Call commandlink action from Javascript

Question

im trying to call a bean from a javascript, using a h:commandLink. i have a commandLink ``` ``` which calls my bean. and want to call this commandLink from javascript, like this: ``` document.getElementById('uLink').click(); ``` but i m always getting the error: document.getElementById('uLink') is null. I tried this: - setting h:commandLink immediate="false" and instead of document.getElementById('uLink').click() i used document.getElementById('uLink').immediate=true; - usinng h:commandButton instead. - using document.getElementById('formId:uLink').click(); Has anyone an idea how i get this work?

Accepted Answer

do `view source` in you browser and look on the exact the id of the button , it might look like `someContainerID:uLink` or `someFormID:uLink` and not just `uLink` so you might need to use

```
document.getElementById('someFormID:uLink').click(); 
```

OR

```
document.getElementById('someContainerID:uLink').click(); 
```

Call commandlink action from Javascript

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