Question

This code is from the demo of modal confirmation on the jQuery site.

<script type="text/javascript">
$(function() {
    $("#dialog").dialog({
        bgiframe: true,
        resizable: false,
        height:140,
        modal: true,
        overlay: {
            backgroundColor: '#000',
            opacity: 0.5
        },
        buttons: {
            'Yes': function() {
                $(this).dialog('close');
            },
            'No': function() {
                $(this).dialog('close');
            }
        }
    });
});
</script>



<div class="demo">

<div id="dialog" title="Empty the recycle bin?">
    <p><span class="ui-icon ui-icon-alert" style="float:left; margin:0 7px 20px 0;"></span>These items will be permanently deleted and cannot be recovered. Are you sure?</p>
</div>

<!-- Sample page content to illustrate the layering of the dialog -->
<div class="hiddenInViewSource" style="padding:20px;">
    <p>Sed vel diam id libero <a href="http://example.com">rutrum convallis</a>. Donec aliquet leo vel magna. Phasellus rhoncus faucibus ante. Etiam bibendum, enim faucibus aliquet rhoncus, arcu felis ultricies neque, sit amet auctor elit eros a lectus.</p>
    <form>
        <input value="text input" /><br />
        <input type="checkbox" />checkbox<br />
        <input type="radio" />radio<br />
        <select>
            <option>select</option>
        </select><br /><br />
        <textarea>textarea</textarea><br />
    </form>
</div><!-- End sample page content -->

</div><!-- End demo -->

<div class="demo-description">

<p>Confirm an action that may be destructive or important.  Set the <code>modal</code> option to true, and specify primary and secondary user actions with the <code>buttons</code> option.</p>

</div><!-- End demo-description -->

Can anyone tell me how to make this show only after I hit a button? Right now it automatically shows in the page right after loading.

Answer 1

Right or wrong, here’s an example from a generic alert style dialog that I use:

Set up the dialog (in document ready):

$("#generic-dialog").dialog({
    autoOpen: false,
    buttons: {
        Ok: function() {
            $(this).dialog("close");
        }
    }
});

And open the dialog (after some event):

$("#generic-dialog")
   .text("Status updated successfully.")
   .dialog("option", "title", "Your Status").dialog("open");