I wrote a function named confirmMessage(msg) to work with onclick event of links:
Delete
The code of the function is:
<script>
function confirmMessage(msg){
p = true
elementHtml = '<div id="ConfirmMessage">'+msg+'</div>';
$("body").append(elementHtml);
$("#ConfirmMessage").dialog({
resizable: false,
height:140,
modal: true,
buttons: {
"Delete": function() {
p = true;
$( this ).dialog( "close" );
},
Cancel: function() {
p = false;
$( this ).dialog( "close" );
}
}
}
);
return p;
}
</script>
In the function above I set a variable p to be case container i.e. true or false and initially I set it to be true. Also, The message element is created on the fly. However, when I click on the delete link, it dose not wait till I decide to delete or cancel and it go to delete.
When I set p initially to be false, it does not do anything else closing the dialog what ever the decision.
Where is the mistake in this code?!
jQuery dialog asynchronous -- it doesn't block. The function will go on and return without waiting for a response. You will need to use the following code:
function confirmMessage(msg,goto){
elementHtml = '<div id="ConfirmMessage">'+msg+'</div>';
$("body").append(elementHtml);
$("#ConfirmMessage").dialog({
resizable: false,
height:140,
modal: true,
buttons: {
"Delete": function() {
$( this ).dialog( "close" );
window.location.href=goto;
},
Cancel: function() {
$( this ).dialog( "close" );
},
},
});
return false;
}
and:
Delete
Changing so the return is not what is actually determining what happens.
See this JSFiddle.
Your mistake is in thinking that the function waits for you to click on one of the buttons before returning. .dialog() displays the dialog and returns immediately. Responding to user interactions must be done in callback functions.
Use the close: handler to run code when the dialog is closed:
$("#ConfirmMessage").dialog({
resizable: false,
height:140,
modal: true,
close: function() {
if (p) {
...
} else {
...
}
},
buttons: {
"Delete": function() {
p = true;
$( this ).dialog( "close" );
},
Cancel: function() {
p = false;
$( this ).dialog( "close" );
}
}
}
);
you "return p" is executed before you are even able to see the modal window. your dialog method is executed asynchronously
I'm trying to allow users to delete multiple records, they click a link "delete" and a dialog shows saying are you sure? On clicking OK it should delete.
It works for the first time I do it, but for any other delete buttons I click it doesn't work. I'm setting a hidden field to store some information then getting that information in the dialog.
I have identified the problem see comment in code, but not sure why its a problem.
This is for the delete buttons:
$(".delete-item").click(function () {
$(this).css('font-weight', 'bold');
var delId = $(this).attr("id");
$("#hidden-itemid").val(delId);
$("#dialog-delete-sure").dialog("open");
});
heres the dialog:
$("#dialog-delete-sure").dialog({
autoOpen: false,
resizable: false,
height: 140,
modal: true,
buttons: {
Ok: function () {
var hiddenId = $("#hidden-itemid").val();//*** This comes back undefined the second time***//
var itemId = $("#hidden-itemid").val().split('-')[1];
var iType = $("#hidden-itemid").val().split('-')[0];
$.post('/User/Delete/', { id: itemId, itemType: iType }, function (json) {
if (json.success) {
$("#" + iType + "-row-" + itemId).hide('slow', function () { $("#hidden-itemid").remove(); });
$("#dialog-success-delete").dialog("open");
} else {
if (json.error == "unknown") {
$("#dialog-unknown-error").dialog("open");
}
if (json.error == "unauthenticated") {
$("#dialog-unauthenticated").dialog("open");
}
}
});
$("#hidden-itemid").css('font-weight', 'normal');
$(this).dialog("close");
},
Cancel: function () {
$(this).dialog("close");
}
}
});
a typical delete button looks like this:
<a id="event-63" class="delete-item">Delete</a>
any ideas?
