How to call modal box by a menu item

This topic shows you how to call contact popup form or call me back module by a menu item.

1. Creating menu item

Open admin panel and click “Menus -> Main menu -> Add New Menu Item” in the top menu.

add menu item
Type menu item name and select in the “Menu item type” “System links -> External URL”.

menu item type
Insert hash (“#”) in the “Link” field type. Then follow class field, for the contact form insert “contactus” and “joomly-callback” for the callback module.

menu item class
2. Add module to some site pages

Now you should add the contact form or callback module to the site pages. Open Module Manager (“Extensions->Modules”) and choose your module. In the “View options” section find drop-down list (“Open Pop-Up/Callback window by”) and select “Class” option.

popup-class

Then go to the “Menu Assignment” tab and choose pages to display (it should be “all pages” possibly).

menu assigment

After that put the module in any position (Warning! Position must be used in the template) and select “Published” in the “Status” drop-down box.

position options

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