RedirectToAction not working after successful jquery ajax post? [duplicate]

Question

The following does not redirect my page: Here is the MVC code:

    [HttpPost]     public ActionResult GoHome()     {           return RedirectToAction("Index", "Home");        } 

Here is the ajax post:

   $.support.cors = true;              $.ajax({                 type: "POST",                 url: "http://localhost/UserAccount/GoHome",                 dataType: 'json',                 crossDomain: true             }); 

The post is successful and when it hists the GoHome action it does not redirect to the Index Action of the Home Controller.

Answer 1

You cannot redirect from an AJAX post. You could return the URL you want to redirect the browser to however and redirect from Javascript.

Controller

[HttpPost] public ActionResult GoHome() {       return Json(Url.Action("Index", "Home"));    } 

Javascript

$.ajax({     type: "POST",     url: "http://localhost/UserAccount/GoHome",     dataType: 'json',     crossDomain: true,     success: function (data) {         window.location.href = data;     } });