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Jquery dialog not working from accordion with ckedior

I am using ckeditor in Jquery accordion, I have a button in every accordion after ckeditor.
On that save button's click, I am checking the content of ckeditor, if value is none, then I want to show jquery's dialog box with proper error message.
But It is giving me error
Error: TypeError: $(...).dialog is not a function
My code to add ckeditor in accordion
$("#question-container textarea").each(function(){
CKEDITOR.replace(($(this).attr('id')), subjetive_config);
});
My code to call dailog in case of error
var editor = CKEDITOR.instances[textarea_id];
if (editor) { editor.destroy(true); }
$("#dialog").html("Answer can not be empty!");
$("#dialog").attr('title', 'Error');
$("#dialog").dialog({draggable: false,resizable: false,modal: true,buttons: { "Close": function() {
$(this).dialog("destroy");
}
}
});
}
Any pointer or suggestions would be great
Thanks

Make sure that you have included the jQuery library file.
In your code, you have missed the braces while initializing the dialog.
This will help you:
$("#dialog").dialog({
draggable: false,
resizable: false,
modal: true,
buttons: [
{
text: "Close",
click: function() {
$( this ).dialog( "destroy" );
}
}
]
});
Also have a look at Dialog Widget.

jQuery UI dialog box does not appear

I'm pretty much a total noob to JavaScript and jQuery and I'm having trouble getting a basic dialog box working. Here is my code:
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function() {
var dialog = $("#dialog");
dialog.dialog({
title: "Dialog",
modal: true,
draggable: false,
resizable: false,
autoOpen: false,
width: 500,
height: 400
});
dialog.hide();
});
function showDialog() {
$("#dialog").dialog("open");
}
$("ui-widget-overlay").click(function() {
$(".ui-dialog-titlebar-close").trigger("click");
});
</script>
<div id="dialog">
Dialog text.
</div>
<button onclick="showDialog()">Show Dialog</button>
When I click the button, the title bar of the dialog comes up and the background of the page dims, but there are two problems:
The body of the dialog does not show (all that shows is the title bar)
When I click outside of the dialog, the dialog does not close. I have to click the "x" in the corner in order for the dialog to close.
I've been reading tons of related questions on here, but nothing I try seems to work. Any advice?

I believe the problem you're having is from this line:
dialog.hide();
What I would suggest is removing all of the dialog content from the dialog div and populating it when you actually show the dialog.
<div id="dialog"></div>
function showDialog()
{
$("#dialog").html("Dialog Text.");
$("#dialog").dialog("open");
}
As for handling the close part, have you tried nesting everything in the main page in a <div> of its own and then handling that click event?
<div id="mainPageDiv">
</div>
$("#mainPageDiv").click(function(){
$("#dialog").dialog("close");
});

Just use a modal dialog and close the dialog when they click the overlay. Also, you should not need to put any code in $(document).ready for this.
function showDialog() {
var dialog = $("#dialog");
dialog.dialog({
title: "Dialog",
modal: true,
open: function () {
$('.ui-widget-overlay').bind('click', function () {
dialog.dialog('close');
});
}
});
}
Demonstration

I see your:
$("ui-widget-overlay").click(
perhaps should select a class:
$(".ui-widget-overlay").click(
which does not happen as it does not exist, so you need to hook it to the document.
and the dialog.hide(); is not needed as it hides it automatically when it becomes a dialog
SO you should have:
$(document).on('click',".ui-widget-overlay", function() {
$(".ui-dialog-titlebar-close").trigger("click");
});
more simply:(if you have no other dialogs you need to deal with this way)
$(document).on('click',".ui-widget-overlay", function() {
$("#dialog").dialog("close");
});
sample fiddle to show full reworked code: http://jsfiddle.net/GrFE3/2/

I am adding this as an additional answer as it goes about this differently, changing the markup, removing the in-line event handler in the markup, uses your button, and uses your dialog variable (differently than you, but...
<div id="dialog">
Dialog text.
</div>
<button id="showDialog">Show Dialog</button>
and the code for that markup:
$(document).ready(function() {
var dialog = $("#dialog");
dialog.dialog({
title: "Dialog",
modal: true,
draggable: false,
resizable: false,
autoOpen: false,
width: 500,
height: 400
});
$('#showDialog').click(function() {
dialog.dialog("open");
});
$(document).on('click', ".ui-widget-overlay", function() {
dialog.dialog("close");
});
});

