jQuery dialog for a partial view is not opening modal - asp.net-mvc-3

Question

I have built a jquery dialog to show a partial view for entering data.
I have built the action link:
#Html.ActionLink("Add New Service Provider", "PartialNewCust", "Customer", null, new { #class = "addServiceProviderLink" })
I have the controller action:
public ActionResult PartialNewCust()
{
return PartialView();
}
And the div / jQuery code:
<div id="AddServiceProvDialog" title="Add Service Provider"></div>
<script type="text/javascript">
var linkObj;
$(function () {
$(".addServiceProviderLink").button();
$('#AddServiceProvDialog').dialog(
{
autoOpen: false,
width: 400,
resizable: false,
modal: true,
buttons:
{
"Add": function () {
$("#addProviderForm").submit();
},
"Cancel": function () {
$(this).dialog("close");
}
}
});
$(".addServiceProviderLink").click(function () {
linkObj = $(this);
var dialogDiv = $('#AddServiceProvDialog');
var viewUrl = linkObj.attr('href');
$.get(viewUrl, function (data) {
dialogDiv.html(data);
//validation
var $form = $("#addProviderForm");
// Unbind existing validation
$form.unbind();
$form.data("validator", null);
// Check document for changes
$.validator.unobtrusive.parse(document);
// Re add validation with changes
$form.validate($form.data("unobtrusiveValidation").options);
//open dialog
dialogDiv.dialog('open');
return false;
});
});
});
The partial view renders fine but opens a new page and does not come up as a modal dialog.
What am I doing wrong.
On a side note: my autocomplete code is also not working by my jQuery datetime picker is...
$(document).ready(function()
{
$(".date").datepicker();
}
);
$(document).ready(function () {
$("#CustByName").autocomplete(
{
source: function (request, response) {
$.ajax(
{
url: "/Cases/FindByName", type: "GET", dataType: "json",
data: { searchText: request.term, maxResults: 10 },
contentType: "application/json; charset=utf-8",
success: function (data) {
response($.map(data, function (item) {
return {
label: item.CustomerName,
value: item.CustomerName,
id: item.CustomerID
}
})
);
}
});
},
minLength: 3
});
});

Answer 1

My guess is that you misplaced the return false statement in the button's click handler, thus the default behavior is not prevented as you expect, and the link is simply followed:
$(".addServiceProviderLink").click(function () {
...
$.get(viewUrl, function (data) {
dialogDiv.html(data);
...
dialogDiv.dialog('open');
// this return statement should be in the "click" handler,
// not in success callback of the .get() method !
return false;
});
});
Your code should then be:
$(".addServiceProviderLink").click(function () {
...
$.get(viewUrl, function (data) {
...
});
// return here to prevent default click behavior
return false;
});