<!-- Trigger the modal with a button -->
<button type="button" class="btn btn-info btn-lg" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#myModal">Open Modal</button>
<!-- Modal -->
<div id="myModal" class="modal fade" role="dialog">
<div class="modal-dialog">
<!-- Modal content-->
<div class="modal-content">
<div class="modal-header">
<button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="modal">×</button>
<h4 class="modal-title">Modal Header</h4>
</div>
<div class="modal-body">
<p>Some text in the modal.</p>
</div>
<div class="modal-footer">
<button type="button" class="btn btn-default" data-dismiss="modal">Close</button>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
The "Trigger" part:
To trigger the modal window, you need to use a button or a link.
Then include the two data-* attributes:
data-toggle="modal"
opens the modal window
data-target="#myModal"
points to the id of the modal
The "Modal" part:
The parent <div>
of the modal must have an ID that is the same as the value of the data-target attribute used to trigger the modal ("myModal").
The .modal class identifies the content of <div>
as a modal and brings focus to it.
The .fade
class adds a transition effect which fades the modal in and out. Remove this class if you do not want this effect.
The attribute role="dialog"
improves accessibility for people using screen readers.
The .modal-dialog
class sets the proper width and margin of the modal.
The "Modal content" part:
The <div>
with class="modal-content"
styles the modal (border, background-color, etc.). Inside this <div>
, add the modal's header, body, and footer.
The .modal-header class is used to define the style for the header of the modal. The <button>
inside the header has a data-dismiss="modal"
attribute which closes the modal if you click on it. The .close class styles the close button, and the .modal-title
class styles the header with a proper line-height.
The .modal-body
class is used to define the style for the body of the modal. Add any HTML markup here; paragraphs, images, videos, etc.
The .modal-footer
class is used to define the style for the footer of the modal. Note that this area is right aligned by default.