I have looked everywhere for this bug and I have seen no other issue
Currently I am using Liferay 7.0 and I embedded my portlet in a web content template like so:
<div class ="container-fluid">
<div class ="row">
<div class ="col-md-6 col-sm-6">
<#assign VOID = freeMarkerPortletPreferences.setValue("portletSetupPortletDecoratorId", "barebone") />
<@liferay_portlet["runtime"]
defaultPreferences="${freeMarkerPortletPreferences}"
portletProviderAction=portletProviderAction.VIEW
portletName="foo" />
${freeMarkerPortletPreferences.reset()}
</div>
</div>
</div>
Portlet works fine outside of the freemarker template, however inside it actionRequest button is called but it never enters render function so the buttons I set do nothing.
Is there any special requirement for a portlet to be put inside a freemarker template? Did I forget anything?