jQuery UI Dialog Box - does not open after being closed
You're actually supposed to use $("#terms").dialog({ autoOpen: false }); to initialize it.Then you can use $('#terms').dialog('open'); to open the dialog, and $('#terms').dialog('close'); to close it.
I solved it.
I used destroy instead close function (it doesn't make any sense), but it worked.
$(document).ready(function() {$('#showTerms').click(function(){ $('#terms').css('display','inline'); $('#terms').dialog({resizable: false, modal: true, width: 400, height: 450, overlay: { backgroundColor: "#000", opacity: 0.5 }, buttons:{ "Close": function() { $(this).dialog('**destroy**'); } }, close: function(ev, ui) { $(this).close(); }, }); }); $('#form1 input#calendarTEST').datepicker({ dateFormat: 'MM d, yy' });});
on the last line, don't use $(this).remove() use $(this).hide() instead.
EDIT: To clarify,on the close click event you're removing the #terms div from the DOM which is why its not coming back. You just need to hide it instead.