JSF Standard Hidden Field Component

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You can drag the Standard JavaServer Faces Hidden Field component hidden field icon from the Palette to the Visual Designer to create a hidden text field. A hidden field is a form field that is not visible, but can be used to pass form data to the server. A typical use of a hidden field is to pass parameters between pages in applications that use multiple pages. Hidden Field components render as <input type='hidden'> in HTML. The value of the field is the data the field stores and passes back to the server when the form is submitted.

Since the field is hidden, the component does not appear on the page, but it does appear in the . You can select the hidden field in the Navigator window and right-click it to open its pop-up menu.

After adding a hidden field to a Visual Web JSF page, you can do a number of things with it:

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