I would prefer,
<script>
function iWasClickedEvent(clickedObject) {
<<< do something with the clickedObject>>>
$('#dialog').dialog('open');
}
</script>
<a id="somehting" onClick="iWasClickedEvent(this)">
<span class="file">Event One</span>
</a>
On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 11:42 AM, Hez <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> I came up with a solution for this. Still happy to hear if someone
> has a better idea though.
>
> What I did was send the link back to the same page with the eventID
>
> <a href='index.php?eventId=1'><span class="file">Event One</span></a>
>
> I then grab that at the beginning of the file
>
> <?php $myvar = $_GET['eventId'];?>
>
> And set a conditional for the <body> element
>
> if ($_GET['eventId']){
> echo '<body onLoad="$(\'#dialog\').dialog(\'open\')">';
> }else{
> echo '<body>';
> }
>
> Because I've set that variable prior, I can use it to pass to the
> dialog box information. As a test I've just set the title with it -
> but will be able to use it in an sql query to filter the information
> loaded into the dialog box.
>
> <div id="dialog" title=<?php echo $myvar ?>>
>
> I would rather not have to do the page load, but it's hardly
> noticeable - and it works.
>
> Hez
>
> On Feb 16, 5:01 pm, Hez <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm hoping this is an easy question. I have a dialog box that I want
> > to pass a variable to but am not sure the right way to do it.
> >
> > This is the dialog creation
> >
> > // Dialog
> > $('#dialog').dialog({
> > autoOpen: false,
> > width: 700,
> > height: 500,
> > buttons: {
> > "Ok": function() {
> > $(this).dialog("close");
> > },
> > "Cancel": function() {
> > $(this).dialog("close");
> > }
> > }
> >
> > });
> >
> > This is the contents of the dialog...
> >
> > <!-- ui-dialog -->
> > <div id="dialog" title="Event">
> > <div id="etabs">
> > <ul>
> > <li><a href="#etabs-1">Details</a></li>
> > <li><a href="#etabs-2">Location</a></li>
> > <li><a href="#etabs-3">Attendees</a></li>
> > <li><a href="#etabs-4">Photos</a></li>
> > <li><a href="#etabs-4">Comments</a></li>
> > </ul>
> > <div id="etabs-1"></div>
> > <div id="etabs-2"></div>
> > <div id="etabs-3"></div>
> > <div id="etabs-4"></div>
> > </div>
> > </div>
> >
> > And this is how I'm accessing it.
> > <a onClick="$('#dialog').dialog('open')"><span class="file">Event One</
> > span></a>
> >
> > Basically what I need to be able to do is to pass an eventId through
> > the link so the dialog opens up with the information for that event.
> >
> > Any help would be most appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Hez
> >
>
--
Regards,
Chintan D. Tank
Graduate Student
Department of Computer Science
Indiana University, Bloomington.
http://www.cs.indiana.edu/~cdtank/
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