Vertically centering Bootstrap modal window

Question

I would like to center my modal on the viewport (middle) I tried to add some css properties

 .modal { position: fixed; top:50%; left:50%; }   

Answer 1

This takes Arany's answer and makes it work if the modal is taller than the height of the screen:

function centerModal() {
    $(this).css('display', 'block');
    var $dialog = $(this).find(".modal-dialog");
    var offset = ($(window).height() - $dialog.height()) / 2;
    //Make sure you don't hide the top part of the modal w/ a negative margin if it's longer than the screen height, and keep the margin equal to the bottom margin of the modal
    var bottomMargin = $dialog.css('marginBottom');
    bottomMargin = parseInt(bottomMargin);
    if(offset < bottomMargin) offset = bottomMargin;
    $dialog.css("margin-top", offset);
}

$('.modal').on('show.bs.modal', centerModal);
$(window).on("resize", function () {
    $('.modal:visible').each(centerModal);
});