ajax.request,jquery - Request.IsAjaxRequest returns false - Stack Overflow

I have an MVC project in which I have a form with a submit button. I have added a jquery client-side handler that intercepts the form submit event. The javascript function calls the same MVC action that would have been called without the javascript.

$("form[action ='/List/CreateItem']").submit(

function() {

$.post($(this).attr("action"), $(this).serialize(), function(response) { $("#results").html(response); });

return false;

}

);

In the MVC action that is called, I test for Request.IsAjaxRequest to decide whether to return a view or a JSON result. My problem is that Request.IsAjaxRequest is returning false, even though I know the call is being made from the jquery function. (I know this because if I comment out the $.post line in the jquery function and just leave the return false line, nothing happens. If I un-comment the line, the action gets executed - but it returns the view because IsAjaxRequest is false.)

Should this line cause Request.IsAjaxRequest to be true?