jQuery dialog popup

Question

I am trying to get this dialog popup form to show up when this link is clicked but it does not work for me. I've been working on this for the past three hours and this is getting too frustrating for me.

Here's my HTML:

<a href="#" id="contactUs">Contact Us</a>
<div id="dialog" title="Contact form">
  <p>appear now</p>
</div>

And here's my JavaScript, this is in an external file:

$("#contactUs").click(function() {
  $("#dialog").dialog("open");
  return false;
});

I've used these links, but to no avail for me:

• http://jqueryui.com/demos/dialog/#modal
• http://jqueryui.com/demos/dialog/#default

Please let me know if have an ideas, much appreciated, thanks.

Quinones

No error? No weird visual actions? Nothing ? – Anastice

If you're interested, I have a plugin for making jQuery dialogs easier: mostthingsweb.com/2011/12/dialogwrapper-2-1-released – Omaromara

ah sorry, basically, the error is that the popup isn't showing up at all. And thanks for the link, I'll check that out now. – Quinones

How about a demo on jsfiddle.net? The answers below should be working so there is something going on that you're not telling us about. – Elburt

That's a pretty cool website, thanks for sharing it. In anycase, here's my link: jsfiddle.net/CXgv9 – Quinones

I know this is a bit old, but your code doesn't reference the jQuery UI js and css files. Also, you are missing the navBar element that your code references to create the menu. – Sidsida

I had this same problem, and it turned out I was importing two different jquery versions. When I removed the second everything worked as expected. Perhaps this may help someone – St

Answer 1

This HTML is fine:

<a href="#" id="contactUs">Contact Us</a>                   
<div id="dialog" title="Contact form">
  <p>appear now</p>
</div>

You need to initialize the Dialog (not sure if you are doing this):

$(function() {
  // this initializes the dialog (and uses some common options that I do)
  $("#dialog").dialog({
    autoOpen : false, modal : true, show : "blind", hide : "blind"
  });

  // next add the onclick handler
  $("#contactUs").click(function() {
    $("#dialog").dialog("open");
    return false;
  });
});

Cavitation

Thanks, this helps, however, the dialog still doesn't show up for me. I'll try looking around more. – Quinones

Answer 2

Your problem is on the call for the dialog

If you dont initialize the dialog, you don't have to pass "open" for it to show:

$("#dialog").dialog();

Also, this code needs to be on a $(document).ready(); function or be below the elements for it to work.

Sidsida

Thanks. I tried it without passing the open, but still does not work for me. Also, I didn't post the ready event, but it's present in the document. – Quinones

Answer 3

Use below Code, It worked for me.

<script type="text/javascript">
     $(document).ready(function () {
            $('#dialog').dialog({
                autoOpen: false,
                title: 'Basic Dialog'
            });
            $('#contactUs').click(function () {
                $('#dialog').dialog('open');
            });
        });
</script>

Pownall

Answer 4

It's quite simple, first HTML must be added:

<div id="dialog"></div>

Then, it must be initialized:

<script type="text/javascript">
  jQuery( document ).ready( function() {
    jQuery( '#dialog' ).dialog( { 'autoOpen': false } );
  });
</script>

After this you can show it by code:

jQuery( '#dialog' ).dialog( 'open' );

Sedda

Answer 5

You can use the following script. It worked for me

The modal itself consists of a main modal container, a header, a body, and a footer. The footer contains the actions, which in this case is the OK button, the header holds the title and the close button, and the body contains the modal content.

 $(function () {
        modalPosition();
        $(window).resize(function () {
            modalPosition();
        });
        $('.openModal').click(function (e) {
            $('.modal, .modal-backdrop').fadeIn('fast');
            e.preventDefault();
        });
        $('.close-modal').click(function (e) {
            $('.modal, .modal-backdrop').fadeOut('fast');
        });
    });
    function modalPosition() {
        var width = $('.modal').width();
        var pageWidth = $(window).width();
        var x = (pageWidth / 2) - (width / 2);
        $('.modal').css({ left: x + "px" });
    }

Refer:- Modal popup using jquery in asp.net

Jayme

Answer 6

You can check this link: http://jqueryui.com/dialog/

This code should work fine

$("#dialog").dialog();

Toreutic