# Closing a modal window

**URL:** <https://community.open-emr.org/t/closing-a-modal-window/6708>\
**Category:** OpenEMR Development\
**Created:** [August 13, 2015, 12:31pm UTC](https://community.open-emr.org/t/closing-a-modal-window/6708 "2015-08-13T12:31:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![system](https://discourse-uploads-openemr.s3.dualstack.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/original/2X/b/bb9e4e8ae2ea7faac2e952fd9e38a3ce03aac403.png) [@system](https://community.open-emr.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2015, 12:31pm UTC](https://community.open-emr.org/t/closing-a-modal-window/6708/1 "2015-08-13T12:31:31Z")

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**[teryhill](https://sourceforge.net/u/teryhill/)** wrote on [Thursday, August 13, 2015](https://sourceforge.net/p/openemr/discussion/202506/thread/a5dacb62/#7861):

Can anyone tell me best way to close a modal window? I have a modal that calls a program to save the information entered on the screen. I need to close the modal when the information ia saved. This modal sits on top of the demographics screen.

Thanks

Terry

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**Author:** ![system](https://discourse-uploads-openemr.s3.dualstack.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/original/2X/b/bb9e4e8ae2ea7faac2e952fd9e38a3ce03aac403.png) [@system](https://community.open-emr.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2015, 4:47pm UTC](https://community.open-emr.org/t/closing-a-modal-window/6708/2 "2015-08-14T16:47:55Z")

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**[mdsupport](https://sourceforge.net/u/mdsupport/)** wrote on [Friday, August 14, 2015](https://sourceforge.net/p/openemr/discussion/202506/thread/a5dacb62/#3047):

It would depend on what you are using to open the window - fancybox/jquery/qtip2/… Each provides a way to close the dialog gracefully without any memory leaks.

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**Author:** ![system](https://discourse-uploads-openemr.s3.dualstack.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/original/2X/b/bb9e4e8ae2ea7faac2e952fd9e38a3ce03aac403.png) [@system](https://community.open-emr.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2015, 4:57pm UTC](https://community.open-emr.org/t/closing-a-modal-window/6708/3 "2015-08-14T16:57:04Z")

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**[teryhill](https://sourceforge.net/u/teryhill/)** wrote on [Friday, August 14, 2015](https://sourceforge.net/p/openemr/discussion/202506/thread/a5dacb62/#3047/bcbd):

Code snippet of what I am trying to do HTML  
  
Javascript  
$(".dontsave").on(‘click’,function() { $.modal.close(); });

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**Author:** ![system](https://discourse-uploads-openemr.s3.dualstack.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/original/2X/b/bb9e4e8ae2ea7faac2e952fd9e38a3ce03aac403.png) [@system](https://community.open-emr.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2015, 6:17pm UTC](https://community.open-emr.org/t/closing-a-modal-window/6708/4 "2015-08-14T18:17:12Z")

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**[mdsupport](https://sourceforge.net/u/mdsupport/)** wrote on [Friday, August 14, 2015](https://sourceforge.net/p/openemr/discussion/202506/thread/a5dacb62/#9a21):

Without looking at the code to see how “.modal” selector object was constructed, it is hard to comment. From syntax it looks like fancybox - in which case correct way would be $.modal.close(true);