ScifeonDialog

This class is used for showing dialogs (or popups). The class is wrapping the Aurelia Dialog-plugin, which is why there are some references to the documentation of this.

Example

API

Methods

open(options: any): DialogOpenPromise<DialogOpenResult | DialogCancelResult>

Parameters

• options An object with the following possible values:

options = {
    lock: boolean,    // If false, the dialog can be closes by pressing ESC or clicking the overlay
    model: any,       // An object passed to the activate() method of the view model
    viewModel: any,   // The view model
    view: string,     // A HTML string, typically just the view corresponding to the view model
    style: string,    // A CSS string, e.g. 'width: 800px;'
    header: string,   // A HTML string
    footer: string    // A HTML string - defaults to an OK and Cancel button
};

Returns

A DialogClosePromise, with the method .whenClosed(result => ...).

Example

import { MyDialogViewModel } from './my-dialog-view-model';
...
  openDialog() {
    this.dialog.open({
        viewModel: MyDialogViewModel,
        view: require('./my-dialog-view-model.html')
    }).whenClosed(result => /* do something with the result */);
  }
...

confirm(question: string): Promise<boolean>

Show a simple popup with the question and ‘Yes’ and ‘No’ buttons.

Parameters

• question The question to show.

Returns

Returns true or false through a promise.

Example

...
  async openConfirmDialog() {
    const result = await this.dialog.confirm('Yes or no?');
    if (result) {
      // do something when Yes is pressed
    } else {
      // do something else when No is pressed
    }
  }
...

message(message: string): DialogOpenPromise<DialogOpenResult | DialogCancelResult>

Show a simple popup with the message and an ‘OK’ button.

Parameters

• message The message to show.

Returns

Returns a promise with a true value.

Example

...
  async openMessageDialog() {
    const result = await this.dialog.message('A message');
    if (result) {
      // do something when the message has been shown
    }
  }
...

close(ok: boolean = true, object: any = null): void

Closes the current dialog.

Parameters

• ok Whether the result should be ok or not.
• object The object to return to the callee of the current dialog.

cancel(output: any = null): void

Cancels (and closes) the current dialog.

Parameters

• object The object to return to the callee of the current dialog.

ok(output: any = null): void

Closes the current dialog with an OK value.

Parameters

• object The object to return to the callee of the current dialog.