jQuery UI dialogs: how to close dialog when click outside? - jquery-ui

Question

In docs I didn't see such information.
There are options to close dialog in such cases:
1) push Esc;
2) click on "OK" or "Close" buttons in the dialog.
But how to close dialog if click outside?
Thanks!

Answer 1

Here are 2 other solutions for non-modal dialogs:
If dialog is non-modal Method 1:
method 1: http://jsfiddle.net/jasonday/xpkFf/
// Close Pop-in If the user clicks anywhere else on the page
jQuery('body')
.bind(
'click',
function(e){
if(
jQuery('#dialog').dialog('isOpen')
&& !jQuery(e.target).is('.ui-dialog, a')
&& !jQuery(e.target).closest('.ui-dialog').length
){
jQuery('#dialog').dialog('close');
}
}
);
Non-Modal dialog Method 2:
http://jsfiddle.net/jasonday/eccKr/
$(function() {
$( "#dialog" ).dialog({
autoOpen: false,
minHeight: 100,
width: 342,
draggable: true,
resizable: false,
modal: false,
closeText: 'Close',
open: function() {
closedialog = 1;
$(document).bind('click', overlayclickclose);
},
focus: function() {
closedialog = 0;
},
close: function() {
$(document).unbind('click');
}
});
$('#linkID').click(function() {
$('#dialog').dialog('open');
closedialog = 0;
});
var closedialog;
function overlayclickclose() {
if (closedialog) {
$('#dialog').dialog('close');
}
//set to one because click on dialog box sets to zero
closedialog = 1;
}
});

Answer 2

I found solution on ryanjeffords.com:
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function() {
$("#dialog").dialog();
$('.ui-widget-overlay').live("click",function(){
$("#dialog").dialog("close");
});
});
</script>

Answer 3

If dialog is modal, then paste these 3 lines of code in the open function when you create your dialog options:
open: function(event,ui) {
$('.ui-widget-overlay').bind('click', function(event,ui) {
$('#myModal').dialog('close');
});
}

Answer 4

Facing the same problem, I have created a small plugin that enables to close a dialog when clicking outside of it whether it a modal or non-modal dialog. It supports one or multiple dialogs on the same page.
More information on my website here: http://www.coheractio.com/blog/closing-jquery-ui-dialog-widget-when-clicking-outside
The plugin is also on github: https://github.com/coheractio/jQuery-UI-Dialog-ClickOutside
Laurent

Answer 5

This is my solution.
I have, for example
<div id="dialog1">Some content in here</div>
<div id="dialog2">Different content in here</div>
<div id="dialog3">And so on...</div>
Each div gets opened as a dialog depending on what the user interacts with. So being able to close the currently active one, I do this.
// This closes the dialog when the user clicks outside of it.
$("body").on('click', '.ui-widget-overlay', function() {
if( $("div.ui-dialog").is(":visible") )
{
var openDialogId = $(".ui-dialog").find(".ui-dialog-content:visible").attr("id");
if ($("#"+openDialogId).dialog("isOpen"))
{
$("#"+openDialogId).dialog('close');
}
}
});