According to the documentation one only needs to use $this->dialog($id, $content, $params, $attribs); in order to create a jQuery UI dialog.

Expected outcome: the use of $this->dialog("dialog", "content here", array(), array()); within a view script will produce the appropriate jQuery Dialog.

Actual outcome:

An exception will be thrown:

Fatal error: Uncaught exception 'Zend_Loader_PluginLoader_Exception' with message 'Plugin by name 'Dialog' was not found in the registry; used paths: ZendX_JQuery_View_Helper_: ZendX/JQuery/View/Helper/ Zend_View_Helper_: Zend/View/Helper/'

Even though the appropriate paths are set.

Workaround: using $this->dialogContainer("dialog", "content here", array(), array()); will create the appropriate code to initiate a jQuery UI dialog