knockout.js - deferred databinding for modal?

Question

I am using knockout.js to display a list of employees. I have a single hidden modal markup on the page. When the \"details\" button for a single employees is clicked, I wa

Answer 1

I would create another observable that wraps the employee.

this.detailedEmployee = ko.observable({}),

var self = this;
this.showDetails = function(employee){
    self.detailedEmployee(employee);
    $("#dialog").dialog("show"); //or however your dialog works
}

Attach the click to showDetails. Then you can just call applyBindings on page load.