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

The most universal solution I wrote. Dynamicaly computes with dialog height. (Next step could be recalculating of dialogs' height on window resize.)

JSfiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/8Fvg9/3/

// initialise on document ready
jQuery(document).ready(function ($) {
    'use strict';

    // CENTERED MODALS
    // phase one - store every dialog's height
    $('.modal').each(function () {
        var t = $(this),
            d = t.find('.modal-dialog'),
            fadeClass = (t.is('.fade') ? 'fade' : '');
        // render dialog
        t.removeClass('fade')
            .addClass('invisible')
            .css('display', 'block');
        // read and store dialog height
        d.data('height', d.height());
        // hide dialog again
        t.css('display', '')
            .removeClass('invisible')
            .addClass(fadeClass);
    });
    // phase two - set margin-top on every dialog show
    $('.modal').on('show.bs.modal', function () {
        var t = $(this),
            d = t.find('.modal-dialog'),
            dh = d.data('height'),
            w = $(window).width(),
            h = $(window).height();
        // if it is desktop & dialog is lower than viewport
        // (set your own values)
        if (w > 380 && (dh + 60) < h) {
            d.css('margin-top', Math.round(0.96 * (h - dh) / 2));
        } else {
            d.css('margin-top', '');
        }
    });

});

Answer 2

This works for me:

.modal {
  text-align: center;
  padding: 0!important;
}

.modal:before {
  content: '';
  display: inline-block;
  height: 100%;
  vertical-align: middle;
  margin-right: -4px;
}

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

Answer 3

This is quite old and specifically asks for a solution using Bootstrap 3, but for anyone wondering: from Bootstrap 4 on there is a built-in solution called .modal-dialog-centered. Here's the issue: https://github.com/twbs/bootstrap/issues/23638

So using v4 you just need to add .modal-dialog-centered to .modal-dialog to vertically center the modal:

<!-- Button trigger modal -->
<button type="button" class="btn btn-primary" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#exampleModalCenter">
  Launch demo modal
</button>

<!-- Modal -->
<div class="modal fade" id="exampleModalCenter" tabindex="-1" role="dialog" aria-labelledby="exampleModalCenterTitle" aria-hidden="true">
  <div class="modal-dialog modal-dialog-centered" role="document">
    <div class="modal-content">
      <div class="modal-header">
        <h5 class="modal-title" id="exampleModalCenterTitle">Modal title</h5>
        <button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="modal" aria-label="Close">
          <span aria-hidden="true">&times;</span>
        </button>
      </div>
      <div class="modal-body">
        ...
      </div>
      <div class="modal-footer">
        <button type="button" class="btn btn-secondary" data-dismiss="modal">Close</button>
        <button type="button" class="btn btn-primary">Save changes</button>
      </div>
    </div>
  </div>
</div>

Demo

Answer 4

I know it's a bit late, but I am adding a new answer so that it doesn't get lost in the crowd. It's a cross-desktop-mobile-browser solution that works everywhere properly as it should.

It just needs the modal-dialog to be wrapped inside a modal-dialog-wrap class and need to have the following code additions:

.modal-dialog-wrap {
  display: table;
  table-layout: fixed;
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
}

.modal-dialog {
  display: table-cell;
  vertical-align: middle;
  text-align: center;
}

.modal-content {
  display: inline-block;
  text-align: left;
}

The dialog starts centered and in cases of large content it simply grows vertically until a scrollbar appears.

Here is a working fiddle for your pleasure!

https://jsfiddle.net/v6u82mvu/1/

Answer 5

i have downloaded bootstrap3-dialog from bellow link and modified the open function in bootstrap-dialog.js

https://github.com/nakupanda/bootstrap3-dialog

Code

open: function () {
            !this.isRealized() && this.realize();
            this.updateClosable();
            //Custom To Vertically centering Bootstrap 
            var $mymodal = this.getModal();
            $mymodal = $mymodal.append('<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" height="100%"><tr><td align="center" valign="middle" class="centerModal"></td></tr></table>');
            $mymodal = $mymodal.find(".modal-dialog").appendTo($mymodal.find(".centerModal"));
            //END
            this.getModal().modal('show');
            return this;
        }

Css

.centerModal .modal-header{
    text-align:left;
}
.centerModal .modal-body{
    text-align:left;
} 

Answer 6

It can simply can be fixed with display: flex

.modal-dialog {
  margin-top: 0;
  margin-bottom: 0;
  height: 100vh;
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  justify-content: center;
}

.modal.fade .modal-dialog {
  transform: translate(0, -100%);
}

.modal.in .modal-dialog {
  transform: translate(0, 0);
}

With prefix

.modal-dialog {
  margin-top: 0;
  margin-bottom: 0;
  height: 100vh;
  display: -webkit-box;
  display: -webkit-flex;
  display: -ms-flexbox;
  display: flex;
  -webkit-box-orient: vertical;
  -webkit-box-direction: normal;
  -webkit-flex-direction: column;
      -ms-flex-direction: column;
          flex-direction: column;
  -webkit-box-pack: center;
  -webkit-justify-content: center;
      -ms-flex-pack: center;
          justify-content: center;
}

.modal.fade .modal-dialog {
  -webkit-transform: translate(0, -100%);
          transform: translate(0, -100%);
}
.modal.in .modal-dialog {
  -webkit-transform: translate(0, 0);
          transform: translate(0, 0);
}