Clicking a button initiates an HTTP request, sends the data associated with any input components, and starts the JSF life cycle.
Button navigation requires JSF navigation rules in the faces-config.xml file.
Navigation rules can be created and placed in faces-config.xml using the IDE's Page Flow editor.
To get the Page Flow editor, right-click in any JSP design page and select Page Navigation to get a window that looks like this.
If you click the XML button in the Page Flow editor you can see the faces-config.xml source.
