Open modal with # in url

Question

Im sorry for this probably dumm question, but I want to simply open modals with # in the url. So if i call www.domain.com/#modal1 it will open the page with the modal poped-up already.

Oh Im using jquery.

Thank you!

Answer 1

Many application frameworks (I'm partial to backbone) use some kind of router to accomplish this, but you could fake your own by checking window.hash and running an appropriate function:

function popModal() {
  // code to pop up modal dialog
}

var hash = window.location.hash;
if (hash.substring(1) == 'modal1') {
  popModal();
}

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