How to open a JQ dialogue box on submit event?

Question

I have a search field. I want to show the results in a dialogue box. The search field doesn't have any button. So, what event i should call to open the dialogue box after pressing enter.

Any suggestions!

Update

For the whole project, its all HTML, JavaScript & Jquery in client side, Java is in back. What i want to know is, under which event i have to put the dialogue box generation codes and data manipulation codes.

Answer 1

You would probably want it in the callback for whatever ajax request you're using to get information from your server.

$.get("your-script.php", function(data){
    // display data here
});

Answer 2

Have a look at the jQuery Form Plugin. It allows you make a normal form into an AJAX form, posting back without reloading the page. You get a callback when the result is return, which you can then use to populate and show the dialog box.