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

Try this http://nakupanda.github.io/bootstrap3-dialog/#opening-multiple-dialogs

It should easily solve your problem.

Answer 2

Combining A1rPun's answer with the suggestion by StriplingWarrior, I came up with this:

$(document).on({
    'show.bs.modal': function () {
        var zIndex = 1040 + (10 * $('.modal:visible').length);
        $(this).css('z-index', zIndex);
        setTimeout(function() {
            $('.modal-backdrop').not('.modal-stack').css('z-index', zIndex - 1).addClass('modal-stack');
        }, 0);
    },
    'hidden.bs.modal': function() {
        if ($('.modal:visible').length > 0) {
            // restore the modal-open class to the body element, so that scrolling works
            // properly after de-stacking a modal.
            setTimeout(function() {
                $(document.body).addClass('modal-open');
            }, 0);
        }
    }
}, '.modal');

Works even for dynamic modals added after the fact, and removes the second-scrollbar issue. The most notable thing that I found this useful for was integrating forms inside modals with validation feedback from Bootbox alerts, since those use dynamic modals and thus require you to bind the event to document rather than to .modal, since that only attaches it to existing modals.

Fiddle here.

Answer 3

Everytime you run sys.showModal function increment z-index and set it to your new modal.

function system() {

    this.modalIndex = 2000;

    this.showModal = function (selector) {
        this.modalIndex++;

        $(selector).modal({
            backdrop: 'static',
            keyboard: true
        });
        $(selector).modal('show');
        $(selector).css('z-index', this.modalIndex );       
    }

}

var sys = new system();

sys.showModal('#myModal1');
sys.showModal('#myModal2');

Answer 4

The other solutions did not work for me out of the box. I think perhaps because I am using a more recent version of Bootstrap (3.3.2).... the overlay was appearing on top of the modal dialog.

I refactored the code a bit and commented out the part that was adjusting the modal-backdrop. This fixed the issue.

    var $body = $('body');
    var OPEN_MODALS_COUNT = 'fv_open_modals';
    var Z_ADJUSTED = 'fv-modal-stack';
    var defaultBootstrapModalZindex = 1040;

    // keep track of the number of open modals                   
    if ($body.data(OPEN_MODALS_COUNT) === undefined) {
        $body.data(OPEN_MODALS_COUNT, 0);
    }

    $body.on('show.bs.modal', '.modal', function (event)
    {
        if (!$(this).hasClass(Z_ADJUSTED))  // only if z-index not already set
        {
            // Increment count & mark as being adjusted
            $body.data(OPEN_MODALS_COUNT, $body.data(OPEN_MODALS_COUNT) + 1);
            $(this).addClass(Z_ADJUSTED);

            // Set Z-Index
            $(this).css('z-index', defaultBootstrapModalZindex + (1 * $body.data(OPEN_MODALS_COUNT)));

            //// BackDrop z-index   (Doesn't seem to be necessary with Bootstrap 3.3.2 ...)
            //$('.modal-backdrop').not( '.' + Z_ADJUSTED )
            //        .css('z-index', 1039 + (10 * $body.data(OPEN_MODALS_COUNT)))
            //        .addClass(Z_ADJUSTED);
        }
    });
    $body.on('hidden.bs.modal', '.modal', function (event)
    {
        // Decrement count & remove adjusted class
        $body.data(OPEN_MODALS_COUNT, $body.data(OPEN_MODALS_COUNT) - 1);
        $(this).removeClass(Z_ADJUSTED);
        // Fix issue with scrollbar being shown when any modal is hidden
        if($body.data(OPEN_MODALS_COUNT) > 0)
            $body.addClass('modal-open');
    });

As a side note, if you want to use this in AngularJs, just put the code inside of your module's .run() method.

Answer 5

Each modal should be given a different id and each link should be targeted to a different modal id. So it should be something like that:

<a href="#myModal" data-toggle="modal">
...
<div id="myModal" class="modal hide fade" tabindex="-1" role="dialog" aria-labelledby="myModalLabel" aria-hidden="true"></div>
...
<a href="#myModal2" data-toggle="modal">
...
<div id="myModal2" class="modal hide fade" tabindex="-1" role="dialog" aria-labelledby="myModalLabel" aria-hidden="true"></div>
...

Answer 6

When solving Stacking modals scrolls the main page when one is closed i found that newer versions of Bootstrap (at least since version 3.0.3) do not require any additional code to stack modals.

You can add more than one modal (of course having a different ID) to your page. The only issue found when opening more than one modal will be that closing one remove the modal-open class for the body selector.

You can use the following Javascript code to re-add the modal-open :

$('.modal').on('hidden.bs.modal', function (e) {
    if($('.modal').hasClass('in')) {
    $('body').addClass('modal-open');
    }    
});

In the case that do not need the backdrop effect for the stacked modal you can set data-backdrop="false".

Version 3.1.1. fixed Fix modal backdrop overlaying the modal's scrollbar, but the above solution seems also to work with earlier versions.