You are running
$("#hidden-itemid").remove();
on json.success so you remove the element from the DOM .. next time it does not exists and thus you get an error..
I read lots of questions about this, but every solution uses the same workaround, submiting the form inside the jquery dialog, something like this:
$("#dialog").dialog({
buttons : {
"Confirm" : function() {
window.location.href = targetUrl;
},
"Cancel" : function() {
$(this).dialog("close");
}
}
Isn't there an easier way, more like javascript confirm?
<input type="submit" onclick="return confirm('are you sure?');" />
Why something like return true, return false doesn't work?
Here's what you can do, you change your input type from 'submit' to 'button', then, you can have your script like this:
$(document).ready(function(){
$("#dialog").dialog({
autoOpen: false,
buttons : {
"Confirm" : function() {
$('#form1').submit();
},
"Cancel" : function() {
$(this).dialog("close");
}
}
});
$('#submitButton').click(function(){
$("#dialog").dialog('open');
});
});
This way your form will only be submitted when the used confirms the dialog.
The reason it doesn't matter if you return false or true in your case is that the dialog is just shown but code from the submit event keeps on executing unless you return false just after showing the dialog.
I wrote the following code to use JQuery's UI Dialog as a modal confirmation. By submitting the form via the event target there is not a recursive call to the submit event handler.
$(function () {
$('form[action*="/Delete"]').submit(function (e) {
e.preventDefault();
$("<div>Are you sure you want to delete this?</div>").dialog({
resizable: false,
height: 140,
modal: true,
buttons: {
Ok: function () {
e.target.submit();
},
Cancel: function () {
$(this).dialog("close");
}
}
});
});
});
This is because jQuery UI dialogs are not technically modal, unlike confirm and alert. They don't pause the javascript you're in the process of executing. But you can get essentially the same thing like this:
function restOfTheCode(returnValue)
{
//do stuff
}
$("#dialog").dialog({
buttons : {
"Confirm" : function() { $(this).dialog("close"); restOfTheCode(true); },
"Cancel" : function() { $(this).dialog("close"); restOfTheCode(false); }
}
});
//anything down here executes immediately after the dialog is shown, so that's no good.
Is equivalent to:
var returnValue = confirm("Are you sure you want to confirm?");
//do stuff
Edit: okay, with the addition of the submit issue the alternate code here doesn't make any sense. But the explanation is the same: it's not modal. If you really wanted to, you could simulate this:
function modalDialogConfirm()
{
var buttonClicked = false;
var valueSelected;
$("#dialog").dialog({
buttons : {
"Confirm" : function() { $(this).dialog("close"); buttonClicked = true; valueSelected = true; },
"Cancel" : function() { $(this).dialog("close"); buttonClicked = true; valueSelected = false; }
}
});
function y { setTimeOut("x()", 100); }
function x { setTimeOut("y()", 100); }
while(!buttonClicked);
return valueSelected;
}
...but this just freezes the browser, so it's not a whole lot of useful...
I have a jQuery UI Dialog that gets displayed when specific elements are clicked. I would like to close the dialog if a click occurs anywhere other than on those triggering elements or the dialog itself.
Here's the code for opening the dialog:
$(document).ready(function() {
var $field_hint = $('<div></div>')
.dialog({
autoOpen: false,
minHeight: 50,
resizable: false,
width: 375
});
$('.hint').click(function() {
var $hint = $(this);
$field_hint.html($hint.html());
$field_hint.dialog('option', 'position', [162, $hint.offset().top + 25]);
$field_hint.dialog('option', 'title', $hint.siblings('label').html());
$field_hint.dialog('open');
});
/*$(document).click(function() {
$field_hint.dialog('close');
});*/
});
If I uncomment the last part, the dialog never opens. I assume it's because the same click that opens the dialog is closing it again.
