RedirectToAction not changing URL or navigating to Index view

Question

I tried using a RedirectToAction after I have done a post to the controller and saved but the URL does not change and the redirect does not seem to work. I need to add that the redirect does enter the controller action method when I debug. It does not change the URL or navigate to the Index view.

public ViewResult Index() {     return View("Index", new TrainingViewModel()); }  public ActionResult Edit() {     // save the details and return to list     return RedirectToAction("Index");     } 

What am I doing wrong?

public static void RegisterRoutes(RouteCollection routes) {     routes.IgnoreRoute("{resource}.axd/{*pathInfo}");     routes.IgnoreRoute("{resource}.js/{*pathInfo}");     routes.IgnoreRoute("{*favicon}", new { favicon = @"(.*/)?favicon.ico(/.*)?" });      routes.MapRoute(         "Default", // Route name         "{controller}/{action}/{id}", // URL with parameters         new { controller = "Home", action = "Index", id = "" } // Parameter defaults     ); } 

jQuery calls:

this.SynchValuesToReadOnly = function() {     window.location = $('#siteRoot').attr('href') + 'Sites/';            };  this.OnSiteEdit = function() {     // post back to the server and update the assessment details         var options = {         target: '',         type: 'post',         url: '/Site/Edit',         beforeSubmit: othis.validate,         success: othis.SynchValuesToReadOnly     };      $('#uxSiteForm').ajaxSubmit(options); }; 

Answer 1

The code you show is correct. My wild guess is that you're not doing a standard POST (e.g., redirects don't work with an AJAX post).

The browser will ignore a redirect response to an AJAX POST. It's up to you to redirect in script if you need to redirect when an AJAX call returns a redirect response.