Question

In an ASP.NET MVC3 application
I have a base controller where I override some functions.
And I derive all the controllers from it.

In the Base Controller

I am overriding the OnAuthorization event handler to check for some stuff and then return true or false. If the result is true I want to redirect to the home page

protected override void OnAuthorization(AuthorizationContext filterContext)
{
    if(CheckValues())
    {
        RedirectToHomePage();
    }

}

public ActionResult RedirectToHomePage()
{
    return RedirectToAction("Index", "Home");
}

The redirection is working for normal action calls.

But when there is an AJAX CALL the Home page is loading inside a DIV of the page and not as a new page.

Is there a way I can force the entire page to reload and redirect to the homepage when there is an AJAX Call?

I tried to use Redirect("~/") to redirect to the root URL but same issue. the page is loading inside the DIV and not in the entire page.

Hope I was clear. thanks a lot for any help

Answer 1

How are you doing your AJAX call? If you’re using jQuery AJAX then you can use the on success to redirect the page.

$.ajax({
    url: 'ajax/test.html',
    success: function() {
      window.location = "/";
   }
});