Using some custom coffeescript file, for example:
$ ->
$.rails.allowAction = (link) ->
return true unless link.attr('data-confirm')
$.rails.showConfirmDialog(link)
false
$.rails.confirmed = (link) ->
link.removeAttr('data-confirm')
link.trigger('click.rails')
$.rails.showConfirmDialog = (link) ->
message = link.attr 'data-confirm'
html = """
<div class="modal" id="confirmationDialog">
<div class="modal-dialog">
<div class="modal-content">
<div class="modal-header">
<a class="close" data-dismiss="modal">×</a>
<h1>#{message}</h1>
</div>
<div class="modal-footer">
<a data-dismiss="modal" class="btn">#{link.data('cancel')}</a>
<a data-dismiss="modal" class="btn btn-primary confirm">#{link.data('ok')}</a>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
"""
$(html).modal()
$('#confirmationDialog .confirm').on 'click', -> $.rails.confirmed(link)
It also allows you to translate your ok and cancel buttons right away, for example
data: { confirm: t('messages.confirm_delete'), ok: t('buttons.ok'), cancel: t('buttons.cancel')
, , ""!