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

Try this

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

Using shown instead of show also make sure you have your semi colons at the end of your function and alert.