Can you call ko.applyBindings to bind a partial view?

ko.applyBindings accepts a second parameter that is a DOM element to use as the root.

This would let you do something like:

<div id="one">
  <input data-bind="value: name" />
</div>

<div id="two">
  <input data-bind="value: name" />
</div>

<script type="text/javascript">
  var viewModelA = {
     name: ko.observable("Bob")
  };

  var viewModelB = {
     name: ko.observable("Ted")
  };

  ko.applyBindings(viewModelA, document.getElementById("one"));
  ko.applyBindings(viewModelB, document.getElementById("two"));
</script>

So, you can use this technique to bind a viewModel to the dynamic content that you load into your dialog. Overall, you just want to be careful not to call applyBindings multiple times on the same elements, as you will get multiple event handlers attached.