MVC4 Ajax.BeginForm not replacing UpdateTargetId

Question

There are so many topics on SO about issues with the Ajax.BeginForm not correctly updating the target element with the return partial view:
mvc4 ajax updating same page
ASP.NET MVC 4 - Ajax.BeginForm and html5
MVC 4 (razor) - Controller is returning a partialview but entire page is being updated
MVC 4 Ajax is not updating the PartialView within the page
However, all of these are answered by either manually writing out the jQuery ajax, or including a missing javascript file.

  @using (Ajax.BeginForm("PostcardDetails", new AjaxOptions()
  {
    InsertionMode = InsertionMode.Replace,
    UpdateTargetId = "details"
  }))
  {
    <div id="PostcardSearchResults">
      @{Html.RenderAction("PostcardSearchResults", Model);}
    </div>
  }
  <div id="details">
  </div>

Relevant controller code:

[AcceptVerbs(HttpVerbs.Post | HttpVerbs.Get)]
public ActionResult PostcardSearchResults(PostcardSearchFilter filter)
{
        PostcardSearchResults model = new PostcardSearchResults(filter);
        return PartialView("_PostcardSearchResults", model);
}

In my layout, I am referencing these jQuery files. Additionally, I've verified that the page is outputting the proper path, and that it finds the correct files. I've tried switching the ordering of unobtrusive-ajax.min.js and validate.min.js, to no success.

<script type="text/javascript" src="@Url.Content("~/Scripts/globalize.js")"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="@Url.Content("~/Scripts/jquery-1.9.1.js")"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="@Url.Content("~/Scripts/jquery-ui-1.10.0.custom.min.js")"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="@Url.Content("~/Scripts/jquery.unobtrusive-ajax.min.js")"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="@Url.Content("~/Scripts/jquery.validate.min.js")"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="@Url.Content("~/Scripts/jquery.validate.unobtrusive.min.js")"></script>

Additionally, in my website's root web.config, and the web.config in my View folder, I have included:

<add key="webpages:Version" value="2.0.0.0"/>
<add key="PreserveLoginUrl" value="true"/>
<add key="ClientValidationEnabled" value="true"/>
<add key="UnobtrusiveJavaScriptEnabled" value="true"/>

I'm at a loss for where else to look. There are no javascript errors being thrown, and the controller is being properly hit, returning a PartialViewResult. The Form element in the HTML is populating all the correct data- attributes.

Answer 1

There is a problem with jquery.unobtrusive-ajax.min and JQuery 1.9 because JQuery 1.9 doesn't support the live() method any more. So you should use the JQuery migrate plug-in, and reference the JQuery migrate js.

Answer 2

Make sure you include the unobtrusive-ajax.js to the page, which you have placed your ajax form.

<script src="~/Scripts/jquery.unobtrusive-ajax.js"></script>