diff --git a/client/src/controllers/SwapController.test.js b/client/src/controllers/SwapController.test.js
index 76bd6c3ce8ea..5f263762ac95 100644
--- a/client/src/controllers/SwapController.test.js
+++ b/client/src/controllers/SwapController.test.js
@@ -612,4 +612,391 @@ describe('SwapController', () => {
       document.removeEventListener('w-swap:begin', beginEventHandler);
     });
   });
+
+  describe('performing a content update via actions on a controlled form using form values', () => {
+    let beginEventHandler;
+    let formElement;
+    let onSuccess;
+    const results = getMockResults({ total: 2 });
+
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      document.body.innerHTML = `
+      <main>
+      <form
+        id="form"
+        action="/path/to/form/action/"
+        method="get"
+        data-controller="w-swap"
+        data-action="custom:event->w-swap#replaceLazy submit:prevent->w-swap#replace"
+        data-w-swap-target-value="#content"
+      >
+        <button type="submit">Submit<button>
+      </form>
+      <div id="content"></div>
+      </main>
+      `;
+
+      window.history.replaceState(null, '', '?');
+
+      formElement = document.getElementById('form');
+
+      onSuccess = new Promise((resolve) => {
+        document.addEventListener('w-swap:success', resolve);
+      });
+
+      beginEventHandler = jest.fn();
+      document.addEventListener('w-swap:begin', beginEventHandler);
+
+      fetch.mockImplementationOnce(() =>
+        Promise.resolve({
+          ok: true,
+          status: 200,
+          text: () => Promise.resolve(results),
+        }),
+      );
+    });
+
+    it('should allow for actions to call the replace method directly, defaulting to the form action url', async () => {
+      const expectedRequestUrl = '/path/to/form/action/';
+
+      expect(window.location.search).toEqual('');
+      expect(handleError).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+      expect(global.fetch).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+
+      formElement.dispatchEvent(
+        new CustomEvent('custom:event', { bubbles: false }),
+      );
+
+      expect(beginEventHandler).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+
+      jest.runAllTimers(); // search is debounced
+
+      // should fire a begin event before the request is made
+      expect(beginEventHandler).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+      expect(beginEventHandler.mock.calls[0][0].detail).toEqual({
+        requestUrl: expectedRequestUrl,
+      });
+
+      // visual loading state should be active
+      await Promise.resolve(); // trigger next rendering
+
+      expect(handleError).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+      expect(global.fetch).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+        expectedRequestUrl,
+        expect.any(Object),
+      );
+
+      const successEvent = await onSuccess;
+
+      // should dispatch success event
+      expect(successEvent.detail).toEqual({
+        requestUrl: expectedRequestUrl,
+        results: expect.any(String),
+      });
+
+      // should update HTML
+      expect(
+        document.getElementById('content').querySelectorAll('li'),
+      ).toHaveLength(5);
+
+      await flushPromises();
+
+      // should NOT update the current URL
+      expect(window.location.search).toEqual('');
+    });
+
+    it('should support replace with a src value', async () => {
+      const expectedRequestUrl = '/path/to-src-value/';
+
+      expect(window.location.search).toEqual('');
+      expect(handleError).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+      expect(global.fetch).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+
+      formElement.setAttribute('data-w-swap-src-value', expectedRequestUrl);
+
+      formElement.dispatchEvent(
+        new CustomEvent('custom:event', { bubbles: false }),
+      );
+
+      expect(beginEventHandler).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+
+      jest.runAllTimers(); // search is debounced
+
+      // should fire a begin event before the request is made
+      expect(beginEventHandler).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+      expect(beginEventHandler.mock.calls[0][0].detail).toEqual({
+        requestUrl: expectedRequestUrl,
+      });
+
+      // visual loading state should be active
+      await Promise.resolve(); // trigger next rendering
+
+      expect(handleError).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+      expect(global.fetch).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+        expectedRequestUrl,
+        expect.any(Object),
+      );
+
+      const successEvent = await onSuccess;
+
+      // should dispatch success event
+      expect(successEvent.detail).toEqual({
+        requestUrl: expectedRequestUrl,
+        results: expect.any(String),
+      });
+
+      // should update HTML
+      expect(
+        document.getElementById('content').querySelectorAll('li'),
+      ).toHaveLength(2);
+
+      await flushPromises();
+
+      // should NOT update the current URL
+      expect(window.location.search).toEqual('');
+    });
+
+    it('should support replace with a url value provided via the Custom event detail', async () => {
+      const expectedRequestUrl = '/path/to/url-in-event-detail/?q=alpha';
+
