Date: 2011aug8 Language: javaScript Library: jQuery Platform: web Q. I don't like manually creating <div>'s for my jQuery dialogs. Can I do it programatically? A. Yes, here's a function to do that:

function prepDialogDiv(id) { if ($('#'+id).size() == 0) { $(document.body).append('<div id='+id+'></div>'); } else { $('#'+id).html(''); } } function exampleUse() { prepDialogDiv('hello'); $('#hello').html('Hello!'); $('#hello').dialog({ width: '60%', height: 650, title: 'Hello', modal: true, }); }