Bootstrap 3.0.0 modal events not firing

Question

I can't seem to get modal events working at all using Bootstrap 3. I want to perform an action when my modal closes, but nothing's happening.

Here's my stripped back HTML:

<button type="button" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#imageUpload">Launch modal</button>

<div class="modal fade" id="imageUpload" tabindex="-1">
<div class="modal-dialog">
    <div class="modal-content">
        Upload form here
    </div><!-- /.modal-content -->
</div><!-- /.modal-dialog -->

and my JS:

$(function(){
    $('#imageUpload').modal({
        show: false
    });

    $('#imageUpload').on('hidden', function () {
        window.alert('hidden event fired!');
    });
});

I've put a JSfiddle together here - http://jsfiddle.net/EcnC3/1/

I've not found any other reports of modal events not working in Bootstrap 3 so I'm sure I've done something wrong, but can't figure it out. Thanks for any help you can offer

Answer 1

The answer marked correct is just that, but an addition to the massive list of 'Dumb things I have done' - also be careful which DOM Element you target. It should be the outer modal Div.

For example if you are using RequireJS and a template manager like Knockout-amd-helper you might have markup like this

Parent markup:

<div class="modal fade" id="addThingModal" tabindex="-1" role="dialog" aria-labelledby="addThingModalLabel" aria-hidden="true">
    <div data-bind="module: { name: 'addThing'}"></div>
</div>

Template:

<div id="addThingTemplate" class="modal-dialog">
   ...
</div>

your script should target '#addThingModal' not '#addThingTemplate'

Answer 2

According to documentation the event name is like shown.bs.modal:

$('#imageUpload').on('shown.bs.modal', function () {
   alert('show event fired!');
});

Have a look at this FIDDLE

Answer 3

removing the fade class on the modal element do the fix.

https://github.com/twbs/bootstrap/issues/11793

see @Fint answer

Answer 4

There seems to be a bug in the Bootstrap.min.css file for the modal dialog. I changed it to Bootstrap.css and the dialog is now visible.

Answer 5

remove the .fade class from your modal. this worked for me.