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Kirby 3.5.7.1

Dialogs

<k-dialog>

Modal dialogs are used in Kirby's Panel in many places for quick actions like adding new pages, changing titles, etc. that don't necessarily need a full new view. You can create your own modals for your fields and other plugins or reuse our existing modals to invoke typical Panel actions.

Simple

By default, the dialog component is coming with cancel and submit buttons in the footer. You can control those with the dialog props.

<k-button @click="$refs.dialog.open()">Open Dialog</k-button>

<k-dialog
  ref="dialog"
  button="Delete"
  theme="negative"
  icon="trash"
>
  <k-text>
    Do you really want to delete the user:<br>
    <strong>bastian</strong>?
  </k-text>
</k-dialog>

Detailed

If you need more control over the available buttons in the footer, or you want to create a dialog without buttons, you can overwrite the footer slot.

<k-button @click="$refs.dialog.open()">Open Dialog</k-button>

<k-dialog ref="dialog">
  <template>
    <k-text>
      Do you really want to delete the user:<br>
      <strong>bastian</strong>?
    </k-text>
  </template>

  <template slot="footer">
    <k-button-group>
      <k-button icon="times" @click="$refs.dialog.close()">Cancel</k-button>
      <k-button icon="trash" theme="negative" @click="$refs.dialog.close()">Delete</k-button>
    </k-button-group>
  </template>
</k-dialog>

Forms in dialogs

A dialog can easily be combined with a form by using the k-form component. It's important though to setup the submit events correctly.

<template>
  <k-dialog ref="dialog" @submit="$refs.form.submit()">
    <k-form
      ref="form"
      v-model="page"
      :fields="{
        title: {
          label: 'Title',
          type: 'title'
        }
      }"
      @submit="submit"
    />
  </k-dialog>
</template>

<script>
export default {
  data() {
    return {
      page: {
        title: null
      }
    }
  },
  methods: {
    submit() {
      this.$api
        .patch('/some/endpoint', { title: this.page.title })
        .then(() => {
          this.$refs.dialog.close();
        })
        .catch(() => {
          this.error("The title could not be saved");
        });
    }
  }
}
</script>

As you can see in the example, the @submit event of the dialog is used to trigger the submit() method of the form. The @submit event of the form is then used to actually trigger the defined submit method.

In the submit method the API call is done. On success, the dialog will be closed, while catch() will take care of showing the error notification bar in the dialog and keep it open.

By setting up the dialog and form like this, you can make sure that the ok button and any submit events within the form (i.e. enter key) are doing the same.

Props

button

String (default: "ok")

The text for the submit button

icon

String (default: "check")

The icon type for the submit button

size

String (default: null)

The modal size can be adjusted with the size prop. Available sizes are:

  • small (default)
  • medium
  • large

theme

String (default: null)

The theme of the submit button. By default there's not theme assigned. Available options:

  • positive
  • negative

visible

Boolean (default: false)

Dialogs are only openend on demand with the open() method. If you need a dialog that's visible on creation, you can set the visible prop

Methods

cancel()

Triggers the @cancel event and closes the dialog.

close()

Triggers the @close event and closes the dialog.

error(message)

Shows the error notification bar in the dialog with the given message

open()

Opens the dialog and triggers the @open event

success(message)

Shows the success notification bar in the dialog with the given message

Events

@cancel

This event is triggered whenever the cancel button or the backdrop is clicked.

@close

This event is triggered when the dialog is being closed. This happens independently from the cancel event.

@open

This event is triggered as soon as the dialog opens.

@submit

This event is triggered when the submit button is clicked.

CSS class

.k-dialog