How to check if element is visible after scrolling?

Question

I'm loading elements via AJAX. Some of them are only visible if you scroll down the page. Is there any way I can know if an element is now in the visible part of the page?

Answer 1

This should do the trick:

function isScrolledIntoView(elem)
{
    var docViewTop = $(window).scrollTop();
    var docViewBottom = docViewTop + $(window).height();

    var elemTop = $(elem).offset().top;
    var elemBottom = elemTop + $(elem).height();

    return ((elemBottom <= docViewBottom) && (elemTop >= docViewTop));
}

Simple Utility Function This will allow you to call a utility function that accepts the element you're looking for and if you want the element to be fully in view or partially.

function Utils() {

}

Utils.prototype = {
    constructor: Utils,
    isElementInView: function (element, fullyInView) {
        var pageTop = $(window).scrollTop();
        var pageBottom = pageTop + $(window).height();
        var elementTop = $(element).offset().top;
        var elementBottom = elementTop + $(element).height();

        if (fullyInView === true) {
            return ((pageTop < elementTop) && (pageBottom > elementBottom));
        } else {
            return ((elementTop <= pageBottom) && (elementBottom >= pageTop));
        }
    }
};

var Utils = new Utils();

Usage

var isElementInView = Utils.isElementInView($('#flyout-left-container'), false);

if (isElementInView) {
    console.log('in view');
} else {
    console.log('out of view');
}