setTimeout not working

Question

My setTimeout seems to be working for logging in, but not for submitting data. :

<script type="text/javascript" src="../scripts/jquery.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
$.ajaxSetup({async:false});
function Validate_submit(form) {
 var Address1_input = form.address1.value;
 var Address2_input = form.address2.value;
 var City_input = form.city.value;
 var State_input = form.state.value;
 $.post('../scripts/submit_check.php', {address1php: Address1_input, address2php: Address2_input, cityphp: City_input, statephp: State_input}, 
 function(output) {
 $('#submit_msg').html(output).fadeIn(500);
 if (output == 'Submitting...') {
 var timeoutID = window.setTimeout(function () {location.reload();}, 1000);
 } else {
 $('#submit_msg').html('something went wrong').fadeIn(500);
 }
 }
 );
}

The same code works in my log-in popup window:

<script type="text/javascript" src="../scripts/jquery.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
$.ajaxSetup({async:false}); 
function Validate_login(form) {
 var Email_input = form.email.value;
 var Password_input = form.password.value;
 var Rememberme_input = form.remember_me.checked;
 $.post('../scripts/login_check.php', { emailphp: Email_input, passwordphp: Password_input, rememberphp: Rememberme_input},
 function(output) {
 $('#login_msg').html(output).fadeIn(500);
 if (output == 'Logging in...') {
 var timeoutID = window.setTimeout(function () {location.reload();}, 1000);
 }
 }
 ); 
}

When I click the submit button in the submit form, it shows 'Submitting...' for a split second, but not for the whole second (like in the login-popup). Can someone help me?

• jfriend00: You may want to know that async: false for ajax has been deprecated from the latest version of jQuery.

Answer 1

You'll probably need to cancel the actual <form>'s submission. return false from the onsubmit handler after you call Validate_submit.

• Ry-: @wanovak: Given the function definition, I would assume that this is an onsubmit attribute and so e isn't available. (Restructuring would be a good idea, of course.)