Perhaps someone out there can help me understand what's going on. I'm using jQuery UI dialog() to display html partials in my project. When a user clicks Add New it displays the add client form. However, when the user clicks on the Add or Cancel buttons in the dialog I get an error, "$(this).dialog is not a function". If I remove the open event and display a static form in the dialog the buttons the work fine.
ClientsController
public ActionResult ajaxCreateClient()
{
Client c = new Client();
AddToViewData(c); // adds some additional info about client
return PartialView("__ClientForm", c);
}
View: Contacts/Create
....
<p>
@Html.LabelForField(model => model.Client.Name) <!-- custom extension that I wrote -->
@Html.TextboxFor(model => model.Client.Name)
<a id="btnAddNew" href="javascript:void()">Add New</a>
</p>
....
<div id="addNew"></div>
jQuery
$(document).ready(function () {
$("#btnAddNew").click(function () {
$("#addNew").dialog("open");
});
$("#addNew").dialog({
autoOpen: false,
title: "Add Client",
width: 410,
modal: true,
resizable: false,
open: function(event, ui) {
$(this).load("@Url.Action("ajaxCreateClient", "Clients")");
},
buttons:
{
"Add": function () {
// validate() and do something
$(this).dialog("close");
},
"Cancel": function () {
// do something else
$(this).dialog("close");
}
}
});
});
Thanks!