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

<h2>Client Detail</h2>
@Html.DisplayFor(m => m.NameNumZone)
@Html.DisplayFor(m => m.Birthdate)
 ...

Dialog trigger and partial view:

<a href="#" class="dialog-trigger" data-clientId="@p.Account">@p.NameNumZone</a>
<div id="client-detail-modal">
    @Html.Partial("ClientDetail", Model.Item)
</div>

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:

<div id="client-detail-modal"><!-- Client Partial, empty for now --></div>

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.

<a href="#" class="dialog-trigger"
    data-clientId="@p.Account"
    data-birthdate="@p.Birthdate">@p.NameNumZone</a>

$(".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);
});

Answer 2

Put this content in your style sheet

        .modalDialog {
            position: fixed;
            font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
            top: 0;
            right: 0;
            bottom: 0;
            left: 0;
            background: rgba(0,0,0,0.8);
            z-index: 99999;
            opacity:0;
            -webkit-transition: opacity 400ms ease-in;
            -moz-transition: opacity 400ms ease-in;
            transition: opacity 400ms ease-in;
            pointer-events: none;
        }

        .modalDialog:target {
            opacity:1;
            pointer-events: auto;
        }

        .modalDialog > div {
            width: 80%;
            position: relative;
            margin: 10% auto;
            padding: 5px 20px 13px 20px;
            border-radius: 10px;
            background: #fff;
            background: -moz-linear-gradient(#fff, #999);
            background: -webkit-linear-gradient(#fff, #999);
            background: -o-linear-gradient(#fff, #999);
        }


        .close {
            background: #606061;
            color: #FFFFFF;
            line-height: 25px;
            position: absolute;
            right: -12px;
            text-align: center;
            top: -10px;
            width: 24px;
            text-decoration: none;
            font-weight: bold;
            -webkit-border-radius: 12px;
            -moz-border-radius: 12px;
            border-radius: 12px;
            -moz-box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px #000;
            -webkit-box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px #000;
            box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px #000;
        }

        .close:hover { background: #00d9ff; }

and in the code use the following

        <a href="#openModal" target="">Open Modal</a>

        <div id="openModal" class="modalDialog" data-theme="c">
            <div>
                <a href="#close" title="Close" class="close" target="">X</a>
                <h2>Pop up</h2>
                <p>Pop up content. You can add your controls and content here</p>
            </div>
        </div>

this logic worked for me. Hope it works for you also.

Instead of using <a href="#close" title="Close" class="close" target="">X</a> for closing it is preferred you navigate to some parent page instead.