diff --git a/views/bootstrap/class.Bootstrap.php b/views/bootstrap/class.Bootstrap.php
index 7e39af3f2..4aaece05d 100644
--- a/views/bootstrap/class.Bootstrap.php
+++ b/views/bootstrap/class.Bootstrap.php
@@ -1272,6 +1272,53 @@ background-image: linear-gradient(to bottom, #882222, #111111);;
 		}
 	} /* }}} */
 
+	/**
+	 * Get html for button opening a modal box
+	 *
+	 * @param array $config contains elements
+	 *   target: id of modal box
+	 *   remote: URL of data to be loaded into box
+	 *   title: text on button
+	 * @return string
+	 */
+	function getModalBoxLink($config) { /* {{{ */
+		$content = '';
+		$content .= "<a data-target=\"#".$config['target']."\" href=\"".$config['remote']."\" role=\"button\" class=\"btn\" data-toggle=\"modal\">".$config['title']."…</a>\n";
+		return $content;
+	} /* }}} */
+
+	/**
+	 * Get html for a modal box with buttons
+	 *
+	 * @param array $config contains elements
+	 *   id: id of modal box (must match target of getModalBoxLink())
+	 *   title: title of modal box
+	 *   buttons: array of buttons, each having a title and an optional id
+	 * @return string
+	 */
+	function getModalBox($config) { /* {{{ */
+		$content = '
+<div class="modal hide" id="'.$config['id'].'" tabindex="-1" role="dialog" aria-labelledby="'.$config['id'].'Label" aria-hidden="true">
+  <div class="modal-header">
+    <button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="modal" aria-hidden="true">×</button>
+    <h3 id="'.$config['id'].'Label">'.$config['title'].'</h3>
+  </div>
+  <div class="modal-body">
+		<p>'.getMLText('tree_loading').'</p>
+  </div>
+	<div class="modal-footer">
+';
+		if($config['buttons']) {
+			foreach($config['buttons'] as $button)
+				$content .= '<button class="btn" '.(!empty($button['id']) ? 'id="'.$button['id'].'"': '').'data-dismiss="modal" aria-hidden="true">'.$button['title'].'</button>';
+		}
+	$content .= '
+  </div>
+</div>
+';
+	return $content;
+	} /* }}} */
+
 	function printFileChooserJs() { /* {{{ */
 ?>
 $(document).ready(function() {