How to get Bootstrap Modal invoke or source element? $('#your-modal').on('show.bs.modal', function (e) { var $invoker = $(e.relatedTarget); }); Various events of modal popup are: show.bs.modal : fired just before the modal is open. shown.bs.modal : fired after the modal is shown. hide.bs.modal : fired just before the modal is hidden. hidden.bs.modal : fired after the modal is closed. How to open a Bootstrap modal window using jQuery? $('#myModal').modal('show') // initializes and invokes show immediately Bootstrap has a few functions that can be called manually on modals: $('#myModal').modal('toggle'); You can check more documentation here https://getbootstrap.com/docs/3.4/javascript/ $('#myModal').modal('show'); $('#myModal').modal('hide');