Friday 10 June 2011

JQuery: Dynamically Add/Remove jquery.ui button from dialog


When using the dialog widget within the jquery.ui library, it may become necessary to add or remove buttons dynamically.
Invoking the extension methods below will allow you to achieve the desired result.


Code Snippet
Code Snippet
  1. // Example:
  2. //            $('#IDDialogDiv').dialog('addbutton', 'Name of button');
  3. //            $('#IDDialogDiv').dialog('removebutton', 'Name of button');
  4. //
  5. //
  6. // Allows simple button addition to a ui dialog
  7. $.extend($.ui.dialog.prototype, {
  8.     'addbutton': function (buttonName, func) {
  9.         var buttons = this.element.dialog('option', 'buttons');
  10.         buttons[buttonName] = func;
  11.         this.element.dialog('option', 'buttons', buttons);
  12.     }
  13. });
  14.  
  15. // Allows simple button removal from a ui dialog
  16. $.extend($.ui.dialog.prototype, {
  17.     'removebutton': function (buttonName) {
  18.         var buttons = this.element.dialog('option', 'buttons');
  19.         delete buttons[buttonName];
  20.         this.element.dialog('option', 'buttons', buttons);
  21.     }
  22. });
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