how to use bootstrap's modal dialog only, instead of the whole bootstrap.css to aviod conflicting with my own css

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how to use bootstrap's modal dialog only, instead of the whole bootstrap.css to aviod conflicting with my own css.

I know maybe using fancybox is a better solution, but I just want the bootstrap's modal window's style..

Just include your CSS after the bootstrap.css file. Whichever is last is what is used in CSS. — Jacques ジャック, Sep 18 '13 at 02:20
@Jack, thank you for reply , but it's impossible in my own css files to define every elements to overwrite those ones defined in bootstrap.css — Ganiks, Sep 18 '13 at 02:28
Um, why would you need to do that? Wouldn't you have all your elements defined in your css? I assume you're resetting everything at the beginning of your CSS, if not, you should do that and it would be fine. — Jacques ジャック, Sep 18 '13 at 02:51
Possible duplicate of [Using \*just\* Bootstrap modal](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/17088160/using-just-bootstrap-modal) — Damjan Pavlica, Oct 12 '17 at 20:10

score 5 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 07 '15 at 11:39

here is the complete css only for the bootstrap modal.

article,
aside,
details,
figcaption,
figure,
footer,
header,
hgroup,
main,
menu,
nav,
section,
summary {
  display: block;
}
a {
  background-color: transparent;
}
html {
  font-size: 10px;
  -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);
}
body {
  font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
  font-size: 14px;
  line-height: 1.42857143;
  color: #333333;
  background-color: #ffffff;
}
a {
  color: #337ab7;
  text-decoration: none;
}
a:hover,
a:focus {
  color: #23527c;
  text-decoration: underline;
}
a:focus {
  outline: thin dotted;
  outline: 5px auto -webkit-focus-ring-color;
  outline-offset: -2px;
}
.close {
  float: right;
  font-size: 21px;
  font-weight: bold;
  line-height: 1;
  color: #000000;
  text-shadow: 0 1px 0 #ffffff;
  opacity: 0.2;
  filter: alpha(opacity=20);
}
.close:hover,
.close:focus {
  color: #000000;
  text-decoration: none;
  cursor: pointer;
  opacity: 0.5;
  filter: alpha(opacity=50);
}
button.close {
  padding: 0;
  cursor: pointer;
  background: transparent;
  border: 0;
  -webkit-appearance: none;
}
.modal-open {
  overflow: hidden;
}
.modal {
  display: none;
  overflow: hidden;
  position: fixed;
  top: 0;
  right: 0;
  bottom: 0;
  left: 0;
  z-index: 1050;
  -webkit-overflow-scrolling: touch;
  outline: 0;
}
.modal.fade .modal-dialog {
  -webkit-transform: translate(0, -25%);
  -ms-transform: translate(0, -25%);
  -o-transform: translate(0, -25%);
  transform: translate(0, -25%);
  -webkit-transition: -webkit-transform 0.3s ease-out;
  -o-transition: -o-transform 0.3s ease-out;
  transition: transform 0.3s ease-out;
}
.modal.in .modal-dialog {
  -webkit-transform: translate(0, 0);
  -ms-transform: translate(0, 0);
  -o-transform: translate(0, 0);
  transform: translate(0, 0);
}
.modal-open .modal {
  overflow-x: hidden;
  overflow-y: auto;
}
.modal-dialog {
  position: relative;
  width: auto;
  margin: 10px;
}
.modal-content {
  position: relative;
  background-color: #ffffff;
  border: 1px solid #999999;
  border: 1px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);
  border-radius: 6px;
  -webkit-box-shadow: 0 3px 9px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5);
  box-shadow: 0 3px 9px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5);
  -webkit-background-clip: padding-box;
          background-clip: padding-box;
  outline: 0;
}
.modal-backdrop {
  position: fixed;
  top: 0;
  right: 0;
  bottom: 0;
  left: 0;
  z-index: 1040;
  background-color: #000000;
}
.modal-backdrop.fade {
  opacity: 0;
  filter: alpha(opacity=0);
}
.modal-backdrop.in {
  opacity: 0.5;
  filter: alpha(opacity=50);
}
.modal-header {
  padding: 15px;
  border-bottom: 1px solid #e5e5e5;
  min-height: 16.42857143px;
}
.modal-header .close {
  margin-top: -2px;
}
.modal-title {
  margin: 0;
  line-height: 1.42857143;
}
.modal-body {
  position: relative;
  padding: 15px;
}
.modal-footer {
  padding: 15px;
  text-align: right;
  border-top: 1px solid #e5e5e5;
}
.modal-footer .btn + .btn {
  margin-left: 5px;
  margin-bottom: 0;
}
.modal-footer .btn-group .btn + .btn {
  margin-left: -1px;
}
.modal-footer .btn-block + .btn-block {
  margin-left: 0;
}
.modal-scrollbar-measure {
  position: absolute;
  top: -9999px;
  width: 50px;
  height: 50px;
  overflow: scroll;
}
.clickable {
  cursor:pointer;
}
@media (min-width: 768px) {
  .modal-dialog {
    width: 600px;
    margin: 30px auto;
  }
  .modal-content {
    -webkit-box-shadow: 0 5px 15px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5);
    box-shadow: 0 5px 15px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5);
  }
  .modal-sm {
    width: 300px;
  }
}
@media (min-width: 992px) {
  .modal-lg {
    width: 900px;
  }
}
.clearfix:before,
.clearfix:after,
.modal-footer:before,
.modal-footer:after {
  content: " ";
  display: table;
}
.clearfix:after,
.modal-footer:after {
  clear: both;
}
.center-block {
  display: block;
  margin-left: auto;
  margin-right: auto;
}
.pull-right {
  float: right !important;
}
.pull-left {
  float: left !important;
}
.hide {
  display: none !important;
}
.show {
  display: block !important;
}
.invisible {
  visibility: hidden;
}
.text-hide {
  font: 0/0 a;
  color: transparent;
  text-shadow: none;
  background-color: transparent;
  border: 0;
}
.hidden {
  display: none !important;
}
.affix {
  position: fixed;
}

