Render hidden field via “h:inputHidden” tag, assign new value via JavaScript.
JSF…
<script type="text/javascript">
function setHiddenValue(new_value){
document.getElementById('myForm:hidden2').value = new_value;
}
</script>
<h:form id="myForm">
<h:inputHidden id="hidden2" value="#{user.hidden2}" />
<h:commandButton value="submit" action="..." onclick="setHiddenValue('this is hidden2');" />
</h:form>
And my managed bean
@ManagedBean(name="user")
@SessionScoped
public class UserBean
{
public String hidden2;
public void setHidden2(String hidden2) {
this.hidden2 = hidden2;
}
}