+      expect(window.location.search).toEqual('');
+      expect(handleError).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+      expect(global.fetch).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+
+      formElement.dispatchEvent(
+        new CustomEvent('custom:event', {
+          bubbles: false,
+          detail: { url: expectedRequestUrl },
+        }),
+      );
+
+      expect(beginEventHandler).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+
+      jest.runAllTimers(); // search is debounced
+
+      // should fire a begin event before the request is made
+      expect(beginEventHandler).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+      expect(beginEventHandler.mock.calls[0][0].detail).toEqual({
+        requestUrl: expectedRequestUrl,
+      });
+
+      // visual loading state should be active
+      await Promise.resolve(); // trigger next rendering
+
+      expect(handleError).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+      expect(global.fetch).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+        expectedRequestUrl,
+        expect.any(Object),
+      );
+
+      const successEvent = await onSuccess;
+
+      // should dispatch success event
+      expect(successEvent.detail).toEqual({
+        requestUrl: expectedRequestUrl,
+        results: expect.any(String),
+      });
+
+      // should update HTML
+      expect(
+        document.getElementById('content').querySelectorAll('li'),
+      ).toHaveLength(2);
+
+      await flushPromises();
+
+      // should NOT update the current URL
+      expect(window.location.search).toEqual('');
+    });
+
+    it('should support replace with a url value provided via an action param', async () => {
+      const expectedRequestUrl = '/path/to/url-in-action-param/#hash';
+
+      expect(window.location.search).toEqual('');
+      expect(handleError).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+      expect(global.fetch).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+
+      formElement.setAttribute('data-w-swap-url-param', expectedRequestUrl);
+
+      formElement.dispatchEvent(
+        new CustomEvent('custom:event', { bubbles: false }),
+      );
+
+      expect(beginEventHandler).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+
+      jest.runAllTimers(); // search is debounced
+
+      // should fire a begin event before the request is made
+      expect(beginEventHandler).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+      expect(beginEventHandler.mock.calls[0][0].detail).toEqual({
+        requestUrl: expectedRequestUrl,
+      });
+
+      // visual loading state should be active
+      await Promise.resolve(); // trigger next rendering
+
+      expect(handleError).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+      expect(global.fetch).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+        expectedRequestUrl,
+        expect.any(Object),
+      );
+
+      const successEvent = await onSuccess;
+
+      // should dispatch success event
+      expect(successEvent.detail).toEqual({
+        requestUrl: expectedRequestUrl,
+        results: expect.any(String),
+      });
+
+      // should update HTML
+      expect(
+        document.getElementById('content').querySelectorAll('li'),
+      ).toHaveLength(2);
+
+      await flushPromises();
+
+      // should NOT update the current URL
+      expect(window.location.search).toEqual('');
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('performing a content update via actions on a controlled form using form values', () => {
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      // intentionally testing without target input (icon not needed & should work without this)
+
+      document.body.innerHTML = `
+      <main>
+      <form
+        class="search-form"
+        action="/path/to/form/action/"
+        method="get"
+        role="search"
+        data-controller="w-swap"
+        data-action="change->w-swap#submitLazy submit:prevent->w-swap#submitLazy"
+        data-w-swap-target-value="#task-results"
+      >
+        <input id="search" type="text" name="q"/>
+        <input name="type" type="hidden" value="some-type" />
+        <input name="other" type="text" />
+        <button type="submit">Submit<button>
+      </form>
+      <div id="task-results"></div>
+      </main>
+      `;
+
+      window.history.replaceState(null, '', '?');
+    });
+
+    it('should allow for searching via a declared action on input changes', async () => {
+      const input = document.getElementById('search');
+
+      const results = getMockResults({ total: 5 });
+
+      const onSuccess = new Promise((resolve) => {
+        document.addEventListener('w-swap:success', resolve);
+      });
+
+      const beginEventHandler = jest.fn();
+      document.addEventListener('w-swap:begin', beginEventHandler);
+
+      fetch.mockImplementationOnce(() =>
+        Promise.resolve({
+          ok: true,
+          status: 200,
+          text: () => Promise.resolve(results),
+        }),
+      );
+
+      expect(window.location.search).toEqual('');
+      expect(handleError).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+      expect(global.fetch).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+
+      input.value = 'alpha';
+      document.querySelector('[name="other"]').value = 'something on other';
