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

I came up with a pure css solution! It's css3 though, which means ie8 or lower is not supported, but other than this it's tested and working on ios, android, ie9+, chrome, firefox, desktop safari..

I am using the following css:

.modal-dialog {
  position:absolute;
  top:50% !important;
  transform: translate(0, -50%) !important;
  -ms-transform: translate(0, -50%) !important;
  -webkit-transform: translate(0, -50%) !important;
  margin:auto 5%;
  width:90%;
  height:80%;
}
.modal-content {
  min-height:100%;
  position:absolute;
  top:0;
  bottom:0;
  left:0;
  right:0; 
}
.modal-body {
  position:absolute;
  top:45px; /** height of header **/
  bottom:45px;  /** height of footer **/
  left:0;
  right:0;
  overflow-y:auto;
}
.modal-footer {
  position:absolute;
  bottom:0;
  left:0;
  right:0;
}

Here is a fiddle. http://codepen.io/anon/pen/Hiskj

..selecting this as the correct answer since there's no extra heavy javascript that brings the browser to its knees in case of more than one modals.