jQuery Mobile how to dynamically add html to dialog box - dialog

Question

I am looking to open a dialog from a specific page and load dynamic data into the dialog.
On the main page I have a number of different links that when clicked provides more information on that link. All the data I have for that link is included on the main page. Somehow I would like to assign the dialog so that it is populated when the dialog opens.
I've tried something like this so far:
<?php foreach($offers as $offer) : ?>
<?php echo $offer->{'offer_name'}; ?>
<?php endforeach; ?>
Then I have an event catcher to catch the link click and then load the "data-desc" meta into the dialog but this doesn't work.
$('.offer').live('click', function(){
var data = $(this).attr('data-desc');
$("#data-desc").html(data);
$("#dialog-offer").dialog("open");
return false;
});
<div data-role="content" id="dialog-offer">
<p class="data-desc"></p>
</div>
I have been looking for an example on how to do this in jQM. This is such a basic necessity for jQM in general that I am surprised that I cannot find any examples. Could someone point me in the right direction. Thanks for the help.

Answer 1

You have a number of errors in your code:
You have given the id="dialog-offer" to a <div> with data-role="content". You should wrap that div in another div with data-role=page
You don't necessarily need to use $("#dialog-offer").dialog("open");. Just set <a href='#dialog-offer'>
You have the wrong selector for the html() call. The class name of the <p> is what you're using with an id-style selector
I have rewritten the code and posted it here: http://jsfiddle.net/PBb3h/
Not exactly like yours, but it does what you want.