jQuery/JS Common - Utils - ui - dialog

An object that serves as a namespace for methods displaying a message in an application/site.

alert(messageHtml, title)

Displays an alert dialog with a message and OK button.

import { alert } from "devextreme/ui/dialog"

Parameters:

messageHtml:

String

The dialog's message. Can contain HTML elements.

title:

String

The dialog's title.

Return Value:

Promise<void> (jQuery or native)

A Promise that is resolved after a user clicks the button. It is a native Promise or a jQuery.Promise when you use jQuery.

confirm(messageHtml, title)

Creates a confirmation dialog with a message and Yes and No buttons.

import { confirm } from "devextreme/ui/dialog"

Parameters:

messageHtml:

String

The dialog's message. Can contain HTML elements.

title:

String

The dialog's title.

Return Value:

Promise<Boolean> (jQuery or native)

A Promise that is resolved with a Boolean value indicating whether a user has clicked Yes or No. It is a native Promise or a jQuery.Promise when you use jQuery.

jQuery

JavaScript

$(function() {
    var result = DevExpress.ui.dialog.confirm("<i>Are you sure?</i>", "Confirm changes");
    result.done(function(dialogResult) {
        alert(dialogResult ? "Confirmed" : "Canceled");
    });
})

Angular

app.component.ts

import { Component, AfterViewInit } from '@angular/core';
import { confirm } from 'devextreme/ui/dialog';

@Component({
    selector: 'app-root',
    templateUrl: './app.component.html',
    styleUrls: ['./app.component.css']
})
export class AppComponent implements AfterViewInit{
    ngAfterViewInit() { 
        let result = confirm("<i>Are you sure?</i>", "Confirm changes");
        result.then((dialogResult) => {
            alert(dialogResult ? "Confirmed" : "Canceled");
        });
    }
}

Vue

App.vue

<template>
</template>
<script>
import { confirm } from 'devextreme/ui/dialog';

export default {
    mounted: function() {
        this.$nextTick(function() {
            let result = confirm("<i>Are you sure?</i>", "Confirm changes");
            result.then((dialogResult) => {
                alert(dialogResult ? "Confirmed" : "Canceled");
            });
        })
    }
}
</script>

React

App.js

import React from 'react';
import { confirm } from 'devextreme/ui/dialog';

class App extends React.Component {
    componentDidMount() { 
        let result = confirm("<i>Are you sure?</i>", "Confirm changes");
        result.then((dialogResult) => {
            alert(dialogResult ? "Confirmed" : "Canceled");
        });
    }
}
export default App;

custom(options)

Creates a dialog with custom buttons.

import { custom } from "devextreme/ui/dialog"

Parameters:

options:

Object

The dialog's options.

Object structure:

Name	Type	Description
buttons	Array<Button Configuration>	Buttons to be displayed in the dialog.
dragEnabled	Boolean	Specifies whether the dialog window can be dragged. Defaults to the showTitle value. Ensure the showTitle field is not explicitly set to false because a user can drag the dialog only by its title.
message	String	Use 'messageHtml' instead. The dialog's message. Deprecated in favor of the messageHtml field.
messageHtml	String	The dialog's message. Can contain HTML elements.
showTitle	Boolean	Specifies whether to show the title. Defaults to true.
title	String	The dialog's title.

Return Value:

Object

An object that represents the dialog.

The custom(options) method only creates a dialog. To display it, call the dialog instance's show() method. This method returns a Promise that is resolved with the dialog result. The result contains anything you return from the clicked button's onClick function. In the following code, it is the clicked button's text. If the message contains HTML tags, encode it as shown in the following example:

jQuery

JavaScript

$(function() {
    var encodedMessage = DevExpress.utils.string.encodeHtml("<b>Dialog with custom buttons</b>");
    var myDialog = DevExpress.ui.dialog.custom({
        title: "Custom dialog",
        messageHtml: encodedMessage,
        buttons: [{
            text: "button 1",
            onClick: function(e) {
                return { buttonText: e.component.option("text") }
            }
        }, 
        // ...
        ]
    });
    myDialog.show().done(function(dialogResult) {
        console.log(dialogResult.buttonText);
    });
})

Angular

app.component.ts

import { Component, AfterViewInit } from '@angular/core';
import { custom } from 'devextreme/ui/dialog';
import { encodeHtml } from 'devextreme/core/utils/string';

@Component({
    selector: 'app-root',
    templateUrl: './app.component.html',
    styleUrls: ['./app.component.css']
})
export class AppComponent implements AfterViewInit {
    ngAfterViewInit() { 
        let encodedMessage = encodeHtml("<b>Dialog with custom buttons</b>");
        let myDialog = custom({
            title: "Custom dialog",
            messageHtml: encodedMessage,
            buttons: [{
                text: "button 1",
                onClick: (e) => {
                    return { buttonText: e.component.option("text") }
                }
            }, 
            // ...
            ]
        });
        myDialog.show().then((dialogResult) => {
            console.log(dialogResult.buttonText);
        });
    }
}

Vue

App.vue

<template>
</template>
<script>
import { custom } from 'devextreme/ui/dialog';
import { encodeHtml } from 'devextreme/core/utils/string';

export default {
    mounted: function() {
        this.$nextTick(function() {
            let encodedMessage = encodeHtml("<b>Dialog with custom buttons</b>");
            let myDialog = custom({
                title: "Custom dialog",
                messageHtml: encodedMessage,
                buttons: [{
                    text: "button 1",
                    onClick: (e) => {
                        return { buttonText: e.component.option("text") }
                    }
                }, 
                // ...
                ]
            });
            myDialog.show().then((dialogResult) => {
                console.log(dialogResult.buttonText);
            });
        })
    }
}
</script>

React

App.js

import React from 'react';
import { custom } from 'devextreme/ui/dialog';
import { encodeHtml } from 'devextreme/core/utils/string';

class App extends React.Component {
    componentDidMount() { 
        let encodedMessage = encodeHtml("<b>Dialog with custom buttons</b>");
        let myDialog = custom({
            title: "Custom dialog",
            messageHtml: encodedMessage,
            buttons: [{
                text: "button 1",
                onClick: (e) => {
                    return { buttonText: e.component.option("text") }
                }
            }, 
            // ...
            ]
        });
        myDialog.show().then((dialogResult) => {
            console.log(dialogResult.buttonText);
        });
    }
}
export default App;

Call the hide() method to close the dialog before any button is clicked. In the following code, the dialog is closed after 5 seconds if a user does not click any button:

setTimeout(function() { myDialog.hide(); }, 5000);