jQuery UI 1.7 - get title option among multiple scripts - javascript

Proper abstraction aside, how can I grab the 'title' option of a jQuery dialog amongst multiple scripts?
For example, below I have 2 scripts where the first returns a var as a string, where the other does not return the variable as a string:
<script>
$(function() {
$( ".scheduleDiv" ).dialog({
autoOpen: false,
height: 300,
width: 350,
modal: true,
Cancel: function() {
$( this ).dialog( "close" );
}
});
$( ".device-modal" )
.click(function() {
$( ".scheduleDiv" ).dialog({"title": $(this).attr('title')});
alert($( ".scheduleDiv" ).dialog('option', 'title'));
var single = $(this).dialog('option', 'title'); //works as expected
$( ".scheduleDiv" ).dialog( "open" );
return false;
});
});
</script>
<script>
$(document).ready(function() {
$('.locks').hide();
$('.device_groups').hide();
var single = $(this).dialog('option', 'title'); //is undefined...
if (single == "Add Single Lock") {
$('.locks').show();
//$('.locks select').removeAttr('disabled');
}
else {
$('.device_groups').show();
//$('.device_groups select').removeAttr('disabled');
}
});
</script>
So, how can I set 'single' to return the title as a string in the second script?
Many Thanks

Your context of this is likely not correct. When you handle the $(document).ready() event, this is the document. You need to manually grab your dialog window, and then get the title:
$('.scheduleDiv').dialog('option', 'title');
The code you are using to get the title is firing ondocumentready, but your initialization doesn't actually set a title. You are not setting the title until you click the 'deviceModal'. At that point, the code to log the title will not get re-fired, as the document only loads once.

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in other words
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and in the object there is
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{
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modal: true,
buttons:
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}
},
close: function()
{
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so when the document is ready the objects sets up the dialog.
An alternate question is can I automatically run initialization code for an object once the page is loaded?
Edit: I have confirmed I can first create the object then run object.init() in the document ready function and the dialog works correctly. Trying to avoid this an make the object do it automatically.
I might have to edit this question a few times to figure out how to ask it. Thanks for your help
Basically you want to convert your object variable (though I'd want to think up a more appropriate name than "object") and initialise the dialog against that.
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I am somewhat new to javascript and need to integrate couple plugins for one project. Is there a way to get customer_id (that was gotten when the dialog window was opened, and suggested by autocomplete) into "Create new job" button location.
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modal: true,
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$(function() {
$( "#dialog-name" ).dialog({
autoOpen: false,
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$( "#dialog-name" ).dialog( "open" )
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var name = $( "#name" );
$( "#name" ).autocomplete({
source: "suggest_name.php",
minLength: 2,
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autoOpen: false,
height: 300,
width: 500,
modal: true,
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I want to use translations in my code, they are coming from PHP/MySql and are converted into an javascript array:
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modal: true,
resizable: false,
buttons: {
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$( this ).dialog( "close" );
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$("#dialog").dialog(
{
title: translate["dialog/titleLogoff"],
modal: true,
resizable: false,
buttons: [
{
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var loadUrl = "includes/_ajax/actions.ajax.php";
$.post(loadUrl,{action:action}, function(data) {
if(data)
location.reload();
});
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}
,
{
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$( this ).dialog( "close" );
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I have been trying to use follow scroll to move dialog together with user scroll but no success
<script>
$(function() {
$( "#dialog:ui-dialog" ).dialog( "destroy" );
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autoOpen: true,
height: 550,
width: 700,
modal: true,
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"<?= $this->translate('REPORT_PROBLEM'); ?>": function() {
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$( this ).dialog( "close" );
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},
close: function() {
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$.scrollFollow("#dialog-report-problem-form",{speed: 10});
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</script>
.
<div id="dialog-report-problem-form" title="<?= $this->translate('REPORT_PROBLEM'); ?>">
<?= $this->form ?>
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box.cont.offset() is null
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when you use it with $.scrollFollow(), the default option values are not set so you get a lot of errors like the one you got.
when using it with $(...).scrollFollow, the main option container is not obtained correctly so it does not really work...
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(function(wnd, $) {
// query for elements once
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$dlg.stop()
.animate({
"top": ($wnd.scrollTop() + initialTop) + "px"
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$dlg.bind('dialogcreate dialogopen', function(e) {
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Working example on jsfiddle.

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width: 550,
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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:
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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();
}
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<div id="dialog">
<div id="content" style="display:hidden" title="Record details:"></div>
</div>
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height: 440,
width: 550,
autoOpen: false,
modal: true,
buttons: {
"Update this record": function() {
$('#editform').submit();
},
Cancel: function() {
$( this ).dialog( "close" );
}
}
});
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var url = 'item_edit.asp?id='+$(this).attr("data-myid");
// load remote content
$('#content').load(url);
$('#dialog').dialog('open');
return false;
}};

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