Multiple modals overlay

Question

I need that the overlay shows above the first modal, not in the back.

$('#openBtn').click(function(){
	$('#myModal').modal({show:true})
});

<a data-toggle="modal" href="#myModal" class="btn btn-primary">Launch modal</a>

<div class="modal" id="myModal">
	<div class="modal-dialog">
      <div class="modal-content">
        <div class="modal-header">
          <button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="modal" aria-hidden="true">×</button>
          <h4 class="modal-title">Modal title</h4>
        </div><div class="container"></div>
        <div class="modal-body">
          Content for the dialog / modal goes here.
          <br>
          <br>
          <br>
          <br>
          <br>
          <a data-toggle="modal" href="#myModal2" class="btn btn-primary">Launch modal</a>
        </div>
        <div class="modal-footer">
          <a href="#" data-dismiss="modal" class="btn">Close</a>
          <a href="#" class="btn btn-primary">Save changes</a>
        </div>
      </div>
    </div>
</div>
<div class="modal" id="myModal2" data-backdrop="static">
	<div class="modal-dialog">
      <div class="modal-content">
        <div class="modal-header">
          <button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="modal" aria-hidden="true">×</button>
          <h4 class="modal-title">Second Modal title</h4>
        </div><div class="container"></div>
        <div class="modal-body">
          Content for the dialog / modal goes here.
        </div>
        <div class="modal-footer">
          <a href="#" data-dismiss="modal" class="btn">Close</a>
          <a href="#" class="btn btn-primary">Save changes</a>
        </div>
      </div>
    </div>
</div>


<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/twitter-bootstrap/3.0.0/css/bootstrap.min.css" />
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.9.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/twitter-bootstrap/3.0.0/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>

I tried to change the z-index of .modal-backdrop, but it becomes a mess.

In some cases I have more than two modals on the same page.

Answer 1

I realize an answer has been accepted, but I strongly suggest not hacking bootstrap to fix this.

You can pretty easily achieve the same effect by hooking the shown.bs.modal and hidden.bs.modal event handlers and adjusting the z-index there.

Here's a working example

A bit more info is available here.

This solution works automatically with arbitrarily deeply stacks modals.

The script source code:

$(document).ready(function() {

    $('.modal').on('hidden.bs.modal', function(event) {
        $(this).removeClass( 'fv-modal-stack' );
        $('body').data( 'fv_open_modals', $('body').data( 'fv_open_modals' ) - 1 );
    });

    $('.modal').on('shown.bs.modal', function (event) {
        // keep track of the number of open modals
        if ( typeof( $('body').data( 'fv_open_modals' ) ) == 'undefined' ) {
            $('body').data( 'fv_open_modals', 0 );
        }

        // if the z-index of this modal has been set, ignore.
        if ($(this).hasClass('fv-modal-stack')) {
            return;
        }

        $(this).addClass('fv-modal-stack');
        $('body').data('fv_open_modals', $('body').data('fv_open_modals' ) + 1 );
        $(this).css('z-index', 1040 + (10 * $('body').data('fv_open_modals' )));
        $('.modal-backdrop').not('.fv-modal-stack').css('z-index', 1039 + (10 * $('body').data('fv_open_modals')));
        $('.modal-backdrop').not('fv-modal-stack').addClass('fv-modal-stack'); 

    });        
});

Answer 2

Something shorter version based off Yermo Lamers' suggestion, this seems to work alright. Even with basic animations like fade in/out and even crazy batman newspaper rotate. http://jsfiddle.net/ketwaroo/mXy3E/

$('.modal').on('show.bs.modal', function(event) {
    var idx = $('.modal:visible').length;
    $(this).css('z-index', 1040 + (10 * idx));
});
$('.modal').on('shown.bs.modal', function(event) {
    var idx = ($('.modal:visible').length) -1; // raise backdrop after animation.
    $('.modal-backdrop').not('.stacked').css('z-index', 1039 + (10 * idx));
    $('.modal-backdrop').not('.stacked').addClass('stacked');
});

Answer 3

No script solutions , using only css given you have two layers of modals, set the 2nd modal to a higher z index

.second-modal { z-index: 1070 }

div.modal-backdrop + div.modal-backdrop {
   z-index: 1060; 
}

Answer 4

Try adding the following to your JS on bootply

$('#myModal2').on('show.bs.modal', function () {  
$('#myModal').css('z-index', 1030); })

$('#myModal2').on('hidden.bs.modal', function () {  
$('#myModal').css('z-index', 1040); })

Explanation:

After playing around with the attributes(using Chrome's dev tool), I have realized that any z-index value below 1031 will put things behind the backdrop.

So by using bootstrap's modal event handles I set the z-index to 1030. If #myModal2 is shown and set the z-index back to 1040 if #myModal2 is hidden.

Demo

Answer 5

Add global variable in modal.js

var modalBGIndex = 1040; // modal backdrop background
var modalConIndex = 1042; // modal container data 

// show function inside add variable - Modal.prototype.backdrop

var e    = $.Event('show.bs.modal', { relatedTarget: _relatedTarget })

modalConIndex = modalConIndex + 2; // add this line inside "Modal.prototype.show"

that.$element
    .show()
    .scrollTop(0)
that.$element.css('z-index',modalConIndex) // add this line after show modal 

if (this.isShown && this.options.backdrop) {
      var doAnimate = $.support.transition && animate

      modalBGIndex = modalBGIndex + 2; // add this line increase modal background index 2+

this.$backdrop.addClass('in')
this.$backdrop.css('z-index',modalBGIndex) // add this line after backdrop addclass

Answer 6

Check this out! This solution solved the problem for me, few simple CSS lines:

.modal:nth-of-type(even) {
z-index: 1042 !important;
}
.modal-backdrop.in:nth-of-type(even) {
    z-index: 1041 !important;
}

Here is a link to where I found it: Bootply Just make sure that the .modual that need to appear on Top is second in HTML code, so CSS can find it as "even".