You should have a content place holder inside your dialog, for example:
<div id="noteContent" title="Basic dialog">
<p id="contentholder"> This is the default dialog which is useful for displaying information. The dialog window can be moved, resized and closed with the 'x' icon.</p>
</div>
$("#note_content").dialog({
title: "Note",
modal: true,
width:'auto',
height:'auto',
resizable:false,
open: function(){
var note_text = $('#note_content').attr('note_text');
$("#contentholder").val(note_text)
}
}
You had your note_text assigned to a variable in this line:
var note_text = $('#note_content').attr('note_text');
However, you didn't assign the note_text variable to the placeholder.