How to determine when an HTML5 element has been viewed?

Question

I am wondering if there are any HTML5 events associated with whether or not an element has been viewed or \"scrolled into view\" by the user.

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Answer 1

As already mentioned, there is no "event" but someone already wrote a method to "detect if a DOM Element is Truly Visible" (the title). It doesn't require JQuery. You might want to check for the value on several events like the document load, scroll or window resize.