Bootstrap 3 modal vertical position center

Question

This is a two part question:

1. How can you position the modal vertically in the center when you don\'t know the exact height of the modal?

2. Is

Answer 1

Expanding on @Finik's excellent answer, this fix is only applied to non-mobile devices. I tested in IE8, Chrome, and Firefox 22 - it works with very long or short content.

.modal {
  text-align: center;
}
@media screen and (min-device-width: 768px) {
  .modal:before {
    display: inline-block;
    vertical-align: middle;
    content: " ";
    height: 100%;
  }
}

.modal-dialog {
  display: inline-block;
  text-align: left;
  vertical-align: middle;
}

Answer 2

Use this simple script that centers the modals.

If you want you can set a custom class (ex: .modal.modal-vcenter instead of .modal) to limit the functionality only to some modals.

var modalVerticalCenterClass = ".modal";

function centerModals($element) {
    var $modals;
    if ($element.length) {
    $modals = $element;
    } else {
    $modals = $(modalVerticalCenterClass + ':visible');
}
$modals.each( function(i) {
    var $clone = $(this).clone().css('display', 'block').appendTo('body');
    var top = Math.round(($clone.height() - $clone.find('.modal-content').height()) / 2);
    top = top > 0 ? top : 0;
    $clone.remove();
    $(this).find('.modal-content').css("margin-top", top);
    });
}
$(modalVerticalCenterClass).on('show.bs.modal', function(e) {
    centerModals($(this));
});
$(window).on('resize', centerModals);

Also add this CSS fix for the modal's horizontal spacing; we show the scroll on the modals, the body scrolls is hidden automatically by Bootstrap:

/* scroll fixes */
.modal-open .modal {
    padding-left: 0px !important;
    padding-right: 0px !important;
    overflow-y: scroll;
}

Answer 3

Here's one other css only method that works pretty well and is based on this: http://zerosixthree.se/vertical-align-anything-with-just-3-lines-of-css/

sass:

.modal {
    height: 100%;

    .modal-dialog {
        top: 50% !important;
        margin-top:0;
        margin-bottom:0;
    }

    //keep proper transitions on fade in
    &.fade .modal-dialog {
        transform: translateY(-100%) !important;
    }
    &.in .modal-dialog {
        transform: translateY(-50%) !important;
    }
}

Answer 4

Found the perfect solution from here

$(function() {
    function reposition() {
        var modal = $(this),
            dialog = modal.find('.modal-dialog');
        modal.css('display', 'block');

        // Dividing by two centers the modal exactly, but dividing by three 
        // or four works better for larger screens.
        dialog.css("margin-top", Math.max(0, ($(window).height() - dialog.height()) / 2));
    }
    // Reposition when a modal is shown
    $('.modal').on('show.bs.modal', reposition);
    // Reposition when the window is resized
    $(window).on('resize', function() {
        $('.modal:visible').each(reposition);
    });
});

Answer 5

Consider using the bootstrap-modal plugin found here - https://github.com/jschr/bootstrap-modal

The plugin will center all of your modals

Answer 6

Adding this simple css also works.

.modal-dialog {
  height: 100vh !important;
  display: flex;
}

.modal-content {
  margin: auto !important;
  height: fit-content !important;
}