jQuery UI dialog allows you to display any content in a popup box, given the content is already present somewhere within page (e.g., in the DOM tree). However, you may want to display content in a popup box that has to be fetched from the server.
Now, here is how you can display a URL into a modal window (in-page popup) with jQuery UI dialog. Do note that this only works for pages hosted on the same domain because of same origin policy
The plain vanilla version
function showUrlInDialog(url){
var tag = $("<div></div>");
$.ajax({
url: url,
success: function(data) {
tag.html(data).dialog({modal: true}).dialog('open');
}
});
}
And here’s how to use it
<a href="#" onclick="showUrlInDialog('/feedback-form'); return false;">Give us feedback</a>
The extended version
Now, we’ll extend our example and add support for configurations, callbacks and other fancy stuff. First, we will add support for JSON response along with HTML. So, if the response from server is in HTML, we simply display it within the dialog box, and if the response is in JSON, we then assume that the JSON is in {"title": "...", "html": "..."} format, from which we use title to display the title of the dialog box and html to display the body of the dialog box. We’ll also add support for options like jQuery.ajax callbacks and some jQuery UI dialog options. You can of course extend the list to add your own callbacks and options. Here is the list of available options:
Following options are delegated to the Ajax call, see http://api.jquery.com/jQuery.ajax/ for documentation regarding these options.
1. type
2. beforeSend
3. error
4. complete
Some jQuery UI dialog options are also available in this example, see http://jqueryui.com/demos/dialog/ for more information.
1. modal
2. title
function showUrlInDialog(url, options){
options = options || {};
var tag = $("<div></div>"); //This tag will the hold the dialog content.
$.ajax({
url: url,
type: (options.type || 'GET'),
beforeSend: options.beforeSend,
error: options.error,
complete: options.complete,
success: function(data, textStatus, jqXHR) {
if(typeof data == "object" && data.html) { //response is assumed to be JSON
tag.html(data.html).dialog({modal: options.modal, title: data.title}).dialog('open');
} else { //response is assumed to be HTML
tag.html(data).dialog({modal: options.modal, title: options.title}).dialog('open');
}
$.isFunction(options.success) && (options.success)(data, textStatus, jqXHR);
}
});
}
Again, you can use it like:
<a href="#" onclick="showUrlInDialog('/feedback-form', {error: function() { alert('Could not load form') }}); return false;">Give us feedback</a>
Thank you! This is the best jquery ui dialog example I've seen. Most are overly trivial. Very useful!
Thanks for the code to display html in a dialogbox.
However, when I use the example as it, it opens 2 dialogboxes. the first modal box is empty. the 2nd box has the content. This is problem #1.
Problem #2: how do I use the dialog box options? Can you provide an example. You're second example doesn't appear to use the dialog box titles and modal option.
I'm new to this and it would be helpful to expand your 2nd example.
Thanks much!
please disregard my comment. I figured out that the problem was other code. thanks for the "how-to"
I am getting object does not support dialog method
Error: Object doesn't support property or method 'dialog'
Ignore my previous comments. it is working nw for me.
thank you
Hi, this example work fine for me, this is my code:
$('img.mas-info-pedido').live('click',function(e){ e.preventDefault(); var id_pedido = $(this).attr('alt'); var popup = $('#popup'); $.get('<?php echo base_url()?>index.php/usuario/c_datos_usuario/getPedidoPorId/'+id_pedido, function(data){ /*var salida = '<table id="datos-pedido-usuario">'; salida += '<tr>'+data.direccion_envio_ciudad+'</tr>'; salida += '</table>';*/ var salida = ''; salida += '<p> Fecha del pedido: '+data.fecha_pedido+' '+data.hora_pedido+'</p>'; salida += '<p> Cantidad total del pedido: '+data.cantidad+'</p>'; salida += '<p> Estado del pedido: '+data.estado_pedido+'</p>'; salida += '<p> Restaurante: '+data.tienda_comida+'</p>'; salida += '<p> Tipo de venta: '+data.tipo_venta+'</p>'; salida += '<p> Ciudad: '+data.direccion_envio_ciudad+'</p>'; salida += '<p> Zona: '+data.direccion_envio_zona+'</p>'; salida += '<p> Calle/Carrera: '+data.direccion_envio_calle+'</p>'; salida += '<p> Casa/Urb: '+data.direccion_envio_casa+'</p>'; salida += '<p> Lugar de referencia: '+data.direccion_envio_lugarref+'</p>'; salida += '<p> Subtotal: '+data.subtotal+'</p>'; salida += '<p> Iva: '+data.iva+'</p>'; salida += '<p> Total: '+data.total+'</p>'; popup.html(salida).dialog({ width:600, title:'Pedido', height: 500, modal:true, show:"blind", hide:"explode" }).dialog('open'); }, 'json' ); });Thanks for this great tutorial. I was wondering if you could provide an example if I wanted to open a specific div #myanchor in the dialog instead of the entire page?
if anyone can help me with this that would be awesome
'http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9450046/unload-ajax-when-just-closing-a-jquery-ui-dialog'
Hi, a small correction may be needed. Everytime you open a dialogbox, a new placeholder DIV is created. This means that the previous placeholder, containing the previous dialogbox, is still in the dom. This can lead to duplicate id's and other conflicts. My suggested correction is to reuse the placeholder DIV:
//This tag will the hold the dialog content. var tag = $("#dialogHolder"); if(!tag.length) tag = $("<div id='dialogHolder'></div>");I noticed this error when my some function in my dialogbox only worked the first time I called it.
Haven't tested yet what happens if dialog1 opens dialog2 though...cleanup of old dialogs may prove to be a bit more complex in that case.
@Vikrant Thanks for the nice example.
@Erik Thanks for the tip on the placeholder.
I tried this out however when it returns a 'Could not load form' dialogue box. Why might this be happening?
@pia - It sounds like your page (url) you're calling is having issues loading. Try to browse to that page separately first and see if your ajax page is working properly. Thats what happened to me.
Also - Great tutorial, helped me out alot. Thanks! :)
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