Is there a way to stop the modal to appear using events based on some external condition (check)

[ddofborg]

I am looking for something like this, which based on condition stops the popup to show. But this does not work.

HTML:

    <a href="#modal" rel="modal:open">show modal</a>

JS:

    condition = -1;
    $(document).on( $.modal.BEFORE_BLOCK, function(event, modal) {
        if( condition > 0 ) {
            // open the modal
        } else {
            // do not open the modal
            alert('condition is below 0');
            return false;
        }
    });

I know as a work around I could like use a click event on the button and open the modal manually. But I would expect there should be a way to present the event to propagate. But it doesn't work...