Download It – Struts2-Hidden-Example.zip

In Struts 2 , you can use the <s:hidden> tag to create a HTML hidden field.

<s:hidden name="url" value="http://www.mkyong.com" />

It will render as the following HTML code.

<input type="hidden" name="url" value="http://www.mkyong.com" />

Struts 2 <s:hidden> example

A page with a url hidden value, and display the hidden value after form is submitted.

1. Action

HiddenAction.java

package com.mkyong.common.action;
 
import com.opensymphony.xwork2.ActionSupport;
 
public class HiddenAction extends ActionSupport{
 
	private String url;
 
	public String getUrl() {
		return url;
	}
 
	public void setUrl(String url) {
		this.url = url;
	}
 
	public String execute() {
		return SUCCESS;
	}
 
}

2. View page

Struts 2 “s:hidden” tag to create a hidden value field.

hidden.jsp

<%@ taglib prefix="s" uri="/struts-tags" %>
<html>
<head>
</head>
 
<body>
<h1>Struts 2 - hidden value example</h1>
 
<s:form action="helloHidden" namespace="/">
 
	<h4>This page has a hidden value (view source): 
	<s:hidden name="url" value="http://www.mkyong.com" /></h4> 
 
	<s:submit value="submit" name="submit" />
 
</s:form>
 
</body>
</html>

welcome.jsp

<%@ page contentType="text/html;charset=UTF-8" %>
<%@ taglib prefix="s" uri="/struts-tags" %>
<html>
 
<body>
<h1>Struts 2 - hidden value example</h1>
 
<h4>
  The hidden value :
  <s:property value="url"/>
</h4> 
 
</body>
</html>

3. struts.xml

Link all together ~

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<!DOCTYPE struts PUBLIC
"-//Apache Software Foundation//DTD Struts Configuration 2.0//EN"
"http://struts.apache.org/dtds/struts-2.0.dtd">
 
<struts>
 
   <constant name="struts.devMode" value="true" />
 
   <package name="" namespace="/" extends="struts-default">
	<action name="hidden">
		<result>pages/hidden.jsp</result>
	</action>
	<action name="helloHidden" class="com.mkyong.common.action.HiddenAction">
		<result name="success">pages/welcome.jsp</result>
	</action>
   </package>
 
</struts>

4. Demo

http://localhost:8080/Struts2Example/hidden.action

Struts2 hidden value example
Struts2 hidden value example

Reference

  1. Struts 2 hidden field documentation
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