Generic function for opening a dialog with a spinner

dialog-open.js

/*
 * Generic function for opening a dialog box
 * @var str url: the URL for the content that will be loaded into the dialog
 * @var obj data: a data object to pass to the URL
 * @var obj options: the Dialog "options" object
 * @var func complete: a callable function to be performed when the content loads into the dialog
 */
jQuery.fn.openDialog		= function( url, data, options, complete ) {
	var popup	= $( "#popup" );
	var content	= $( "#popup-content" );
	var spinner	= $( "#spinner" );
	
	spinner.show();
	content
		.hide()
		.load( url, data, function() {
			spinner.hide();
			content.show();
			// Run any callback functions, if present.
			if( typeof complete === 'function' ) {
				complete();
			}
		} );
	// Load our dialog options, if present:
	if( options != null && typeof options === 'object' ) {
		popup.dialog( 'option', options );
	}
	popup.dialog( 'open' );
}