit or the actionListener to execute. I am attaching the code to this post. I am using tomahawk 1.1.8 and tomcat 6.0.18.

Here is the tag that I am using. This subform is part of a larger form. The larger form contains the f:view and the h:form tags

<t:subform id="baseform">
    <t:commandButton id="processLink" value="stuff" style="display:none" actionListener="#{pController.processQuery}">
    </t:commandButton>
</t:subform>

Here is the code for the backing bean method

public class PController 
{
        /*
        stuff....
       */
 
	public void processQuery(ActionEvent ae)
	{
	     //test to see method is executed	
             System.out.println(ae.toString());
		
	}
}

[Bill Zelan]

This issue is resolved. The issue was related to incorrect code in some t:panelTab.

[Tim Holloway]

Word of caution: It's never a good idea to expect JavaScript to be the only way for a user to be able to submit a page. For a number of reasons - including occasional security alerts from Microsoft, the user may not have JavaScript running on the client. JavaScript as an augmentation to submit is great, but an unsubmittable page is another matter.