jQuery Mobile Multiple Dialog Boxes in One Dialog

Question

I have searched and have not found example of doing this. I want to be able to have a dialog box open for jQM and have it where there is a step by step process that takes pl

Answer 1

Here is an example, using .show() and .hide(). The trick here is to create several divs, and then show/hide them.

Working Demo

Markup

<div data-role="dialog" id="dialog">
 <div data-role="header" data-theme="d">
  <h1>Dialog</h1>
 </div>

<!-- First Page -->
 <div data-role="content" id="page1">
  <h3>Page 1</h3>
  <p>Text for #page1</p>
  <div class="ui-grid-a">
   <div class="ui-block-a">
    <a href="#" data-role="button" data-theme="b" class="prev">Previous</a>
   </div>
   <div class="ui-block-b">
    <a href="#" data-role="button" data-theme="e" class="next">Next</a>
   </div>
  </div>
 </div>

<!-- Second Page -->

<div data-role="content" id="page2">
  <h3>Page 2</h3>
  <p>Text for #page2</p>
  <div class="ui-grid-a">
   <div class="ui-block-a">
    <a href="#" data-role="button" data-theme="b" class="prev">Previous</a>
   </div>
   <div class="ui-block-b">
    <a href="#" data-role="button" data-theme="e" class="next">Next</a>
   </div>
  </div>
 </div>

<!-- Third Page -->
<div data-role="content" id="page3">
  <h3>Page 3</h3>
  <p>Text for #page3</p>
  <div class="ui-grid-a">
   <div class="ui-block-a">
    <a href="#" data-role="button" data-theme="b" class="prev">Previous</a>
   </div>
   <div class="ui-block-b">
    <a href="#" data-role="button" data-theme="e" class="next">Next</a>
   </div>
  </div>
 </div>

</div>

Code

// hide previous button, #page2 and #page3 once opened
$('#dialog').find('#page1 a.prev').hide();
$('#page2, #page3').hide();

// #page1 to #page2
$('#page1 a.next').on('click', function () {
 $('#page1').hide();
 $('#page2').show();
});

// #page2 to #page3
$('#page2 a.next').on('click', function () {
 $('#page1, #page2').hide();
 $('#page3').show();
 $('#dialog').find('#page3 a.next').hide();
});

// #page2 to #page1
$('#page2 a.prev').on('click', function () {
 $('#page2').hide();
 $('#page1').show();
});

// #page3 to #page2
$('#page3 a.prev').on('click', function () {
 $('#page2, #page3').hide();
 $('#page2').show();
});