Pass data attribute to modal bootstrap

Question

<a class="my_link" data-val="user1" href="#">modal link</a>

I have this link to open a bootstrap modal, but I need to pass data attribute "data-val". I tried with javascript but I didn't get it. Can you please help me?

Answer 1

You can listen for show.bs.modal event on modal and get the clicked element available as relatedTarget property of the event. Check Bootstrap modal documentation for further reference.

Here is a working example using Bootstrap v4.

$('#my-modal').on('show.bs.modal', function (event) {
  var myVal = $(event.relatedTarget).data('val');
  $(this).find(".modal-body").text(myVal);
});

<!-- Bootstrap CSS -->
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://stackpath.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.2.1/css/bootstrap.min.css" integrity="sha384-GJzZqFGwb1QTTN6wy59ffF1BuGJpLSa9DkKMp0DgiMDm4iYMj70gZWKYbI706tWS" crossorigin="anonymous">

<a href="#" class="my_link" data-val="user1" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#my-modal">Open Modal</a>

<div class="modal fade" id="my-modal" tabindex="-1" role="dialog" aria-labelledby="my-modal" aria-hidden="true">
  <div class="modal-dialog" role="document">
    <div class="modal-content">
      <div class="modal-header">
        <h5 class="modal-title" id="exampleModalLabel">My Modal</h5>
        <button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="modal" aria-label="Close">
          <span aria-hidden="true">&times;</span>
        </button>
      </div>
      <div class="modal-body">
      </div>
      <div class="modal-footer">
        <button type="button" class="btn btn-secondary" data-dismiss="modal">Close</button>
      </div>
    </div>
  </div>
</div>

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<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.3.1.slim.min.js" integrity="sha384-q8i/X+965DzO0rT7abK41JStQIAqVgRVzpbzo5smXKp4YfRvH+8abtTE1Pi6jizo" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/popper.js/1.14.6/umd/popper.min.js" integrity="sha384-wHAiFfRlMFy6i5SRaxvfOCifBUQy1xHdJ/yoi7FRNXMRBu5WHdZYu1hA6ZOblgut" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>
<script src="https://stackpath.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.2.1/js/bootstrap.min.js" integrity="sha384-B0UglyR+jN6CkvvICOB2joaf5I4l3gm9GU6Hc1og6Ls7i6U/mkkaduKaBhlAXv9k" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>