bootstrap jquery show.bs.modal event won't fire

Question

i\'m using the modal example from the bootstrap 3 docs. the modal works. however i need to access the show.bs.modal event when it fires. for now i\'m just trying:

Answer 1

Make sure you put your on('shown.bs.modal') before instantiating the modal to pop up

$("#myModal").on("shown.bs.modal", function () { 
    alert('Hi');
});
$("#myModal").modal('show'); //This can also be $("#myModal").modal({ show: true });

or

$("#myModal").on("shown.bs.modal", function () { 
    alert('Hi');
}).modal('show');

To focus on a field, it is better to use the shown.bs.modal in stead of show.bs.modal but maybe for other reasons you want to hide something the the background or set something right before the modal starts showing, use the show.bs.modal function.