If you want to implement a jQuery modal dialog widget, you can do so by following these steps:
Firstly, create a JSON object to store words and their meanings like this:
var messages = {
"lorem": "Explanation about Lorem.",
"dolor": "Explanation about dolor."
};
Next, structure your markup in a way that makes the words distinguishable:
<div class="content">
<span>Lorem</span> ipsum <span>dolor</span>.
</div>
<!-- This will be used by the jQuery dialog widget. -->
<div id="dialog" title=""></div>
I have enclosed 'Lorem' and 'dolor' within span containers.
To make the spans look like links using CSS, you can use the following style:
.content span {
text-decoration: underline;
cursor: pointer;
}
Finally, utilize jQuery to handle the functionality of displaying the meaning when a word is clicked:
$(".content").on("click", "span", function(e) {
e.stopPropagation();
var $this = $( this ),
_text = $this.text();
var dialogContent = messages[_text.toLowerCase()];
if(dialogContent && dialogContent.length > 0) {
$( "#dialog" ).dialog({
"modal": true,
"title": _text
}).html(dialogContent);
}
});
You can view a demo of this implementation here.
For more information on jQuery's Dialog Widget API, visit here.
I hope this guide helps you with your implementation.