Bootstrap $('#myModal').modal('show') is not working

Question

I\'m not sure why but all the modal functions are not working with me. I checked the version and the load they are fine.

I keep getting this error message:

Answer 1

My root cause was that I forgot to add the # before the id name. Lame but true.

From

$('scheduleModal').modal('show');

To

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

For your reference, the code sequence that works for me is