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;
}