How to change $.ajax() default settings?

Question

How can I modify the default values of options for the $.ajax() function?

Ideally to do something similar to:

//set ajax async to false
$(someSelec         


        

Answer 1

You want ajaxSetup

 $.ajaxSetup({
   url: "/xmlhttp/",
   global: false,
   type: "POST"

 });
 $.ajax({ data: myData });