Display Bootstrap Modal using javascript onClick

Question

I need to be able to open a Twitter bootstrap modal window using the onClick="" or similar function. Just need the code to go into the onClick="". I am trying to make a click-able div to open the modal.

Code Excerpts:

Div Code:

<div class="span4 proj-div" onClick="open('GSCCModal');">

Modal Div Code:

<div id="GSCCModal" class="modal hide fade" tabindex="-1" role="dialog" aria-labelledby="myModalLabel" aria-hidden="true">

Javascript:

function open(x){
    $(x).modal('show');
}

Using onClick is largely frowned upon. Is there a specific reason you could not, at the least, include a script in a — James Lai, Nov 21 '13 at 02:21
Is there a reason you can't use the built in bootstrap functionality? (ie: put data-toggle="modal" and data-target="#foo" on your div?) — Lola, Nov 21 '13 at 02:22
I am using the onClick to avoid using links around the div. And these are code excerpts, not how they actually are in the code. @BriAnna you mean on the non-modal div code? I did not realize This would do anything, or that I could even do that. — Snappawapa, Nov 21 '13 at 03:54
Yep. Any element can be the clickable trigger. Just add the two attributes to your div. An a tag isn't required. But your markup isn't right. You have to follow Twitter Bootstrap's example. — Lola, Nov 21 '13 at 04:10

score 47 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 21 '13 at 04:19

You don't need an onclick. Assuming you're using Bootstrap 3 Bootstrap 3 Documentation

<div class="span4 proj-div" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#GSCCModal">Clickable content, graphics, whatever</div>

<div id="GSCCModal" class="modal fade" tabindex="-1" role="dialog" aria-labelledby="myModalLabel" aria-hidden="true">
 <div class="modal-dialog">
    <div class="modal-content">
      <div class="modal-header">
        <button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="modal" aria-hidden="true">&times;  </button>
        <h4 class="modal-title" id="myModalLabel">Modal title</h4>
      </div>
      <div class="modal-body">
        ...
      </div>
      <div class="modal-footer">
        <button type="button" class="btn btn-default" data-dismiss="modal">Close</button>
        <button type="button" class="btn btn-primary">Save changes</button>
      </div>
    </div>
  </div>
</div>

If you're using Bootstrap 2, you'd follow the markup here: http://getbootstrap.com/2.3.2/javascript.html#modals

That, sir is exactly what I needed. I am currently using bootstrap 2.3.2, but it still works perfectly! Thank you! — Snappawapa, Nov 21 '13 at 19:45
I get it. [How to open a Bootstrap modal window using jQuery?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/13183630/how-to-open-a-bootstrap-modal-window-using-jquery) — always-a-learner, Jun 23 '17 at 08:39

Ash · Answer 2 · 2018-02-13T01:35:41.210

I was looking for the onClick option to set the title and body of the modal based on the item in a list. T145's answer helped a lot, so I wanted to share how I used it.

Make sure the tag containing the JavaScript function is of type text/javascript to avoid conflicts:

<script type="text/javascript"> function showMyModalSetTitle(myTitle, myBodyHtml) {

   /*
    * '#myModayTitle' and '#myModalBody' refer to the 'id' of the HTML tags in
    * the modal HTML code that hold the title and body respectively. These id's
    * can be named anything, just make sure they are added as necessary.
    *
    */

   $('#myModalTitle').html(myTitle);
   $('#myModalBody').html(myBodyHtml);

   $('#myModal').modal('show');
}</script>

This function can now be called in the onClick method from inside an element such as a button:

<button type="button" onClick="javascript:showMyModalSetTitle('Some Title', 'Some body txt')"> Click Me! </button>

T145 · Answer 3 · 2013-11-21T15:40:28.217

A JavaScript function must first be made that holds what you want to be done:

function print() { console.log("Hello World!") }

and then that function must be called in the onClick method from inside an element:

<a onClick="print()"> ... </a>

You can learn more about modal interactions directly from the Bootstrap 3 documentation found here: http://getbootstrap.com/javascript/#modals

Your modal bind is also incorrect. It should be something like this, where "myModal" = ID of element:

$('#myModal').modal(options)

In other words, if you truly want to keep what you already have, put a "#" in front GSCCModal and see if that works.

It is also not very wise to have an onClick bound to a div element; something like a button would be more suitable.

Hope this helps!

Unfortunately, this does not solve the problem.. Even using the twitter bootstrap functions, The farthest I get is a blank screen. I will also update my initial question with code I am currently working with — Snappawapa, Nov 21 '13 at 03:38

score 0 · Answer 4 · edited Apr 08 '18 at 03:55

I had the same problem, after researching a lot, I finally built a js function to create modals dynamically based on my requirements. Using this function, you can create popups in one line such as:

puyModal({title:'Test Title',heading:'Heading',message:'This is sample message.'})

Or you can use other complex functionality such as iframes, video popups, etc.

Find it on https://github.com/aybhalala/puymodals For demo, go to http://pateladitya.com/puymodals/

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