From 0b62845a8d2724ea54baf6cc4ba064c51e80ffec Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Felix Hamann <felix.hamann@campus.lmu.de>
Date: Sun, 7 Apr 2019 21:56:27 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] minor fix for modal js utility

---
 static/js/utils/modal.js | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/static/js/utils/modal.js b/static/js/utils/modal.js
index 3f46300a6..7a5c49543 100644
--- a/static/js/utils/modal.js
+++ b/static/js/utils/modal.js
@@ -76,10 +76,14 @@
     }
 
     function setupTrigger() {
-      var triggerElement = document.querySelector(element.dataset.modalTrigger);
+      var triggerSelector = element.dataset.modalTrigger;
+      if (!triggerSelector.startsWith('#')) {
+        triggerSelector = '#' + triggerSelector;
+      }
+      var triggerElement = document.querySelector(triggerSelector);
 
       if (!triggerElement) {
-        throw new Error('Trigger element for Modal not found: "', + element.dataset.modalTrigger + '"');
+        throw new Error('Trigger element for Modal not found: "' + triggerSelector + '"');
       }
 
       triggerElement.classList.add(MODAL_TRIGGER_CLASS);