jQuery Mobile Popup Windows

application_helper.rb

module ApplicationHelper 

  # call this method in the view
  # name should be a unique ID for this page, condition should be either truthy or falsey
  def show_dialog_if(name, condition)
    if condition
      content = 
      link_to("click", "##{name}", 
        id: "#{name}_popup", class: "hidden",
        data: {rel: "dialog", theme: "a"})
      content += content_tag(:script, "jQuery(function(){$('##{name}_popup').trigger('click');})", type: "text/javascript")
      content.html_safe
    end
  end
  
  # call this in application.html (not ideal) for every message you'd like to display
  def ajax_page(id, &block)
    content = capture(&block)
    %{
      <div data-role="page" id="#{id}">
        <div data-role="header" data-theme="b"></div>
        <div data-role="content"  data-theme="b">
        #{content}
        </div>
        <div data-role="footer"  data-theme="b"></div>
      </div>
    }.html_safe
  end
end