Opening a static Dialog

The layout of the Dialog is fully described by the referenced HTML template: either the default "#dialog_generic" of a specific one.

You can fully customize the rendering with CSS; the default styles are provided by static/frontend_forms/css/frontend_forms.css

dialog1 = new Dialog({
    dialog_selector: '#dialog_generic',
    html: '<h1>Static content goes here ...</h1>',
    width: '600px',
    min_height: '200px',
    title: '<i class="fa fa-calculator"></i> Select an object ...',
    footer_text: 'testing dialog ...',
    enable_trace: true
});

dialog1.open()

Opening a dynamic Dialog

In most cases, you will rather produce the dialog content dynamically.

To obtain that, just add an "url" option to the Djalog constructor, and it will be automatically used to obtain the Dialog content from the server via an Ajax call.

dialog1 = new Dialog({
    ...
    url: "/samples/simple-content",
    ...

Sometimes it is convenient to reuse the very same single view to render either a modal dialog, or a standalone HTML page.

This can be easily accomplished providing:

• an "inner" template which renders the content
• an "outer" container template which renders the full page, then includes the "inner" template
• in the view, detect the call context and render one or another

def simple_content2(request):

    # Either render only the modal content, or a full standalone page
    if request.is_ajax():
        template_name = 'frontend/includes/simple_content2_inner.html'
    else:
        template_name = 'frontend/includes/simple_content2.html'

    return render(request, template_name, {
    })

here, the "inner" template provides the content:

<div class="row">
    <div class="col-sm-4">
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    </div>
    <div class="col-sm-4">
        <p>Quis dolorem architecto eligendi, laboriosam doloremque repudiandae, aperiam aspernatur reprehenderit numquam provident ipsam nisi expedita quo voluptatibus rerum. Voluptatibus consequatur optio sit fugit expedita. Velit autem reprehenderit eius eos delectus mollitia ipsam nulla temporibus culpa, beatae maxime maiores, iste quos dicta tempore sunt esse expedita recusandae voluptatum numquam doloribus ex?</p>
    </div>
    <div class="col-sm-4">
        <p>Cumque repellendus dolorem, repellendus saepe facilis velit accusamus eaque voluptatum vel officia neque, eum illum perspiciatis pariatur distinctio corrupti nulla provident dolor, optio cumque deleniti eius placeat nulla ad repudiandae accusamus earum? Optio non saepe tenetur accusamus culpa vero harum recusandae possimus vitae? In itaque necessitatibus assumenda reiciendis, fugit cumque ipsa maiores, debitis excepturi enim non nam ad necessitatibus, voluptas quasi dolore tempore temporibus voluptates inventore obcaecati. Nulla perferendis rem necessitatibus vero eveniet voluptatem obcaecati, aspernatur vitae rerum necessitatibus praesentium ex vel explicabo culpa, aliquid saepe porro aut dignissimos qui dolor, quo dolorum excepturi quia?</p>
    </div>
</div>

while the "outer" one renders the full page:

{% extends "base.html" %}
{% load static staticfiles i18n %}

{% block content %}
{% include 'frontend/includes/simple_content2_inner.html' %}
{% endblock content %}