$('#exampleModal').on('show.bs.modal', function (event) {

  var button = $(event.relatedTarget) // Button that triggered the modal

  var id = button.data('id') // Extract info from data-* attributes

  var modal = $(this) // you can assign the id to any input or text in modal

})

/*SM*/ 

$("#exampleModal").modal("show");

<!-- bootstrap 5.2

add data-bs-backdrop="false" to <div class="modal">

and Bootstrap will do the rest. -->

<div class="modal" data-bs-backdrop="false" id="genericModal" 

    tabindex="-1" role="dialog" aria-labelledby="myModalLabel" 

    aria-hidden="true">

bootstrap modal