# How to trigger a popup using HTML Attributes

Original URL: https://www.fireplugins.com/docs/developers/how-to-trigger-a-popup-using-html-data-attributes/
Last updated: 2025-03-14T11:03:14+02:00

Would you like to open, close or toggle a popup by clicking on a link or button? You can do so by utilizing HTML attributes.

 ## Where to find the Popup ID?

 To find the popup ID, first, go to FireBox > Popups and look at the last column named “ID”.

  ## Available Commands

 - open (Show the popup)
- close (Close the popup)
- toggle (Toggle the popup)

 ## Syntax

 The syntax can be found below using as an example a Popup with ID #1.

 ### Show Popup using a button

 ```
<button data-fbox="1" data-fbox-cmd="open">
    Open Popup
</button>
```

 ### Close Popup using a div

 ```
<div data-fbox="1" data-fbox-cmd="close">
    Close me!
</div>
```

 ### Close Popup and Follow Link URL

 ```
<a data-fbox="1" data-fbox-cmd="close" data-fbox-prevent="0" href="http://www.google.gr">
    Close and Return to Google.gr
</a>
```

 ### Toggle Open/Close State

 ```
<a href="#" data-fbox="1">
    Toggle Open/Close State
</a>
```

 ## Note

 The **data-fbox** attribute is not required when placing an HTML Element in a popup. FireBox will automatically understand that you want to trigger the actual popup and will close itself automatically.

 ```
<button data-fbox-cmd="close">
    Hide me!
</button>
```