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