I want to set up a universal modal. how do i do that?

[raelyn]

I have a button in my side menu where I want people to click and a modal pops up. How do I do this without having to go to every page to create a linked instance of the modal? I tried to create the modal under the “Side menu” global section but I can’t - only containers and not sections are allowed in my side menu section.

[Broberto]

As far as I know, there is no way currently to make it be universal as you intend it to.
Check this out though, you could insert the modal into the header/other section, and then use it everywhere. But still would require workarounds.

Possible to associate a module with my navigation?

I second you guys that this is not ideal, but it is not that terrible as it might seem either, There might be two cases: 1. You want to display this modal on every page of a collection, this can look like a pain in the ass, but really all you gotta do is set it in the collection template and then it appears on every page that uses the template. (You can drag it in as a multi page section, see the second point). 2. Static pages, might be a pain in the ass, for now, but you can always use the m…

[aurelie]

Hi,
thanks for your feedback. This is a feature we have in mind, and we start to think about having “layout” reusable through all pages.
This is currently only in the brainstorming phase, so I cannot give you a date, but i have added your usecase on our thinkings.

[erikm3103]

+1 on this. I need to force a modal with a contract the first time a user logs in and it’s important that they cant bypass this.

[raelyn]

With all the updates recently, is there a way to do this now?

[Profound5753]

I’ve done this! Would you like to connect Raelyn and I can show you how!