gistfile1.txt

#
# THE HTML
#
  <div class="modal in" id="myStorybooksModal">
    <div class="modal-header">
      <h3 id="modal-title">
        Create or Open App...
      </h3>
    </div>
    <div class="modal-body" id="storybooks">
		...
	</div>
    <div class="modal-footer">
      <a href="#" class="btn">Exit</a>
      <div class="btn btn-primary open-storybook">
        Open
      </div>
    </div>
  </div>


#
# COFFEESCRIPT/BACKBONE
#

class App.Views.StorybookIndex extends Backbone.View
  template: JST["app/templates/storybooks/index"]
  
  events:
    'click .storybook': 'selectStorybook'
    'click .open-storybook': 'openStorybook'

  # When user clicks an item from the list of storybooks
  selectStorybook: (e) ->

    ...
		
    # Calls in here works fine
    
  openStorybook: (e) ->
    e.preventDefault()
    alert "hello"
    
  initialize: ->
    @collection.on('reset', @render, this)
    
  render: ->
    $(@el).html(@template(storybooks: @collection))
    this