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HTML
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8" />
<title>jQuery UI Dialog - Default functionality</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://code.jquery.com/ui/1.9.1/themes/base/jquery-ui.css" />
<script src="http://code.jquery.com/ui/1.9.1/jquery-ui.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<p>foo</p>
<p>bar</p>
<p>baz</p>
<p>foo</p>
<p>bar</p>
<p>baz</p>
<p>foo</p>
<p>bar</p>
<p>baz</p>
<p><a id="opener" href="#">Open dialog</a></p>
<div id="dialog">
<p>Dialog contents.</p>
</div>
</body>
</html>
JavaScript
$("#dialog").dialog({ autoOpen: false });
$("#opener").on("click", function() {
$("#dialog").dialog("open");
});