Bootstrap modal appearing under background

Question

I have used the code for my modal straight from the Bootstrap example, and have included only the bootstrap.js (and not bootstrap-modal.js). However, my modal is appearing u

Answer 1

I got it to work by giving a high z-index value to the modal window AFTER opening it. E.g.:

$("#myModal").modal("show");
$("#myModal").css("z-index", "1500");