<p:commandButton>
needs one of the following to work correctly:
- the
update
attribute to list id’s of components to re-render (for AJAX requests) - the attribute
ajax="false"
to make a normal, non-ajax submit.
If you have neither, the button does per default an AJAX request with no UI feedback.
Additionally, I’ve had problems with neither option working when the surrounding <h:form>
had an enctype
attribute.