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+
+(function(){
+
+  // Create ajax hook on given 'element', which should return modal with 'id' =>
+  // show that modal
+  function initializeModal(element, id){
+    $(element)
+    .on("ajax:beforeSend", function(){
+      animateSpinner();
+    })
+    .on("ajax:success", function(e, data){
+      $('body').append($.parseHTML(data.html));
+      $(id).modal('show',{
+        backdrop: true,
+        keyboard: false,
+      });
+    })
+    .on("ajax:error", function() {
+      animateSpinner(null, false);
+      // TODO
+    })
+    .on("ajax:complete", function(){
+      animateSpinner(null, false);
+    });
+  }
+
+  // Initialize dropdown actions on experiment:
+  // - edit
+  // - clone
+  function initializeDropdownActions(){
+    // { buttonClass: modalName } mappings
+    // click on buttonClass summons modalName dialog
+    modals = {
+      '.edit-experiment': '#edit-experiment-modal-',
+      '.clone-experiment': '#clone-experiment-modal-',
+      '.move-experiment': '#move-experiment-modal-'
+    }
+
+    $.each($(".dropdown-experiment-actions"), function(){
+      var $dropdown = $(this);
+      $.each(modals, function(buttonClass, modalName) {
+        var id = modalName + $dropdown.data('id');
+        initializeModal($dropdown.find(buttonClass), id);
+      });
+    });
+  }
+
+  // Bind modal to new-experiment action
+  initializeModal($("#new-experiment"), '#new-experiment-modal');
+
+  // Bind modal to all actions listed on dropdown accesible from experiment
+  // panel
+  initializeDropdownActions();
+})();