p:commandLink fails to open page in new window/tab

Question

I\'m trying to create a link to open a new page in a different window/tab and display some msg from backing bean but fail to do it, wonder know why?

here is my xhtml

Answer 1

Try this in your controller code, it worked for me perfectly.

HttpServletResponse res = (HttpServletResponse) FacesContext.getCurrentInstance().getExternalContext().getResponse();
            HttpServletRequest req = (HttpServletRequest) FacesContext.getCurrentInstance().getExternalContext().getRequest();
            String uri = req.getRequestURI();
            res.getWriter().println("");
            FacesContext.getCurrentInstance().responseComplete();