jQuery-triggered AJAX form submit [SOLVED]

Hi,

I'm working on a module that uses some functionality provided by the AJAX module to AJAXify the search form on a D6 site. Some jQuery in my module adds a select list to search results that lists the different unique content types of the returned nodes; the goal is for it to run a new search when a user makes a selection from the list.

I've *almost* got it working - the select list shows up and populates correctly, and I've got it triggering a button-click on the search form's submit button when the user makes a selection.

But the redirect isn't right. It goes to a page that only has a JSON string on it. In that JSON string, I see a "redirect" value, and that value is correct - it's actually where I want the form to redirect to. So I think I'm close, and I think it's got something to do with things I'm (not) setting in the hook_form_alter that brings in the AJAX. Here's that function:

function results_filter_form_alter(&$form, $form_state, $form_id) {
  switch($form_id) {
  case 'search_form': 
    $form['#ajax'] = array(
      'enabled' => TRUE
    );
    break;
  }
}

The JSON that I see when jQuery re-submits the form looks like this:

{ "status": true, "updaters": [  ], "debug": [  ], "messages_error": [  ], "messages_status": [  ], "messages_warning": [  ], "redirect": "http://localhost/nano/search/node/nanoscale%20type%3Apage?712928367=1", "preview": null, "form_id": "search_form", "options": { "enabled": true } }

So, how can I get the form to redirect to the redirect value I see in the JSON?

Thanks!

UPDATE: I got it working! Turned out to be an issue with my JavaScript that was clicking the submit button. This is what was causing the problem:

$('#edit-submit').trigger('click');

When I changed it to this, it worked fine:

$('#search-form').submit();

I have no idea why this works, but hey, I'll take it.