Final Working Code
Note: This is using the jQuery outside events plugin
$(document).ready(function() {
// dialog element to .hint
var $field_hint = $('<div></div>')
.dialog({
autoOpen: false,
minHeight: 0,
resizable: false,
width: 376
})
.bind('clickoutside', function(e) {
$target = $(e.target);
if (!$target.filter('.hint').length
&& !$target.filter('.hintclickicon').length) {
$field_hint.dialog('close');
}
});
// attach dialog element to .hint elements
$('.hint').click(function() {
var $hint = $(this);
$field_hint.html('<div style="max-height: 300px;">' + $hint.html() + '</div>');
$field_hint.dialog('option', 'position', [$hint.offset().left - 384, $hint.offset().top + 24 - $(document).scrollTop()]);
$field_hint.dialog('option', 'title', $hint.siblings('label').html());
$field_hint.dialog('open');
});
// trigger .hint dialog with an anchor tag referencing the form element
$('.hintclickicon').click(function(e) {
e.preventDefault();
$($(this).get(0).hash + ' .hint').trigger('click');
});
});
Sorry to drag this up after so long but I used the below. Any disadvantages? See the open function...
$("#popup").dialog(
{
height: 670,
width: 680,
modal: true,
autoOpen: false,
close: function(event, ui) { $('#wrap').show(); },
open: function(event, ui)
{
$('.ui-widget-overlay').bind('click', function()
{
$("#popup").dialog('close');
});
}
});
Forget using another plugin:
Here are 3 methods to close a jquery UI dialog when clicking outside popin:
If the dialog is modal/has background overlay: http://jsfiddle.net/jasonday/6FGqN/
jQuery(document).ready(function() {
jQuery("#dialog").dialog({
bgiframe: true,
autoOpen: false,
height: 100,
modal: true,
open: function(){
jQuery('.ui-widget-overlay').bind('click',function(){
jQuery('#dialog').dialog('close');
})
}
});
});
If dialog is non-modal Method 1: method 1: http://jsfiddle.net/jasonday/xpkFf/
// Close Pop-in If the user clicks anywhere else on the page
jQuery('body')
.bind(
'click',
function(e){
if(
jQuery('#dialog').dialog('isOpen')
&& !jQuery(e.target).is('.ui-dialog, a')
&& !jQuery(e.target).closest('.ui-dialog').length
){
jQuery('#dialog').dialog('close');
}
}
);
Non-Modal dialog Method 2: http://jsfiddle.net/jasonday/eccKr/
$(function() {
$( "#dialog" ).dialog({
autoOpen: false,
minHeight: 100,
width: 342,
draggable: true,
resizable: false,
modal: false,
closeText: 'Close',
open: function() {
closedialog = 1;
$(document).bind('click', overlayclickclose);
},
focus: function() {
closedialog = 0;
},
close: function() {
$(document).unbind('click');
}
});
$('#linkID').click(function() {
$('#dialog').dialog('open');
closedialog = 0;
});
var closedialog;
function overlayclickclose() {
if (closedialog) {
$('#dialog').dialog('close');
}
//set to one because click on dialog box sets to zero
closedialog = 1;
}
});
Check out the jQuery Outside Events plugin
Lets you do:
$field_hint.bind('clickoutside',function(){
$field_hint.dialog('close');
});
Just add this global script, which closes all the modal dialogs just clicking outsite them.
$(document).ready(function()
{
$(document.body).on("click", ".ui-widget-overlay", function()
{
$.each($(".ui-dialog"), function()
{
var $dialog;
$dialog = $(this).children(".ui-dialog-content");
if($dialog.dialog("option", "modal"))
{
$dialog.dialog("close");
}
});
});;
});
$(".ui-widget-overlay").click (function () {
$("#dialog-id").dialog( "close" );
});
Fiddle showing the above code in action.
I had to do two parts. First the outside click-handler:
$(document).on('click', function(e){
if ($(".ui-dialog").length) {
if (!$(e.target).parents().filter('.ui-dialog').length) {
$('.ui-dialog-content').dialog('close');
}
}
});
This calls dialog('close') on the generic ui-dialog-content class, and so will close all dialogs if the click didn't originate in one. It will work with modal dialogs too, since the overlay is not part of the .ui-dialog box.
