ko.bindingHandlers.dialog = { init: function(element, valueAccessor, allBindingsAccessor) { var options = ko.utils.unwrapObservable(valueAccessor()) || {}; //do in a setTimeout, so the applyBindings doesn't bind twice from element being copied and moved to bottom setTimeout(function() { options.close = function() { allBindingsAccessor().dialogVisible(false); }; $(element).dialog(options); }, 0); //handle disposal (not strictly necessary in this scenario) ko.utils.domNodeDisposal.addDisposeCallback(element, function() { $(element).dialog("destroy"); }); }, update: function(element, valueAccessor, allBindingsAccessor) { var shouldBeOpen = ko.utils.unwrapObservable(allBindingsAccessor().dialogVisible); $(element).dialog(shouldBeOpen ? "open" : "close"); }}; var viewModel = { label: ko.observable('dialog test'), isOpen: ko.observable(false), open: function() { this.isOpen(true); }, close: function() { this.isOpen(false); }};ko.applyBindings(viewModel);
.header { font-size: 16px; font-family: sans-serif; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 20px;}
Http://jsfiddle.net/rniemeyer/SnPdE/