+      input.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent('change', { bubbles: true }));
+
+      expect(beginEventHandler).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+
+      jest.runAllTimers(); // search is debounced
+
+      // should fire a begin event before the request is made
+      expect(beginEventHandler).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+      expect(beginEventHandler.mock.calls[0][0].detail).toEqual({
+        requestUrl:
+          '/path/to/form/action/?q=alpha&type=some-type&other=something+on+other',
+      });
+
+      // visual loading state should be active
+      await Promise.resolve(); // trigger next rendering
+
+      expect(handleError).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+      expect(global.fetch).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+        '/path/to/form/action/?q=alpha&type=some-type&other=something+on+other',
+        expect.any(Object),
+      );
+
+      const successEvent = await onSuccess;
+
+      // should dispatch success event
+      expect(successEvent.detail).toEqual({
+        requestUrl:
+          '/path/to/form/action/?q=alpha&type=some-type&other=something+on+other',
+        results: expect.any(String),
+      });
+
+      // should update HTML
+      expect(
+        document.getElementById('task-results').querySelectorAll('li').length,
+      ).toBeTruthy();
+
+      await flushPromises();
+
+      // should NOT update the current URL
+      expect(window.location.search).toEqual('');
+    });
+
+    it('should allow for blocking the request with custom events', async () => {
+      const input = document.getElementById('search');
+
+      const results = getMockResults({ total: 5 });
+
+      const beginEventHandler = jest.fn((event) => {
+        event.preventDefault();
+      });
+
+      document.addEventListener('w-swap:begin', beginEventHandler);
+
+      fetch.mockImplementationOnce(() =>
+        Promise.resolve({
+          ok: true,
+          status: 200,
+          text: () => Promise.resolve(results),
+        }),
+      );
+
+      expect(window.location.search).toEqual('');
+      expect(handleError).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+      expect(global.fetch).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+
+      input.value = 'alpha';
+      document.querySelector('[name="other"]').value = 'something on other';
+      input.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent('change', { bubbles: true }));
+
+      expect(beginEventHandler).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+
+      jest.runAllTimers(); // search is debounced
+      await Promise.resolve(requestAnimationFrame);
+
+      // should fire a begin event before the request is made
+      expect(beginEventHandler).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+      expect(beginEventHandler.mock.calls[0][0].detail).toEqual({
+        requestUrl:
+          '/path/to/form/action/?q=alpha&type=some-type&other=something+on+other',
+      });
+
+      expect(global.fetch).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+
+      document.removeEventListener('w-swap:begin', beginEventHandler);
+    });
+  });
 });
diff --git a/client/src/controllers/SwapController.ts b/client/src/controllers/SwapController.ts
index 4bac441e5c9d..fa3661eed8d2 100644
--- a/client/src/controllers/SwapController.ts
+++ b/client/src/controllers/SwapController.ts
@@ -24,9 +24,22 @@ const getGlobalHeaderSearchOptions = (): {
  * patch the results into a results DOM container. The query
  * input can be the controlled element or the containing form.
  * It supports the ability to update the URL with the query
- * when processed.
+ * when processed or simply make a query based on a form's
+ * values.
  *
- * @example
+ * @example - A form that will update the results based on the form's input
+ *  <div id="results"></div>
+ *  <form
+ *    data-controller="w-swap"
+ *    data-action="input->w-swap#submitLazy"
+ *    data-w-swap-src-value="path/to/search"
+ *    data-w-swap-target-value="#results"
+ *  >
+ *  <input id="search" type="text" name="query" />
+ *  <input id="filter" type="text" name="filter" />
+ * </form>
+ *
+ * @example - A single input that will update the results & the URL
  *  <div id="results"></div>
  *  <input
  *    id="search"
@@ -37,6 +50,7 @@ const getGlobalHeaderSearchOptions = (): {
  *    data-w-swap-src-value="path/to/search"
  *    data-w-swap-target-value="#results"
  *  />
+ *
  */
 export class SwapController extends Controller<
   HTMLFormElement | HTMLInputElement
@@ -68,8 +82,12 @@ export class SwapController extends Controller<
   abortController?: AbortController;
   /** The related icon element to attach the spinner to */
   iconElement?: SVGUseElement | null;
+  /** Debounced function to request a URL and then replace the DOM with the results */
+  replaceLazy?: { (...args: any[]): void; cancel(): void };
   /** Debounced function to search results and then replace the DOM */
   searchLazy?: { (...args: any[]): void; cancel(): void };
+  /** Debounced function to submit the serialised form and then replace the DOM */
+  submitLazy?: { (...args: any[]): void; cancel(): void };
   /** Element that receives the fetch result HTML output */
   targetElement?: HTMLElement;
 
