javascript/jquery modal popup dialog MVC 4 / render partial view

Question

I have been using the DevExpress PopupControl. They look nice and pretty but they do not display the scrollbars on iOS/Android devices. So I want to come up with an alternat

Answer 1

Example with a static dialog (No AJAX)

Define a div for your dialog content in a partial view:

@model ClientDetail

Client Detail
@Html.DisplayFor(m => m.NameNumZone)
@Html.DisplayFor(m => m.Birthdate)
 ...

Dialog trigger and partial view:

@p.NameNumZone

    @Html.Partial("ClientDetail", Model.Item)

Javascript:

$(document).ready(function() {
    // setup the dialog
    $("#client-detail-modal").dialog({
        modal: true,
        autoOpen: false,
        height: 100,
        width: 200
    });

    // bind the click event
    $(".dialog-trigger").on("click", function(event) {
        event.preventDefault();
        $("#client-detail-modal").dialog("open");  // show dialog
    });
});

Now if you have more than one client on a page you'll need a dialog per client. After a few clients it gets ugly. Instead, fill the dialog content dynamically.

Dynamic dialog content (AJAX)

Dialog container for your partial is empty initially:

Get the partial via AJAX:

$(".dialog-trigger").on("click", function(event) {
    event.preventDefault();
    var clientId = $(this).data("clientId");
    $.ajax({
        url: "Client/Details/" + clientId,
        type: "GET",
    })
    .done(function(result) {
        $("#client-detail-modal").html(result).dialog("open");
    });
});

Dynamic content (No AJAX)

Another way to fill the dialog would be to populate the data attributes of the trigger element then replace content using javascript.

@p.NameNumZone

$(".dialog-trigger").on("click", function(event) {
    var clientId = $(this).data("clientId");
    var birthdate = $(this).data("birthdate");
    // now replace content with new values
    $("span.birthdate").text(birthdate);
});