Script within a jQueryUI modal dialog box only works once

I have a table that, when any row is clicked, launches a jQueryUI modal dialog box to allow users to edit that record. I use the following script which seems to work, successfully loading the relevant record's details in using AJAX:
$("#datatbl tr").bind('click', function() {
var url = 'item_edit.asp?id='+$(this).attr("data-myid");
var dialog = $('<div style="display:hidden" title="Record details:"></div>').appendTo('body');
// load remote content
dialog.load(
url,
{},
function (responseText, textStatus, XMLHttpRequest) {
dialog.dialog({
height: 440,
width: 550,
autoOpen: false,
modal: true,
buttons: {
"Update this record": function() {
$('#editform').submit();
},
Cancel: function() {
$( this ).dialog( "close" );
}
}
});
dialog.dialog('open');
}
);
//prevent the browser to follow the link
return false;
});
It works ok the first time I click on a record, but if I click cancel and try to edit another record, the dialog box does appear (with the correct record details) however, no scripts within the dialog box work - eg: there's a jqueryUI datepicker input and some validation.
There are no javascript errors and, from my limited understanding of FireBug, I can't spot anything going wrong so I would appreciate some advice how to proceed, thanks!
EDIT: Argh! Sometimes, it takes something like typing it out here to spot the obvious. I just realised that the DIV created for the dialog box doesn't get destroyed when the box closes. I've added a line to do this and it now works. Thanks for listening. :)
For future reference, I added an ID to the DIV created in 'var dialog' and removed it in the Cancel function:
Cancel: function() {
$( this ).dialog( "close" );
$('#dialogbox').remove();
}
I'd still appreciate if anybody suggests a better way to handle this behaviour.

I fixed it: the DIV created for the dialog box doesn't get destroyed when the box closes.
I added an ID to the DIV created in 'var dialog' and removed the DIV in the Cancel function:
Cancel: function() {
$( this ).dialog( "close" );
$('#dialogbox').remove();
}

You can create the dialog at one time only, not on every load of its content, just set the autoOpen to false.
<div id="dialog">
<div id="content" style="display:hidden" title="Record details:"></div>
</div>
$('#dialog').dialog({
height: 440,
width: 550,
autoOpen: false,
modal: true,
buttons: {
"Update this record": function() {
$('#editform').submit();
},
Cancel: function() {
$( this ).dialog( "close" );
}
}
});
$("#datatbl tr").bind('click', function() {
var url = 'item_edit.asp?id='+$(this).attr("data-myid");
// load remote content
$('#content').load(url);
$('#dialog').dialog('open');
return false;
}};

How-To jQuery alert boxes for beginner

Apologies if this is overly basic, but I couldn't find much info with my searches.
I have a simple link: delete.
Clicking the link deletes an item from my database.
How do I make the link show a popup (JavaScript alert box?) with a message:
Are you sure? [Yes] [No]
I'd like to use jQuery instead of inline JavaScript, if possible.

Start by giving your element an id.
delete
Then:
<script>
$(document).ready(function(){
$('#delbtn').click(function(){
return confirm("Are You sure");
});
});
</script>

give id/class to your anchor:
Delete
then on document load assign an event to clicking the link.
$(function(){
//on document ready
$('.btn_del').click(function(e){
return confirm('Are you sure?')
})
})

Use jQuery UI's modal dialogs they're infinitely better than alert.
$("a#delete").click(function() {
$("#dialog").dialog({
bgiframe: true,
resizable: false,
height:140,
modal: true,
overlay: {
backgroundColor: '#000',
opacity: 0.5
},
buttons: {
'Really delete?': function() {
$(this).dialog('close');
delete();
},
Cancel: function() {
$(this).dialog('close');
}
}
});
});

jQuery UI Dialog Box - does not open after being closed

I have a problem with the jquery-ui dialog box.
The problem is that when I close the dialog box and then I click on the link that triggers it, it does not pop-up again unless I refresh the page.
How can I call the dialog box back without refreshing the actual page.
Below is my code:
$(document).ready(function() {
$('#showTerms').click(function()
{
$('#terms').css('display','inline');
$('#terms').dialog({
resizable: false,
modal: true,
width: 400,
height: 450,
overlay: { backgroundColor: "#000", opacity: 0.5 },
buttons:{ "Close": function() { $(this).dialog("close"); } },
close: function(ev, ui) { $(this).remove(); },
});
});
Thanks

You're actually supposed to use $("#terms").dialog({ autoOpen: false }); to initialize it.
Then you can use $('#terms').dialog('open'); to open the dialog, and $('#terms').dialog('close'); to close it.

