In a previous article, I explained how to load a page into a dialog. The article focused on a simple solution to keep it easy to understand. However, that simplicity does come with a drawback; the page contents are loaded immediately after the document is ready, even if the user never opens the dialog. In… Continue reading Creating dialogs on demand
Category: jQuery UI – Dialog
Loading a page into a dialog
I previously showed the basic usage of the jQuery UI dialog. In this article, I’ll show how to open a page in a dialog. We’ve all been to sites where there’s a help link that opens a popup with some short help text. This is usually done with a simple window.open call attached to the… Continue reading Loading a page into a dialog
Basic usage of the jQuery UI dialog
The jQuery UI dialog, like many jQuery UI plugins, is extremely easy to get started with but has a few areas that causes new users some trouble. One of the most commonly asked questions on the jquery-ui list is “Why does my dialog only open once?” In this article I’ll explain the problem these users… Continue reading Basic usage of the jQuery UI dialog