Javascript Confirm dialogbox

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I am calling the confirm("Are you sure you want to delete");
then I get the standard "Ok" and "Cancel" buttons with "Ok" as the default.

Because this is a delete is there a way, other than creating a custom dialog box, the change the default button to be the "Cancel" button? Or even reverse the text of the boxes?

Thanks..

Posted 25-Jan-13 8:08am

MacIntyre

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Abhishek Pant 25-Jan-13 14:37pm

use modal popup

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**Zoltán Zörgő** · Answer 1 · 2013-01-25T08:18:00

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Unfortunately, there is no way to influence the appearance and the behavior of the built-in dialog.

So you either make a custom dialog with jquery for example[^], or you change the question formulation to have the godd default button: instead of "Are you sure you want to delete this?" ask "Would you better keep this?" :)

Posted 25-Jan-13 8:18am

Zoltán Zörgő

Updated 25-Jan-13 8:21am

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MacIntyre 25-Jan-13 15:45pm

Would this work instead:
$.prompt('Example 4',{ buttons: { Ok: true, Cancel: false }, focus: 1 });

Zoltán Zörgő 25-Jan-13 16:28pm

Give it a try :)

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 25-Jan-13 17:03pm

Actually, jQuery dialogs or modal windows (don't mix them up with those evil pop-ups!) make a lot of sense. It's always better to prefer lightweight components and get rid of build-in alert or confirm. Those dialogs do not belong the page. My 5.
—SA