JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<link rel="stylesheet" href="//netdna.bootstrapcdn.com/twitter-bootstrap/2.1.1/css/bootstrap.min.css">
<div id="modal">
    <h3>Foobar</h3>
</div>

<button>Open</button>

CSS

html,body{height:100%}
#modal{display:none;}

JavaScript

var old = $.fn.modal;

$.fn.modal = function() {
    return old.apply( this, $.makeArray(arguments) );
};

$('button').click(function() {
    $('#modal').modal();
});