Using Bootstrap Modal window as PartialView

Question

I was looking to using the Twitter Bootstrap Modal windows as a partial view. However, I do not really think that it was designed to be used in this fashion; it seems like

Answer 1

Complete and clear example project http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/786085/ASP-NET-MVC-List-Editor-with-Bootstrap-Modals It displays create, edit and delete entity operation modals with bootstrap and also includes code to handle result returned from those entity operations (c#, JSON, javascript)

Answer 2

Yes we have done this.

In your Index.cshtml you'll have something like..

<div id='gameModal' class='modal hide fade in' data-url='@Url.Action("GetGameListing")'>
   <div id='gameContainer'>
   </div>
</div>

<button id='showGame'>Show Game Listing</button>

Then in JS for the same page (inlined or in a separate file you'll have something like this..

$(document).ready(function() {
   $('#showGame').click(function() {
        var url = $('#gameModal').data('url');

        $.get(url, function(data) {
            $('#gameContainer').html(data);

            $('#gameModal').modal('show');
        });
   });
});

With a method on your controller that looks like this..

[HttpGet]
public ActionResult GetGameListing()
{
   var model = // do whatever you need to get your model
   return PartialView(model);
}

You will of course need a view called GetGameListing.cshtml inside of your Views folder..

Answer 3

I have achieved this by using one nice example i have found here. I have replaced the jquery dialog used in that example with the Twitter Bootstrap Modal windows.

Answer 4

I do this with mustache.js and templates (you could use any JavaScript templating library).

In my view, I have something like this:

<script type="text/x-mustache-template" id="modalTemplate">
    <%Html.RenderPartial("Modal");%>
</script>

...which lets me keep my templates in a partial view called Modal.ascx:

<%@ Control Language="C#" Inherits="System.Web.Mvc.ViewUserControl" %>
    <div>
        <div class="modal-header">
            <a class="close" data-dismiss="modal">&times;</a>
            <h3>{{Name}}</h3>
        </div>
        <div class="modal-body">
            <table class="table table-striped table-condensed">
                <tbody>
                    <tr><td>ID</td><td>{{Id}}</td></tr>
                    <tr><td>Name</td><td>{{Name}}</td></tr>
                </tbody>
            </table>
        </div>
        <div class="modal-footer">
            <a class="btn" data-dismiss="modal">Close</a>
        </div>
    </div>

I create placeholders for each modal in my view:

<%foreach (var item in Model) {%>
    <div data-id="<%=Html.Encode(item.Id)%>"
         id="modelModal<%=Html.Encode(item.Id)%>" 
         class="modal hide fade">
    </div>
<%}%>

...and make ajax calls with jQuery:

<script type="text/javascript">
    var modalTemplate = $("#modalTemplate").html()
    $(".modal[data-id]").each(function() {
        var $this = $(this)
        var id = $this.attr("data-id")
        $this.on("show", function() {
            if ($this.html()) return
            $.ajax({
                type: "POST",
                url: "<%=Url.Action("SomeAction")%>",
                data: { id: id },
                success: function(data) {
                    $this.append(Mustache.to_html(modalTemplate, data))
                }
            })
        })
    })
</script>

Then, you just need a trigger somewhere:

<%foreach (var item in Model) {%>
    <a data-toggle="modal" href="#modelModal<%=Html.Encode(item.Id)%>">
        <%=Html.Encode(item.DutModel.Name)%>
    </a>
<%}%>

Answer 5

I use AJAX to do this. You have your partial with your typical twitter modal template html:

<div class="container">
  <!-- Modal -->
  <div class="modal fade" id="LocationNumberModal" role="dialog">
    <div class="modal-dialog">
      <!-- Modal content-->
      <div class="modal-content">
        <div class="modal-header">
          <button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="modal">
            &times;
          </button>
          <h4 class="modal-title">
            Serial Numbers
          </h4>
        </div>
        <div class="modal-body">
          <span id="test"></span>
          <p>Some text in the modal.</p>
        </div>
        <div class="modal-footer">
          <button type="button" class="btn btn-default" data-dismiss="modal">
            Close
          </button>
        </div>
      </div>
    </div>
  </div>
</div>

Then you have your controller method, I use JSON and have a custom class that rendors the view to a string. I do this so I can perform multiple ajax updates on the screen with one ajax call. Reference here: Example but you can use an PartialViewResult/ActionResult on return if you are just doing the one call. I will show it using JSON..

And the JSON Method in Controller:

public JsonResult LocationNumberModal(string partNumber = "")
{
  //Business Layer/DAL to get information
  return Json(new {
      LocationModal = ViewUtility.RenderRazorViewToString(this.ControllerContext, "LocationNumberModal.cshtml", new SomeModelObject())
    },
    JsonRequestBehavior.AllowGet
  );
}

And then, in the view using your modal: You can package the AJAX in your partial and call @{Html.RenderPartial... Or you can have a placeholder with a div:

<div id="LocationNumberModalContainer"></div>

then your ajax:

function LocationNumberModal() {
  var partNumber = "1234";

  var src = '@Url.Action("LocationNumberModal", "Home", new { area = "Part" })'
    + '?partNumber='' + partNumber; 

  $.ajax({
    type: "GET",
    url: src,
    dataType: "json",
    contentType: "application/json; charset=utf-8",
    success: function (data) {
      $("#LocationNumberModalContainer").html(data.LocationModal);
      $('#LocationNumberModal').modal('show');
    }
  });
};

Then the button to your modal:

<button type="button" id="GetLocBtn" class="btn btn-default" onclick="LocationNumberModal()">Get</button>