Custom “confirm” dialog in JavaScript?

Question

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?

Answer 1

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()
);

Answer 2

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" );
                 }
             }
});

Answer 3

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
    }
);

Answer 4

var confirmBox = '<div class="modal fade confirm-modal">' +
    '<div class="modal-dialog modal-sm" role="document">' +
    '<div class="modal-content">' +
    '<button type="button" class="close m-4 c-pointer" data-dismiss="modal" aria-label="Close">' +
    '<span aria-hidden="true">&times;</span>' +
    '</button>' +
    '<div class="modal-body pb-5"></div>' +
    '<div class="modal-footer pt-3 pb-3">' +
    '<a href="#" class="btn btn-primary yesBtn btn-sm">OK</a>' +
    '<button type="button" class="btn btn-secondary abortBtn btn-sm" data-dismiss="modal">Abbrechen</button>' +
    '</div>' +
    '</div>' +
    '</div>' +
    '</div>';

var dialog = function(el, text, trueCallback, abortCallback) {

    el.click(function(e) {

        var thisConfirm = $(confirmBox).clone();

        thisConfirm.find('.modal-body').text(text);

        e.preventDefault();
        $('body').append(thisConfirm);
        $(thisConfirm).modal('show');

        if (abortCallback) {
            $(thisConfirm).find('.abortBtn').click(function(e) {
                e.preventDefault();
                abortCallback();
                $(thisConfirm).modal('hide');
            });
        }

        if (trueCallback) {
            $(thisConfirm).find('.yesBtn').click(function(e) {
                e.preventDefault();
                trueCallback();
                $(thisConfirm).modal('hide');
            });
        } else {

            if (el.prop('nodeName') == 'A') {
                $(thisConfirm).find('.yesBtn').attr('href', el.attr('href'));
            }

            if (el.attr('type') == 'submit') {
                $(thisConfirm).find('.yesBtn').click(function(e) {
                    e.preventDefault();
                    el.off().click();
                });
            }
        }

        $(thisConfirm).on('hidden.bs.modal', function(e) {
            $(this).remove();
        });

    });
}

// custom confirm
$(function() {
    $('[data-confirm]').each(function() {
        dialog($(this), $(this).attr('data-confirm'));
    });

    dialog($('#customCallback'), "dialog with custom callback", function() {

        alert("hi there");

    });

});

.test {
  display:block;
  padding: 5p 10px;
  background:orange;
  color:white;
  border-radius:4px;
  margin:0;
  border:0;
  width:150px;
  text-align:center;
}

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.7/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
<link href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.7/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet"/>


example 1
<a class="test" href="http://example" data-confirm="do you want really leave the website?">leave website</a><br><br>


example 2
<form action="">
<button class="test" type="submit" data-confirm="send form to delete some files?">delete some files</button>
</form><br><br>

example 3
<span class="test"  id="customCallback">with callback</span>

Answer 5

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();
            });
    }});
}