Apply CSS to jQuery Dialog Buttons

Question

So I currently have a jQuery dialog with two buttons: Save and Close. I create the dialog using the code below:

$dialogDiv.dialog({
    autoOpen: false,
             


        

Answer 1

Select the div which has role dialog then get the appropriate buttons in it and set the CSS.

$("div[role=dialog] button:contains('Save')").css("color", "green");
$("div[role=dialog] button:contains('Cancel')").css("color", "red"); 

Answer 2

You should change the word "className" for "class"

buttons: [ 
    { 
        text: "Cancel",
        class: 'ui-state-default2', 
        click: function() { 
            $(this).dialog("close"); 
        } 
    }
],

Answer 3

I’m reposting my answer to a similar question because no-one seems to have given it here and it’s much cleaner and neater:

Use the alternative buttons property syntax:

$dialogDiv.dialog({
    autoOpen: false,
    modal: true,
    width: 600,
    resizable: false,
    buttons: [
        {
            text: "Cancel",
            "class": 'cancelButtonClass',
            click: function() {
                // Cancel code here
            }
        },
        {
            text: "Save",
            "class": 'saveButtonClass',
            click: function() {
                // Save code here
            }
        }
    ],
    close: function() {
        // Close code here (incidentally, same as Cancel code)
    }
});

Answer 4

I think there are two ways you can handle that:

1. Check using something like firebug if there is a difference (in class, id, etc.) between the two buttons and use that to address the specific button
2. Use something like :first-child to select for example the first button and style that one differently

When I look at the source with firebug for one of my dialogs, it turns up something like:

<div class="ui-dialog-buttonpane ui-widget-content ui-helper-clearfix">
    <button class="ui-state-default ui-corner-all ui-state-focus" type="button">Send</button>
    <button class="ui-state-default ui-corner-all" type="button">Cancel</button>
</div>

So I could for example address the Send button by adding some styles to .ui-state-focus (with perhaps some additional selectors to make sure I override jquery's styles).

By the way, I´d go for the second option in this case to avoid problems when the focus changes...