[javascript] Bootstrap modal - close modal when "call to action" button is clicked

I have a external link inside my modal, and I want the modal to hide after the user has clicked on the link. How do I do that?

Here is my code:

<div class="modal hide fade" id="modalwindow">
  <div class="modal-header">
    <button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="modal" aria-hidden="true">&times;</button>
    <h3>Title</h3>
  </div>
  <div class="modal-body">
    <p>You need to do a search on google.com for that.</p>
  </div>
  <div class="modal-footer">
    <a id="closemodal" href="https://www.google.com" class="btn btn-primary" target="_blank">Launch google.com</a>
  </div>
</div>

<script type="text/javascript">
    $('#closemodal').modal('hide');
</script>

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The answer is


Make as shown.

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  $(document).ready(function(){_x000D_
    $('#myModal').modal('show');_x000D_
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    $('#myBtn').on('click', function(){_x000D_
      $('#myModal').modal('show');_x000D_
    });_x000D_
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  });_x000D_
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<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>_x000D_
<!DOCTYPE html>_x000D_
<html lang="en">_x000D_
<head>_x000D_
  <title>Bootstrap Example</title>_x000D_
  <meta charset="utf-8">_x000D_
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">_x000D_
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.7/css/bootstrap.min.css">_x000D_
  <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"></script>_x000D_
  <script src="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.7/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>_x000D_
</head>_x000D_
<body>_x000D_
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<div class="container">_x000D_
  <h2>Activate Modal with JavaScript</h2>_x000D_
  <!-- Trigger the modal with a button -->_x000D_
  <button type="button" class="btn btn-info btn-lg" id="myBtn">Open Modal</button>_x000D_
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  <!-- Modal -->_x000D_
  <div class="modal fade" id="myModal" role="dialog">_x000D_
    <div class="modal-dialog">_x000D_
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      <!-- Modal content-->_x000D_
      <div class="modal-content">_x000D_
        <div class="modal-header">_x000D_
          <button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="modal">&times;</button>_x000D_
          <h4 class="modal-title">Modal Header</h4>_x000D_
        </div>_x000D_
        <div class="modal-body">_x000D_
          <p>Some text in the modal.</p>_x000D_
        </div>_x000D_
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      </div>_x000D_
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    </div>_x000D_
  </div>_x000D_
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</div>
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Use data-dismiss="modal". In the version of Bootstrap I am using v3.3.5, when data-dismiss="modal" is added to the desired button like shown below it calls my external Javascript (JQuery) function beautifully and magically closes the modal. Its soo Sweet, I was worried I would have to call some modal hide in another function and chain that to the real working function

 <a href="#" id="btnReleaseAll" class="btn btn-primary btn-default btn-small margin-right pull-right" data-dismiss="modal">Yes</a>

In some external script file, and in my doc ready there is of course a function for the click of that identifier ID

 $("#divExamListHeader").on('click', '#btnReleaseAll', function () {
               // Do DatabaseMagic Here for a call a MVC ActionResult

I tried closing a modal window with a bootstrap CSS loaded. The close () method does not really close the modal window. So I added the display style to "none".

    function closeDialog() {
        let d = document.getElementById('d')
        d.style.display = "none"
        d.close()
    }

The HTML code includes a button into the dialog window.

<input type="submit" value="Confirm" onclick="closeDialog()"/>

Remove your script, and change the HTML:

<a id="closemodal" href="https://www.google.com" class="btn btn-primary close" data-dismiss="modal" target="_blank">Launch google.com</a>

EDIT: Please note that currently this will not work as this functionality does not yet exist in bootstrap. See issue here.