General search form with JQuery not working

Question

Hi,
I tried to use jquery to submit a search form because I need some checking before submit. However,  it did not go to search results page, but went to home page instead.
Here is my html:
<form name="catsearchform96767" id="generalSearchForm" method="post">
    <p><label style="opacity: 1;" for="f-search">Search</label> <input type="text" name="CAT_Search" id="f-search" /> <button type="submit">GO</button></p>
</form>
Javascript:
$('#generalSearchForm').submit(function(){
     $(this).attr('action', '/Default.aspx?SiteSearchID=1060&amp;ID=/search-results');
     $(this).unbind().submit();
     return false;                                         
It does not work with JQuery. But when I moved form action url from jquery to html, it worked. Any ideas? Cheers.

Answer 1

Hi David,
Below is the complete code I have used to load the current user to the people picker in SharePoint 2013.
$(document).ready(function(){
SP.SOD.executeFunc('sp.js', 'SP.ClientContext', LoadCurrentUser);
function LoadCurrentUser() {
var context = SP.ClientContext.get_current();
var siteColl = context.get_site();
var web = siteColl.get_rootWeb();
this._currentUser = web.get_currentUser();
context.load(this._currentUser);
context.executeQueryAsync(Function.createDelegate(this, SetPickersToCurrentUser), Function.createDelegate(this, LoadUserfailed));
function LoadUserfailed() {
alert('failed');
function SetPickersToCurrentUser()
var loginName = this._currentUser.get_title();
SetPeoplePicker('Order Team', loginName);
function SetPeoplePicker(fieldName, userAccountName) {
var peoplePickerDiv = $("[id$='ClientPeoplePicker'][title='" + fieldName + "']");
var peoplePickerEditor = peoplePickerDiv.find("[title='" + fieldName + "']");
var spPeoplePicker = SPClientPeoplePicker.SPClientPeoplePickerDict[peoplePickerDiv[0].id];
peoplePickerEditor.val(userAccountName);
spPeoplePicker.AddUnresolvedUserFromEditor(true);
Let me know if you have any questions. I will help you out!
-Praveen.
ASP.NET and SharePoint developer
Blog: http://praveenbattula.blogspot.com
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