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JeremyR
JeremyR

Reputation: 21

Getting Modal to onload when page opens

Can someone help me, Im trying to get a Modal to load when the page does but having some serious issues about it.

<script>
   $('#overlay').modal('show');

setTimeout(function() {
    $('#overlay').modal('hide');
}, 5000);
</script>

</head>

<body>


<div class="modal fade" id="overlay">
  <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>Context here</p>
      </div>
    </div>
  </div>
</div>

Upvotes: 0

Views: 2711

Answers (2)

Zak
Zak

Reputation: 7523

Two issues:

One .. You're not waiting until the DOM is fully loaded. Use $( document ).ready() to achieve loading your script AFTER the DOM has loaded.

Two: It's best practice to put your code AFTER the actual DOM elements, not before it. That way the DOM is "almost" guaranteed to load before your script runs.

IE:

<div class="modal fade" id="overlay">
  <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>Context here</p>
      </div>
    </div>
  </div>
</div>



   <script>
     $(document).ready(function() {
       $('#overlay').modal('show');
       setTimeout(function() {
       $('#overlay').modal('hide');
       }, 5000);
     });
  </script>

EDIT I would use .show() and .hide()

   <script>
     $(document).ready(function() {
       $('#overlay').show();
       setTimeout(function() {
       $('#overlay').hide();
       }, 5000);
     });
  </script>

Upvotes: 1

rbock
rbock

Reputation: 625

You have to wrap your call in document ready, to assure it will be called once the page fully loads, like so:

<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.7/css/bootstrap.min.css">
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.2.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.7/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>

<script>
  $(document).ready(function() {
    $('#overlay').modal('show');
    setTimeout(function() {
      $('#overlay').modal('hide');
    }, 5000);
  });
</script>

<body>
  <div class="modal fade" id="overlay">
    <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>Context here</p>
        </div>
      </div>
    </div>
  </div>
</body>

Upvotes: 1

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