Using Bootstrap Modal window as PartialView
Complete and clear example project http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/786085/ASP-NET-MVC-List-Editor-with-Bootstrap-Modals It displays create, edit and delete entity operation modals with bootstrap and also includes code to handle result returned from those entity operations (c#, JSON, javascript)
Yes we have done this.
In your Index.cshtml you'll have something like..
<div id='gameModal' class='modal hide fade in' data-url='@Url.Action("GetGameListing")'>
<div id='gameContainer'>
</div>
</div>
<button id='showGame'>Show Game Listing</button>
Then in JS for the same page (inlined or in a separate file you'll have something like this..
$(document).ready(function() {
$('#showGame').click(function() {
var url = $('#gameModal').data('url');
$.get(url, function(data) {
$('#gameContainer').html(data);
$('#gameModal').modal('show');
});
});
});
With a method on your controller that looks like this..
[HttpGet]
public ActionResult GetGameListing()
{
var model = // do whatever you need to get your model
return PartialView(model);
}
You will of course need a view called GetGameListing.cshtml inside of your Views folder..
I have achieved this by using one nice example i have found here. I have replaced the jquery dialog used in that example with the Twitter Bootstrap Modal windows.
I do this with mustache.js and templates (you could use any JavaScript templating library).
In my view, I have something like this:
<script type="text/x-mustache-template" id="modalTemplate">
<%Html.RenderPartial("Modal");%>
</script>
...which lets me keep my templates in a partial view called Modal.ascx
:
<%@ Control Language="C#" Inherits="System.Web.Mvc.ViewUserControl" %>
<div>
<div class="modal-header">
<a class="close" data-dismiss="modal">×</a>
<h3>{{Name}}</h3>
</div>
<div class="modal-body">
<table class="table table-striped table-condensed">
<tbody>
<tr><td>ID</td><td>{{Id}}</td></tr>
<tr><td>Name</td><td>{{Name}}</td></tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
<div class="modal-footer">
<a class="btn" data-dismiss="modal">Close</a>
</div>
</div>
I create placeholders for each modal in my view:
<%foreach (var item in Model) {%>
<div data-id="<%=Html.Encode(item.Id)%>"
id="modelModal<%=Html.Encode(item.Id)%>"
class="modal hide fade">
</div>
<%}%>
...and make ajax calls with jQuery:
<script type="text/javascript">
var modalTemplate = $("#modalTemplate").html()
$(".modal[data-id]").each(function() {
var $this = $(this)
var id = $this.attr("data-id")
$this.on("show", function() {
if ($this.html()) return
$.ajax({
type: "POST",
url: "<%=Url.Action("SomeAction")%>",
data: { id: id },
success: function(data) {
$this.append(Mustache.to_html(modalTemplate, data))
}
})
})
})
</script>
Then, you just need a trigger somewhere:
<%foreach (var item in Model) {%>
<a data-toggle="modal" href="#modelModal<%=Html.Encode(item.Id)%>">
<%=Html.Encode(item.DutModel.Name)%>
</a>
<%}%>