Commandlink not opening in new window(browser) tried with popup

Question

Hi,
stdURL=StandardURLData backingbean in faces-config
viewerLink= having some URL ex: http://www.oracle.com
stdName= some string say "oracle" if we click it redirects to "http://www.oracle.com"
<af:commandLink action="#{stdURL.retrieveViewerLink}" >
<af:setActionListener from="#{stdURL.viewerLink}"
to="#{stdURL.url}"/>
<af:outputText value="#{stdURL.stdName}"/>
</af:commandLink>
public String retrieveViewerLink(){
String strURL="";
try{
FacesContext.getCurrentInstance().getExternalContext().redirect(getUrl());
}catch(Exception e){
System.out.println("Entered inside Viewer Link EXCEPTION BLOCK*************************************");
return null;
public void setUrl(String url) {
this.url = url;
public String getUrl() {
return url;
everything is working fine. But problem is when click on "oracle" name it is opening in same page.
i want this url should open in new page.
i tried with popup but it is not working.
tried like,
<af:commandLink action="#{stdURL.retrieveViewerLink}" >
<af:setActionListener from="#{stdURL.viewerLink}"
to="#{stdURL.url}"/>
<af:outputText value="#{stdURL.stdName}"/>
</af:commandLink>
<af:showPopupBehavior triggerType="click" align="afterEnd" popupId="test"/>
<af:popup id="test" clientComponent="true" launcherVar="source">
<af:dialog type="none" contentWidth="200" contentHeight="200">
<af:panelGroupLayout>
<h:panelGrid rules="rows">
test
</h:panelGrid>
</af:panelGroupLayout>
</af:dialog>
</af:popup>
i tried with "usewindow=false" also.
thanks in advance
regards,
sandeep

Answer 1

Hi,
yeah first i used golink only. it is working fine.
But i have other requirement, im using export to excel option, their wt happening is,
ex: abc , xyz... are 2 values.
say "abc" is an hyperlink.
that time "abc" is not placing in excel, only xyz (without hyperlink) going to excel.
Now, i rectifiyed this problem with commandlink, everything is working fine (redirecting and export to excel)
but i want to open this link in NEW WINDOW.
thanks in advance.
regards,
sandeep