I solved it.
I used destroy instead close function (it doesn't make any sense), but it worked.
$(document).ready(function() {
$('#showTerms').click(function()
{
$('#terms').css('display','inline');
$('#terms').dialog({resizable: false,
modal: true,
width: 400,
height: 450,
overlay: { backgroundColor: "#000", opacity: 0.5 },
buttons:{ "Close": function() { $(this).dialog('**destroy**'); } },
close: function(ev, ui) { $(this).close(); },
});
});
$('#form1 input#calendarTEST').datepicker({ dateFormat: 'MM d, yy' });
});

on the last line, don't use $(this).remove() use $(this).hide() instead.
EDIT: To clarify,on the close click event you're removing the #terms div from the DOM which is why its not coming back. You just need to hide it instead.

I believe you can only initialize the dialog one time. The example above is trying to initialize the dialog every time #terms is clicked. This will cause problems. Instead, the initialization should occur outside of the click event. Your example should probably look something like this:
$(document).ready(function() {
// dialog init
$('#terms').dialog({
autoOpen: false,
resizable: false,
modal: true,
width: 400,
height: 450,
overlay: { backgroundColor: "#000", opacity: 0.5 },
buttons: { "Close": function() { $(this).dialog('close'); } },
close: function(ev, ui) { $(this).close(); }
});
// click event
$('#showTerms').click(function(){
$('#terms').dialog('open').css('display','inline');
});
// date picker
$('#form1 input#calendarTEST').datepicker({ dateFormat: 'MM d, yy' });
});
I'm thinking that once you clear that up, it should fix the 'open from link' issue you described.

For me this approach works:
The dialog may be closed by clicking the X on the dialog or by clicking 'Bewaren'. I'm adding an (arbitrary) id because I need to be sure every bit of html added to the dom is removed afterwards.
$('<div id="dossier_edit_form_tmp_id">').html(data.form)
.data('dossier_id',dossier_id)
.dialog({
title: 'Opdracht wijzigen',
show: 'clip',
hide: 'clip',
minWidth: 520,
width: 520,
modal: true,
buttons: { 'Bewaren': dossier_edit_form_opslaan },
close: function(event, ui){
$(this).dialog('destroy');
$('#dossier_edit_form_tmp_id').remove();
}
});

<button onClick="abrirOpen()">Open Dialog</button>
<script type="text/javascript">
var $dialogo = $("<div></div>").html("Aqui tu contenido(here your content)").dialog({
title: "Dialogo de UI",
autoOpen: false,
close: function(ev, ui){
$(this).dialog("destroy");
}
function abrirOpen(){
$dialogo.dialog("open");
}
});
//**Esto funciona para mi... (this works for me)**
</script>

This is a super old thread but since the answer even says "It doesn't make any sense", I thought I'd add the answer...
The original post used $(this).remove(); in the close handler, this would actually remove the dialog div from the DOM. Attempting to initialize a dialog again wouldn't work because the div was removed.
Using $(this).dialog('destroy') is calling the method destroy defined in the dialog object which does not remove it from the DOM.
From the documentation:
destroy()
Removes the dialog functionality completely. This will return the element back to its >>pre-init state.
This method does not accept any arguments.
That said, only destroy or remove on close if you have a good reason to.

$(this).dialog('destroy');
works!

.close() is mor general and can be used in reference to more objects. .dialog('close') can only be used with dialogs

I use the dialog as an dialog file browser and uploader then I rewrite the code like this
var dialog1 = $("#dialog").dialog({
autoOpen: false,
height: 480,
width: 640
});
$('#tikla').click(function() {
dialog1.load('./browser.php').dialog('open');
});
everything seems to work great.

I had the same problem with jquery-ui overlay dialog box - it would work only once and then stop unless i reload the page. I found the answer in one of their examples -
Multiple overlays on a same page
flowplayer_tools_multiple_open_close
- who would have though, right?? :-) -
the important setting appeared to be
oneInstance: false
so, now i have it like this -
$(document).ready(function() {
var overlays = null;
overlays = jQuery("a[rel]");
for (var n = 0; n < overlays.length; n++) {
$(overlays[n]).overlay({
oneInstance: false,
mask: '#669966',
effect: 'apple',
onBeforeLoad: function() {
overlay_before_load(this);
}
});
}
}
and everything works just fine
hope this helps somebody
O.

The jQuery documentation has a link to this article
'Basic usage of the jQuery UI dialog'
that explains this situation and how to resolve it.