The function you pass to ajaxSubmit() is run when the AJAX call
returns. So, it's well after the user hits the submit button. You
should instead pass an options object with the following:
beforeSubmit: your block UI handler
success: your success handler
On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 5:05 PM, MonkeyBall2010
<hughes.timo...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Thanks... I have read some of the jQuery documentation but it does
> little to describe the underlying language. I will check out the book
> you mentioned this weekend.
>
> Also, I have one more minor problem with with the above code. So the
> callback function is working correctly with the exception of my
> redirect. I wanted the block UI to "load" for a specified amount of
> time and then the redirect to occur. I thought using the setTimeout
> function would wait to execute the code for the specified time but it
> doesn't work. My block UI is displayed for a fraction of a second and
> then the page redirects no matter how long I set the timer for. Does
> the submitHandler get processed before the user presses the submit
> button? I can't figure out why the redirect occurs so abruptly. When I
> try something else in the setTimer function it times correctly but not
> the redirect for some reason.
>
> submitHandler: function(form) {
> jQuery(form).ajaxSubmit(function() {
> $.blockUI({ message: '<h1>Creating
> Account...<br /><br / ><img src="../images/ajax-loader.gif" /></
> h1>' });
>
>
> setTimeout(window.location = "Redirect
> Location", 4000);
> });
> }
>
> Thanks for all of your help
