Visualforce Developer Guide

Introducing Visualforce
Tools for Visualforce Development
Getting a Quick Start with Visualforce
Customizing the Appearance and Output of Visualforce Pages
Standard Controllers
Standard List Controllers
Custom Controllers and Controller Extensions
Advanced Examples
Override Buttons, Links, and Tabs with Visualforce
Using Static Resources
Creating and Using Custom Components
Dynamic Visualforce Bindings
Dynamic Visualforce Components
Integrate Email with Visualforce
Visualforce Charting
Creating Maps with Visualforce
Render Flows with Visualforce
Templating with Visualforce
Developing Salesforce Apps with Visualforce
Adding Visualforce to a Salesforce AppExchange App
Using JavaScript in Visualforce Pages
Communicating Across the DOM with Lightning Message Service
Visualforce Best Practices
Standard Visualforce Component Reference
Appendices
Global Variables, Functions, and Expression Operators
Security Tips for Apex and Visualforce Development
Apex Classes Used in Visualforce Controllers
ApexPages Class
Action Class
Cookie Class
IdeaStandardController Class
IdeaStandardSetController Class
KnowledgeArticleVersionStandardController Class
Message Class
PageReference Class
PageReference Constructors
PageReference Methods
getAnchor()
getContent()
getContentAsPDF()
getCookies()
getHeaders()
getParameters()
getRedirect()
getRedirectCode()
getUrl()
setAnchor(anchor)
setCookies(cookies)
setRedirect(redirect)
setRedirectCode(redirectCode)
SelectOption Class
StandardController Class
StandardSetController Class
Execution Governors and Limits
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setRedirect(redirect)

Sets the value of the PageReference object's redirect attribute. If set to true, a redirect is performed through a client side redirect.

Signature

public System.PageReference setRedirect(Boolean redirect)

Parameters

  • redirect: Type: Boolean

Return Value

Type: System.PageReference

Usage

This type of redirect performs an HTTP GET request, and flushes the view state, which uses POST. If set to false, the redirect is a server-side forward that preserves the view state if and only if the target page uses the same controller and contains the proper subset of extensions used by the source page.

Note that if the URL of the PageReference object is set to a website outside of the salesforce.com domain, or to a page with a different controller or controller extension, the redirect always occurs, regardless of whether the redirect attribute is set to true or false.