Add Additional Buttons

Question

I have a scenario where i have a standard set of buttons to be available within the jQuery Dialog box but based on other conditions, I need to add additional buttons.

Good news is that I wont need to Add/Remove buttons, just Add. These buttons will effectively trigger a PostBack, forcing a refresh of the page content.

$(divSearch).dialog('option', 'buttons',
    {   // @buttons
        "Add": function (evt) {
            $(btnAdd).click();

            // Close
            $(this).dialog("close");
        },
        "Cancel": function (evt) {
            $(this).dialog("close");
        }
    }
);

$(divSearch).dialog('option', 'buttons',
    {   // @buttons
        "Search": function (evt) {
            $(btnSubmit).click();

            // Close
            $(this).dialog("close");
        },
        "Cancel": function (evt) {
            $(this).dialog("close");
        }
    }
);

Question

How do I have a common Dialog Init and then come back later and add the unique set of buttons for the scenarios?

Answer 1

Solution

Ref: https://stackoverflow.com/a/19175417/659246

// Setup standard settings for Dialog
InitDialog(divSearch, 315
    , { // @buttons
        "Cancel": function (evt) {
            $(this).dialog("close");
        }
    }
    , function (evt) {  // @open
        $(this).parent().appendTo("form");
    });

// In a Function...Far, Far, Away from the Document.Ready
var btns = $(divSearch).dialog('option', 'buttons');
$(divSearch).dialog('option', 'buttons'
    , $.extend({}, {
        "Search": function (evt) {
            $(btnSubmit).click();

            // Close
            $(this).dialog("close");
        }
    }, btns)
);

I used $.extend to get my desired result.

Explanation

capture the existing Buttons:

var btns = $(divSearch).dialog('option', 'buttons');

Pending on your need, I need to add a button in front of the standard set:

$(divSearch).dialog('option', 'buttons'
    , $.extend({}, {
        "Search": function (evt) {
            $(btnSubmit).click();

            // Close
            $(this).dialog("close");
        }
    }, btns)
);

If you don't care on the order, then simply do this:

$(divSearch).dialog('option', 'buttons'
    , $.extend(btns, {
        "Search": function (evt) {
            $(btnSubmit).click();

            // Close
            $(this).dialog("close");
        }
    })
);

If you need to Add, Subtract, or Change the button(s) object, then you can do it through the btns variable.