I use AJAX to do this. You have your partial with your typical twitter modal template html:
<div class="container">
<!-- Modal -->
<div class="modal fade" id="LocationNumberModal" role="dialog">
<div class="modal-dialog">
<!-- Modal content-->
<div class="modal-content">
<div class="modal-header">
<button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="modal">
×
</button>
<h4 class="modal-title">
Serial Numbers
</h4>
</div>
<div class="modal-body">
<span id="test"></span>
<p>Some text in the modal.</p>
</div>
<div class="modal-footer">
<button type="button" class="btn btn-default" data-dismiss="modal">
Close
</button>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
Then you have your controller method, I use JSON and have a custom class that rendors the view to a string. I do this so I can perform multiple ajax updates on the screen with one ajax call. Reference here: Example but you can use an PartialViewResult/ActionResult on return if you are just doing the one call. I will show it using JSON..
And the JSON Method in Controller:
public JsonResult LocationNumberModal(string partNumber = "")
{
//Business Layer/DAL to get information
return Json(new {
LocationModal = ViewUtility.RenderRazorViewToString(this.ControllerContext, "LocationNumberModal.cshtml", new SomeModelObject())
},
JsonRequestBehavior.AllowGet
);
}
And then, in the view using your modal: You can package the AJAX in your partial and call @{Html.RenderPartial... Or you can have a placeholder with a div:
<div id="LocationNumberModalContainer"></div>
then your ajax:
function LocationNumberModal() {
var partNumber = "1234";
var src = '@Url.Action("LocationNumberModal", "Home", new { area = "Part" })'
+ '?partNumber='' + partNumber;
$.ajax({
type: "GET",
url: src,
dataType: "json",
contentType: "application/json; charset=utf-8",
success: function (data) {
$("#LocationNumberModalContainer").html(data.LocationModal);
$('#LocationNumberModal').modal('show');
}
});
};
Then the button to your modal:
<button type="button" id="GetLocBtn" class="btn btn-default" onclick="LocationNumberModal()">Get</button>