How can I close a jQuery UI dialog after a x seconds?

Question

How can I programmatically close a jQuery UI dialog after some number of seconds?

I figure I need to do something inside

window.setTimeout(function() {
    //Something here....
}, 10000);

Answer 1

Try $('#idOfYourDialogue').dialog("close");

and see http://docs.jquery.com/UI/Dialog

Answer 2

var xSeconds = 2; // 2 seconds
var myDialog = $('dialog_element').dialog('open');
setTimeout(function() { myDialog.close(); }, Xseconds * 1000);