Question

I have a function that I need to call anytime any dialog is opened, does anyone have any suggestions? I can’t seem to find any information about this.

Answer 1

There is an open event, read all about it here

Supply a callback function to handle the open event as an init option.

$( ".selector" ).dialog({
   open: function(event, ui) { ... }
});

If you have multiple dialogs that need to share this behavior, wrap up the creation as a plugin like so:

//possible syntax errors sorry!
$.fn.dialogWithCustomOpenBehavior = function() {
    return this.dialog({
      open: function() { ... stuff ... });
    });
}