JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground by Jordan Hawker October 27, 2011 HTML <link rel="stylesheet" href="ui.theme.css"> <link rel="stylesheet" href="jquery-ui.css"> <div id="dlg">Hello I am a dialog. Click outside me to close!</div> JavaScript $("#dlg").dialog({ resizable: false, modal: true, create: function(event, ui) { var widget = $(this).dialog("widget"); $(".ui-dialog-titlebar-close span", widget).removeClass("ui-icon-closethick").addClass("ui-icon-minusthick"); } }); $('.ui-widget-overlay').live('click', function() { $('#dlg').dialog("close"); });