@@ -131,8 +149,13 @@ export class SwapController extends Controller<
     // set up initial loading state (if set originally in the HTML)
     this.loadingValue = false;
 
-    // set up debounced method
+    // set up debounced methods
+    this.replaceLazy = debounce(this.replace.bind(this), this.waitValue);
     this.searchLazy = debounce(this.search.bind(this), this.waitValue);
+    this.submitLazy = debounce(this.submit.bind(this), this.waitValue);
+
+    // dispatch event for any initial action usage
+    this.dispatch('ready', { cancelable: false });
   }
 
   getTarget(targetValue = this.targetValue) {
@@ -173,10 +196,14 @@ export class SwapController extends Controller<
   }
 
   /**
-   * Perform a search based on a single input query, and only if that query's value
-   * differs from the current matching URL param. Once complete, update the URL param.
-   * Additionally, clear the `'p'` pagination param in the URL if present, can be overridden
-   * via action params if needed.
+   * Perform a URL search param update based on the input's value with a comparison against the
+   * matching URL search params. Will replace the target element's content with the results
+   * of the async search request based on the query.
+   *
+   * Search will only be performed with the URL param value is different to the input value.
+   * Cleared params will be removed from the URL if present.
+   *
+   * `clear` can be provided as Event detail or action param to override the default of 'p'.
    */
   search(
     data?: CustomEvent<{ clear: string }> & {
@@ -220,6 +247,26 @@ export class SwapController extends Controller<
     });
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Update the target element's content with the response from a request based on the input's form
+   * values serialised. Do not account for anything in the main location/URL, simply replace the content within
+   * the target element.
+   */
+  submit() {
+    const form = (
+      this.hasInputTarget ? this.inputTarget.form : this.element
+    ) as HTMLFormElement;
+
+    // serialise the form to a query string
+    // https://github.com/microsoft/TypeScript/issues/43797
+    const searchParams = new URLSearchParams(new FormData(form) as any);
+
+    const queryString = '?' + searchParams.toString();
+    const url = this.srcValue;
+
+    this.replace(url + queryString);
+  }
+
   /**
    * Abort any existing requests & set up new abort controller, then fetch and replace
    * the HTML target with the new results.
@@ -227,15 +274,15 @@ export class SwapController extends Controller<
    * a faster response does not replace an in flight request.
    */
   async replace(
-    data:
+    data?:
       | string
       | (CustomEvent<{ url: string }> & { params?: { url?: string } }),
   ) {
     /** Parse a request URL from the supplied param, as a string or inside a custom event */
     const requestUrl =
-      typeof data === 'string'
+      (typeof data === 'string'
         ? data
-        : data.detail.url || data.params?.url || '';
+        : data?.detail?.url || data?.params?.url || '') || this.srcValue;
 
