That sounds like a good option. I didn't know the plugin existed. Thanks!!!
On Oct 7, 9:44 pm, "Richard D. Worth" <rdwo...@gmail.com> wrote: > You can use the metadata plugin (http://plugins.jquery.com/project/metadata) > to store and retreive the > values like so: > <a href="http://some/url/to/open/in/dialog"; class="DialogEdit > {width:500,height:250}">link text</a> > > Then something like this should do: > > $('.DialogEdit').click(function() { > var options = $(this).metadata("DialogEdit"); > $('<div></div>').load(this.href, function() { > $(this).dialog(options); > }); > return false; > > }); > > - Richard > > > > On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 7:59 PM, Patrick <pwc1...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I'd like to be able to set the size of a jQuery dialog dynamically > > when I call it based on the target to be shown. I was considering > > adding invalid attributes like the following... where edit_width and > > edit_height are parsed and passed right before opening the dialog. > > > <a href="HTMLToOpenInDialog" class="DialogEdit" edit_width=500 > > edit_height=250> > > > But it's probably not be the best way. The dialog call is done from a > > base page, while the actual content to call is determine from the link > > clicked on the widget. When setting the link, I would know the size > > needed for the HTMLToOpenInDialog... Any ideas that don't use non- > > standard markup or hidden fields? > > > Thanks, > > Patrick