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 18 '13 at 05:49

Here's the css for bootstrap's modal:

.modal-backdrop {
  position: fixed;
  top: 0;
  right: 0;
  bottom: 0;
  left: 0;
  z-index: 1040;
  background-color: #000000;
}
.modal-backdrop.fade {
  opacity: 0;
}
.modal-backdrop,
.modal-backdrop.fade.in {
  opacity: 0.8;
  filter: alpha(opacity=80);
}
.modal {
  position: fixed;
  top: 10%;
  left: 50%;
  z-index: 1050;
  width: 560px;
  margin-left: -280px;
  background-color: #ffffff;
  border: 1px solid #999;
  border: 1px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3);
  *border: 1px solid #999;
  /* IE6-7 */

  -webkit-border-radius: 6px;
  -moz-border-radius: 6px;
  border-radius: 6px;
  -webkit-box-shadow: 0 3px 7px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3);
  -moz-box-shadow: 0 3px 7px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3);
  box-shadow: 0 3px 7px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3);
  -webkit-background-clip: padding-box;
  -moz-background-clip: padding-box;
  background-clip: padding-box;
  outline: none;
}
.modal.fade {
  -webkit-transition: opacity .3s linear, top .3s ease-out;
  -moz-transition: opacity .3s linear, top .3s ease-out;
  -o-transition: opacity .3s linear, top .3s ease-out;
  transition: opacity .3s linear, top .3s ease-out;
  top: -25%;
}
.modal.fade.in {
  top: 10%;
}
.modal-header {
  padding: 9px 15px;
  border-bottom: 1px solid #eee;
}
.modal-header .close {
  margin-top: 2px;
}
.modal-header h3 {
  margin: 0;
  line-height: 30px;
}
.modal-body {
  position: relative;
  overflow-y: auto;
  max-height: 400px;
  padding: 15px;
}
.modal-form {
  margin-bottom: 0;
}
.modal-footer {
  padding: 14px 15px 15px;
  margin-bottom: 0;
  text-align: right;
  background-color: #f5f5f5;
  border-top: 1px solid #ddd;
  -webkit-border-radius: 0 0 6px 6px;
  -moz-border-radius: 0 0 6px 6px;
  border-radius: 0 0 6px 6px;
  -webkit-box-shadow: inset 0 1px 0 #ffffff;
  -moz-box-shadow: inset 0 1px 0 #ffffff;
  box-shadow: inset 0 1px 0 #ffffff;
  *zoom: 1;
}
.modal-footer:before,
.modal-footer:after {
  display: table;
  content: "";
  line-height: 0;
}
.modal-footer:after {
  clear: both;
}
.modal-footer .btn + .btn {
  margin-left: 5px;
  margin-bottom: 0;
}
.modal-footer .btn-group .btn + .btn {
  margin-left: -1px;
}
.modal-footer .btn-block + .btn-block {
  margin-left: 0;
}

@media (max-width: 767px) {
  .modal {
    position: fixed;
    top: 20px;
    left: 20px;
    right: 20px;
    width: auto;
    margin: 0;
  }
  .modal.fade {
    top: -100px;
  }
  .modal.fade.in {
    top: 20px;
  }
}

Just make sure you use bootstrap's modal classes and include the js too for it to work.

This isn't the complete CSS for the modal, as it produces a dialog box that doesn't display properly — Dan Cundy, Mar 08 '14 at 02:53

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 18 '13 at 02:55

Just include your CSS after the bootstrap.css file. Whichever is last is what is used in CSS.

If you're worried about element specific css rules like input or div etc, then just reset everything at the beginning of your css file.

Google CSS reset and found this:

/* http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/css/reset/ 
   v2.0 | 20110126
   License: none (public domain)
*/

html, body, div, span, applet, object, iframe,
h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, p, blockquote, pre,
a, abbr, acronym, address, big, cite, code,
del, dfn, em, img, ins, kbd, q, s, samp,
small, strike, strong, sub, sup, tt, var,
b, u, i, center,
dl, dt, dd, ol, ul, li,
fieldset, form, label, legend,
table, caption, tbody, tfoot, thead, tr, th, td,
article, aside, canvas, details, embed, 
figure, figcaption, footer, header, hgroup, 
menu, nav, output, ruby, section, summary,
time, mark, audio, video {
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
    border: 0;
    font-size: 100%;
    font: inherit;
    vertical-align: baseline;
}
/* HTML5 display-role reset for older browsers */
article, aside, details, figcaption, figure, 
footer, header, hgroup, menu, nav, section {
    display: block;
}
body {
    line-height: 1;
}
ol, ul {
    list-style: none;
}
blockquote, q {
    quotes: none;
}
blockquote:before, blockquote:after,
q:before, q:after {
    content: '';
    content: none;
}
table {
    border-collapse: collapse;
    border-spacing: 0;
}

From that you can simply customize a couple things like text/link colors and hovers, etc, but most of the css in bootstrap is used with classes so people can have custom css with it.

how to use bootstrap's modal dialog only, instead of the whole bootstrap.css to aviod conflicting with my own css

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