     if (this.abortController) this.abortController.abort();
     this.abortController = new AbortController();
@@ -297,6 +344,8 @@ export class SwapController extends Controller<
    */
   disconnect() {
     this.loadingValue = false;
+    this.replaceLazy?.cancel();
     this.searchLazy?.cancel();
+    this.submitLazy?.cancel();
   }
 }
diff --git a/client/src/entrypoints/admin/task-chooser-modal.js b/client/src/entrypoints/admin/task-chooser-modal.js
index d28d60853baa..747f5e60c7cd 100644
--- a/client/src/entrypoints/admin/task-chooser-modal.js
+++ b/client/src/entrypoints/admin/task-chooser-modal.js
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 import $ from 'jquery';
 import { initTabs } from '../../includes/tabs';
-import {
-  submitCreationForm,
-  SearchController,
-} from '../../includes/chooserModal';
+import { submitCreationForm } from '../../includes/chooserModal';
 
 const ajaxifyTaskCreateTab = (modal) => {
   $(
@@ -24,36 +21,30 @@ const ajaxifyTaskCreateTab = (modal) => {
 
 const TASK_CHOOSER_MODAL_ONLOAD_HANDLERS = {
   chooser(modal, jsonData) {
+    const form = $('form.task-search', modal.body)[0];
+
     function ajaxifyLinks(context) {
-      $('a.task-choice', context)
-        // eslint-disable-next-line func-names
-        .on('click', function () {
-          modal.loadUrl(this.href);
-          return false;
-        });
+      $('a.task-choice', context).on('click', function handleClick() {
+        modal.loadUrl(this.href);
+        return false;
+      });
 
-      // eslint-disable-next-line func-names
-      $('.pagination a', context).on('click', function () {
-        // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-use-before-define
-        searchController.fetchResults(this.href);
+      $('.pagination a', context).on('click', function handleClick() {
+        const url = this.href;
+        form.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent('navigate', { detail: { url } }));
         return false;
       });
 
       // Reinitialize tabs to hook up tab event listeners in the modal
       initTabs();
-    }
 
-    const searchController = new SearchController({
-      form: $('form.task-search', modal.body),
-      containerElement: modal.body,
-      resultsContainerSelector: '#search-results',
-      onLoadResults: (context) => {
-        ajaxifyLinks(context);
-      },
-      inputDelay: 50,
-    });
-    searchController.attachSearchInput('#id_q');
-    searchController.attachSearchFilter('#id_task_type');
+      // set up success handling when new results are returned for next search
+      modal.body[0].addEventListener(
+        'w-swap:success',
+        ({ srcElement }) => ajaxifyLinks($(srcElement)),
+        { once: true },
+      );
+    }
 
     ajaxifyLinks(modal.body);
     ajaxifyTaskCreateTab(modal, jsonData);
diff --git a/wagtail/admin/templates/wagtailadmin/workflows/task_chooser/chooser.html b/wagtail/admin/templates/wagtailadmin/workflows/task_chooser/chooser.html
index 0b987262f13c..fa813a458b93 100644
--- a/wagtail/admin/templates/wagtailadmin/workflows/task_chooser/chooser.html
+++ b/wagtail/admin/templates/wagtailadmin/workflows/task_chooser/chooser.html
@@ -30,7 +30,16 @@
                 aria-labelledby="tab-label-existing"
                 hidden
             >
-                <form class="task-search" action="{% url 'wagtailadmin_workflows:task_chooser_results' %}" method="GET" novalidate>
+                <form
+                    class="task-search"
+                    action="{% url 'wagtailadmin_workflows:task_chooser_results' %}"
+                    method="GET"
+                    novalidate
+                    data-controller="w-swap"
+                    data-action="navigate->w-swap#replace submit->w-swap#submit:stop:prevent input->w-swap#submitLazy"
+                    data-w-swap-target-value="#search-results"
+                    data-w-swap-wait-value="50"
+                >
                     <ul class="fields">
                         {% for field in search_form %}
                             <li>