The problem is:
Most dialogs are created because of clicks outside of a dialog
This handler runs after those clicks have created a dialog and bubbled up to the document, so it immediately closes them.
To fix this, I had to add stopPropagation to those click handlers:
moreLink.on('click', function (e) {
listBox.dialog();
e.stopPropagation(); //Don't trigger the outside click handler
});
This question is a bit old, but in case someone wants to close a dialog that is NOT modal when user clicks somewhere, you can use this that I took from the JQuery UI Multiselect plugin. The main advantage is that the click is not "lost" (if user wants to click on a link or a button, the action is done).
$myselector.dialog({
title: "Dialog that closes when user clicks outside",
modal:false,
close: function(){
$(document).off('mousedown.mydialog');
},
open: function(event, ui) {
var $dialog = $(this).dialog('widget');
$(document).on('mousedown.mydialog', function(e) {
// Close when user clicks elsewhere
if($dialog.dialog('isOpen') && !$.contains($myselector.dialog('widget')[0], e.target)){
$myselector.dialog('close');
}
});
}
});
You can do this without using any additional plug-in
var $dialog= $(document.createElement("div")).appendTo(document.body);
var dialogOverlay;
$dialog.dialog({
title: "Your title",
modal: true,
resizable: true,
draggable: false,
autoOpen: false,
width: "auto",
show: "fade",
hide: "fade",
open:function(){
$dialog.dialog('widget').animate({
width: "+=300",
left: "-=150"
});
//get the last overlay in the dom
$dialogOverlay = $(".ui-widget-overlay").last();
//remove any event handler bound to it.
$dialogOverlay.unbind();
$dialogOverlay.click(function(){
//close the dialog whenever the overlay is clicked.
$dialog.dialog("close");
});
}
});
Here $dialog is the dialog.
What we are basically doing is to get the last overlay widget whenever this dialog is opened and binding a click handler to that overlay to close $dialog as anytime the overlay is clicked.
no need for the outside events plugin...
just add an event handler to the .ui-widget-overlay div:
jQuery(document).on('click', 'body > .ui-widget-overlay', function(){
jQuery("#ui-dialog-selector-goes-here").dialog("close");
return false;
});
just make sure that whatever selector you used for the jQuery ui dialog, is also called to close it.. i.e. #ui-dialog-selector-goes-here
This doesn't use jQuery UI, but does use jQuery, and may be useful for those who aren't using jQuery UI for whatever reason. Do it like so:
function showDialog(){
$('#dialog').show();
$('*').on('click',function(e){
$('#zoomer').hide();
});
}
$(document).ready(function(){
showDialog();
});
So, once I've shown a dialog, I add a click handler that only looks for the first click on anything.
Now, it would be nicer if I could get it to ignore clicks on anything on #dialog and its contents, but when I tried switching $('*') with $(':not("#dialog,#dialog *")'), it still detected #dialog clicks.
Anyway, I was using this purely for a photo lightbox, so it worked okay for that purpose.
The given example(s) use one dialog with id '#dialog', i needed a solution that close any dialog:
$.extend($.ui.dialog.prototype.options, {
modal: true,
open: function(object) {
jQuery('.ui-widget-overlay').bind('click', function() {
var id = jQuery(object.target).attr('id');
jQuery('#'+id).dialog('close');
})
}
});
Thanks to my colleague Youri Arkesteijn for the suggestion of using prototype.
