How to open a Bootstrap modal window using jQuery?

Question

I\'m using Twitter Bootstrap modal window functionality. When someone clicks submit on my form, I want to show the modal window upon clicking the \"submit button\" in the fo

Answer 1

Bootstrap has a few functions that can be called manually on modals:

$('#myModal').modal('toggle');
$('#myModal').modal('show');
$('#myModal').modal('hide');

You can see more here: Bootstrap modal component

Specifically the methods section.

So you would need to change:

$('#my-modal').modal({
    show: 'false'
}); 

to:

$('#myModal').modal('show'); 

If you're looking to make a custom popup of your own, here's a suggested video from another community member:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zK4nXa84Km4

Answer 2

If you use links's onclick function to call a modal by jQuery, the "href" can't be null.

For example:

... ...
<a href="" onclick="openModal()">Open a Modal by jQuery</a>
... ...
... ...
<script type="text/javascript">

function openModal(){

    $('#myModal').modal();
}       
</script>

The Modal can't show. The right code is :

<a href="#" onclick="openModal()">Open a Modal by jQuery</a>

Answer 3

Check out the complete solution here:

http://www.w3schools.com/bootstrap/tryit.asp?filename=trybs_ref_js_modal_show&stacked=h

Make sure to put libraries in required order to get result:

1- First bootstrap.min.css 2- jquery.min.js 3- bootstrap.min.js

(In other words jquery.min.js must be call before bootstrap.min.js)

    <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.7/css/bootstrap.min.css">

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.1.1/jquery.min.js">
</script> 

 <script src="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.7/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>