I have the following markup using a twitter bootstrap modal plugin:
<div class="tabbable">
<ul class="nav nav-tabs">
<li class="active"><a href="#tabPeople" data-toggle="tab">People</a></li>
<li><a href="#tabRoles" data-toggle="tab">Roles</a></li>
</ul>
<div class="tab-content">
<div class="tab-pane active fade in" id="tabPeople">
<a data-toggle="modal" href="#modalEditPerson1">Name</a>
<div class="modal hide fade in" id="modalEditPerson1">
<div class="modal-header">
<button class="close" data-dismiss="modal">
×</button>
<h3>
Name</h3>
</div>
<div class="modal-body">
<p>
One fine body…</p>
</div>
<div class="modal-footer">
<a href="#" class="btn" data-dismiss="modal">Close</a> <a href="#" class="btn btn-primary">
Save changes</a>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="tab-pane fade" id="tabRoles">
<p>
Role stuff here.</p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
This brings up a modal, but doesn't fade it as in the demo on this page: http://twitter.github.com/bootstrap/javascript.html#modals
UPDATE I have realised that the issue is that it is nested within a .tabbable div which also uses .fade I've updated the html above.