How do I close a modal window after AJAX success

Question

I have a button which opens a modal but I have prevented the modal close by clicking background or ESC key.

My button looks like this:

Answer 1

You can try something like below. Untested but you'll get the idea.

$.ajax({
  url: 'yourscript.php',
  data: $('form#yourForm').serialize(),
  type: 'post'
}).done(function(response) { 
  // trigger modal closing here since ajax is complete.
});