How to call jQuery UI Dialog with ASP NET button postback

Question

I have a jQuery UI Dialog working great on my ASP.NET page:

jQuery(function() {
    jQuery("#dialog").dialog({
        draggable: true,
        resizable: true,
        show: 'Transfer',
        hide: 'Transfer',
        width: 320,
        autoOpen: false,
        minHeight: 10,
        minwidth: 10
    });
});

jQuery(document).ready(function() {
    jQuery("#button_id").click(function(e) {
        jQuery('#dialog').dialog('option', 'position', [e.pageX + 10, e.pageY + 10]);
        jQuery('#dialog').dialog('open');
    });
});

My div:

<div id="dialog" style="text-align: left;display: none;">
    <asp:Button ID="btnButton" runat="server" Text="Button" onclick="btnButton_Click" />
</div>

But the btnButton_Click is never called... How can I solve that?

Answer 1

Hello @kartik,

To solve the problem with ASP:Button event not firing inside jQuery modal. Please note, using the jQuery UI modal with the following allows the button event to fire:

// Dialog Link
$('#dialog_link').click(function () {
    $('#dialog').dialog('open');
    $('#dialog').parent().appendTo($("form:first"))
    return false;
});

The following line is the key to get this working!

$('#dialog').parent().appendTo($("form:first"))

Thank You!!