QuickForm - update default values form

Hi, So far i was really happy with QuickForm, but now I got a little problem: I have a form containing empty fields. When I fill in one field and press the search button, I'd like the resulting query-data put back in the same form. So afterwards data can be edited and submitted with another button. However I can get setDefaults setting defaults the first time, but after validating it doesn't put the queried data in the form. Is it possible using Quick_Forms? Or am I doing somthing totally wrong here? End of the form: if($form->validate()){ $newDefaults = search($submittedValues); $form->setDefaults($newDefaults); } $form->display();