SO - 20754330

by Arun P Johny

HTML

<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/twitter-bootstrap/3.0.2/css/bootstrap.css">
<script src="http://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/twitter-bootstrap/3.0.2/js/bootstrap.js"></script>
<div id="modal" class="modal fade">
    <div class="modal-dialog">
        <div class="modal-content">
            <div class="modal-header">
                <button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="modal" aria-hidden="true">&times;</button>
                 <h4 class="modal-title">Modal title</h4>
            </div>
            <div class="modal-body">
                <p>One fine body&hellip;</p>
            </div>
            <div class="modal-footer">
                <button type="button" class="btn btn-default" data-dismiss="modal">Close</button>
            </div>
        </div>
    </div>
</div>

<button class="test">Test</button>

JavaScript

jQuery(function () {
    //create the modal
    $('#modal').modal({
        show: false
    });
    
    //test for invoking it
    $('.test').click(function(){
        $('#modal .modal-body').html('Test: '+new Date());
        $('#modal').modal('show');
    })
})