I've been working on an ASP.net project that uses custom 'modal dialogs'. I use scare quotes here because I understand that the 'modal dialog' is simply a div in my html document that is set to appear "on top" of the rest of the document and is not a modal dialog in the true sense of the word.
In many parts of the web site, I have code that looks like this:
var warning = 'Are you sure you want to do this?';
if (confirm(warning)) {
// Do something
}
else {
// Do something else
}
This is okay, but it would be nice to make the confirm dialog match the style of the rest of the page.
However, since it is not a true modal dialog, I think that I need to write something like this: (I use jQuery-UI in this example)
<div id='modal_dialog'>
<div class='title'>
</div>
<input type='button' value='yes' id='btnYes' />
<input type='button' value='no' id='btnNo' />
</div>
<script>
function DoSomethingDangerous() {
var warning = 'Are you sure you want to do this?';
$('.title').html(warning);
var dialog = $('#modal_dialog').dialog();
function Yes() {
dialog.dialog('close');
// Do something
}
function No() {
dialog.dialog('close');
// Do something else
}
$('#btnYes').click(Yes);
$('#btnNo').click(No);
}
Is this a good way to accomplish what I want, or is there a better way?
You might want to consider abstracting it out into a function like this:
function dialog(message, yesCallback, noCallback) {
$('.title').html(message);
var dialog = $('#modal_dialog').dialog();
$('#btnYes').click(function() {
dialog.dialog('close');
yesCallback();
});
$('#btnNo').click(function() {
dialog.dialog('close');
noCallback();
});
}
You can then use it like this:
dialog('Are you sure you want to do this?',
function() {
// Do something
},
function() {
// Do something else
}
);
SweetAlert
You should take a look at SweetAlert as an option to save some work. It's beautiful from the default state and is highly customizable.
Confirm Example
sweetAlert(
{
title: "Are you sure?",
text: "You will not be able to recover this imaginary file!",
type: "warning",
showCancelButton: true,
confirmButtonColor: "#DD6B55",
confirmButtonText: "Yes, delete it!"
},
deleteIt()
);
I would use the example given on jQuery UI's site as a template:
$( "#modal_dialog" ).dialog({
resizable: false,
height:140,
modal: true,
buttons: {
"Yes": function() {
$( this ).dialog( "close" );
},
"No": function() {
$( this ).dialog( "close" );
}
}
});
One other way would be using colorbox
function createConfirm(message, okHandler) {
var confirm = '<p id="confirmMessage">'+message+'</p><div class="clearfix dropbig">'+
'<input type="button" id="confirmYes" class="alignleft ui-button ui-widget ui-state-default" value="Yes" />' +
'<input type="button" id="confirmNo" class="ui-button ui-widget ui-state-default" value="No" /></div>';
$.fn.colorbox({html:confirm,
onComplete: function(){
$("#confirmYes").click(function(){
okHandler();
$.fn.colorbox.close();
});
$("#confirmNo").click(function(){
$.fn.colorbox.close();
});
}});
}