I had this working in bootstrap 3 but in bootstrap 4 (beta) I've had no luck.
The modal itself is coded like the following (simple sign in form)
<div class="modal fade" id="signInModal" tabindex="-1" role="dialog" aria-labelledby="signInModalLabel" aria-hidden="true">
<div class="modal-dialog" role="document">
<div class="modal-content">
<div class="modal-header">
<h5 class="modal-title" id="signInModalLabel">Sign In</h5>
<button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="modal" aria-label="Close">
<span aria-hidden="true">×</span>
</button>
</div>
<form class='form-horizontal' role="form" id='signIn'>
<div class="modal-body">
<div class="form-group">
<label class="control-label col-2" for="email">Email:</label>
<div class="col-10">
<input type="text" class="form-control" name="credentials[email]" placeholder="Enter email" required>
</div>
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<label class="control-label col-2" for="pwd">Password:</label>
<div class="col-10">
<input type="password" class="form-control" name="credentials[password]" placeholder="Enter password" required>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="modal-footer">
<span class="badLoginAttempt" id="badLoginAttempt"></span>
<button type="button" class="btn btn-secondary" data-dismiss="modal">Cancel</button>
<button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary">Sign In</button>
</div>
</form>
</div>
</div>
</div>
And it's opened with a link in a bootstrap nav bar
<a class="nav-link" data-toggle="modal" href="#signInModal">Sign In</a>
It opens fine and can be dismissed with no problem. The issue is when I submit it. First I perform an ajax request, if it fails nothing happens, but when it succeeds the modal is hidden using:
$('#signInModal').modal('hide')
Which used to work fine in bootstrap 3, but now the backdrop isn't going away and it locks me out from doing anything else until refresh. I tried toggle as well but no change.
I tried adding
data-backdrop="false"
to the modal which gets rid of the backdrop issue, but then I get a new issue that I can no longer simply click outside the modal window to dismiss it. It also looks a lot worse visually.
Also a second problem which is probably related to the first issue is that after I manually hide the modal, the sign in button wont open any more. If I click it a bunch at best it will flash on the screen and go away.
Really confused why it broken so much switching from bootstrap 3 to 4. I'm following the documentation and matching as much as possible exactly how things should be called.