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">
        <p>Praesentium voluptatum laudantium sint doloribus quia aut facilis maiores. Vero id asperiores aperiam officiis dolor, doloribus consequuntur rem dignissimos laboriosam unde asperiores quasi quia. Nisi animi harum eius dolore perspiciatis, perferendis magni eveniet vero nihil beatae commodi deserunt necessitatibus a provident?</p>
    </div>
    <div class="col-sm-4">
        <p>Et tenetur fugiat saepe commodi praesentium, illum dolorem velit reiciendis, illum saepe laboriosam nam molestias nostrum inventore officia, qui quasi ea incidunt accusantium quidem culpa iure asperiores aliquam illum, numquam magnam similique laborum quo recusandae veniam? Maxime ab recusandae molestiae aperiam numquam velit tempora quis? Ipsa veniam tempora illum voluptas tempore nostrum sint neque iste nam aspernatur, sint maxime vero repellat deleniti voluptatum incidunt laudantium nulla repudiandae vitae fugit, quisquam sequi vero velit explicabo quas dignissimos cupiditate unde quaerat recusandae? Corrupti quis asperiores odit, a nobis quae, magni quas debitis aspernatur libero?</p>
    </div>
    <div class="col-sm-4">
        <p>Deserunt asperiores commodi, nostrum quos sapiente eos sint enim error consectetur veniam est, corporis cum ipsum nisi quidem iusto aperiam voluptatum, aut illum quibusdam laboriosam eos magnam eum aliquid ducimus, odio necessitatibus voluptatibus consectetur itaque a incidunt impedit illum minus ab. Vel aperiam eius esse. Neque voluptates doloremque ratione aperiam quo quis libero, facilis esse facere laudantium sapiente dolorum. Nemo asperiores minima illo ex, commodi dolorem atque unde tenetur vel quibusdam dignissimos sit?</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 %}