This is the only method that worked for me for my NON-MODAL dialog
$(document).mousedown(function(e) {
var clicked = $(e.target); // get the element clicked
if (clicked.is('#dlg') || clicked.parents().is('#dlg') || clicked.is('.ui-dialog-titlebar')) {
return; // click happened within the dialog, do nothing here
} else { // click was outside the dialog, so close it
$('#dlg').dialog("close");
}
});
All credit goes to Axle
Click outside non-modal dialog to close
For those you are interested I've created a generic plugin that enables to close a dialog when clicking outside of it whether it a modal or non-modal dialog. It supports one or multiple dialogs on the same page.
More information here: http://www.coheractio.com/blog/closing-jquery-ui-dialog-widget-when-clicking-outside
Laurent
I use this solution based in one posted here:
var g_divOpenDialog = null;
function _openDlg(l_d) {
// http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2554779/jquery-ui-close-dialog-when-clicked-outside
jQuery('body').bind(
'click',
function(e){
if(
g_divOpenDialog!=null
&& !jQuery(e.target).is('.ui-dialog, a')
&& !jQuery(e.target).closest('.ui-dialog').length
){
_closeDlg();
}
}
);
setTimeout(function() {
g_divOpenDialog = l_d;
g_divOpenDialog.dialog();
}, 500);
}
function _closeDlg() {
jQuery('body').unbind('click');
g_divOpenDialog.dialog('close');
g_divOpenDialog.dialog('destroy');
g_divOpenDialog = null;
}
I had same problem while making preview modal on one page. After a lot of googling I found this very useful solution. With event and target it is checking where click happened and depending on it triggers the action or does nothing.
Code Snippet Library site
$('#modal-background').mousedown(function(e) {
var clicked = $(e.target);
if (clicked.is('#modal-content') || clicked.parents().is('#modal-content'))
return;
} else {
$('#modal-background').hide();
}
});
İt's simple actually you don't need any plugins, just jquery or you can do it with simple javascript.
$('#dialog').on('click', function(e){
e.stopPropagation();
});
$(document.body).on('click', function(e){
master.hide();
});
I don't think finding dialog stuff using $('.any-selector') from the whole DOM is so bright.
Try
$('<div />').dialog({
open: function(event, ui){
var ins = $(this).dialog('instance');
var overlay = ins.overlay;
overlay.off('click').on('click', {$dialog: $(this)}, function(event){
event.data.$dialog.dialog('close');
});
}
});
You're really getting the overlay from the dialog instance it belongs to, things will never go wrong this way.
With the following code, you can simulate a click on the 'close' button of the dialog (change the string 'MY_DIALOG' for the name of your own dialog)
$("div[aria-labelledby='ui-dialog-title-MY_DIALOG'] div.ui-helper-clearfix a.ui-dialog-titlebar-close")[0].click();
Smart Code:
I am using following code so that every thing remains clear and readable.
out side body will close the dialog box.
$(document).ready(function () {
$('body').on('click', '.ui-widget-overlay', closeDialogBox);
});
function closeDialogBox() {
$('#dialog-message').dialog('close');
}
I ended up using this code which should work on any open dialogs on the page, ignores clicks on tooltips, and cleans up the resources of the dialog being closed as well.
$(document).mousedown(function(e) {
var clicked = $(e.target); // get the element clicked
if (clicked.is('.ui-dialog-content, .ui-dialog-titlebar, .ui-tooltip') || clicked.parents().is('.ui-dialog-content, .ui-dialog-titlebar, .ui-tooltip')) {
return; // click happened within the dialog, do nothing here
} else { // click was outside the dialog, so close it
$('.ui-dialog-content').dialog("close");
$('.ui-dialog-content').dialog("destroy");
$('.ui-dialog-content').detach();
}
});
I just ran across the need to close .dialog(s) with an out of element click. I have a page with a lot of info dialogs, so I needed something to handle them all. This is how I handled it:
$(document).ready(function () {
$(window).click(function (e) {
$(".dialogGroup").each(function () {
$(this).dialog('close');
})
});
$("#lostEffClick").click(function () {
event.stopPropagation();
$("#lostEffDialog").dialog("open");
};
});