How can you ensure twitter bootstrap popover windows are visible?

Question

Does anyone know of an extension to the popover component of twitter bootstrap that dynamically changes the placement option to ensure that the popover displays on the scree

Answer 1

For those interested in a solution that will take a default placement (using the data-placement attribute on the element), I have adapted the great answer from Cymen.

I've also ensured that no boundaries are calculated unnecessarily, so it should be slightly more performant.

$('[data-toggle="popover"]').each(function() {
    var trigger = $(this);
    trigger.popover({
        animation: true,
        delay: { show: 0, hide: 0 },
        html: true,
        trigger: 'hover focus',
        placement: getPlacementFunction(trigger.attr("data-placement"), 283, 117)
    });
});

var getPlacementFunction = function (defaultPosition, width, height) {
    return function (tip, element) {
        var position, top, bottom, left, right;

        var $element = $(element);
        var boundTop = $(document).scrollTop();
        var boundLeft = $(document).scrollLeft();
        var boundRight = boundLeft + $(window).width();
        var boundBottom = boundTop + $(window).height();

        var pos = $.extend({}, $element.offset(), {
            width: element.offsetWidth,
            height: element.offsetHeight
        });

        var isWithinBounds = function (elPos) {
            return boundTop < elPos.top && boundLeft < elPos.left && boundRight > (elPos.left + width) && boundBottom > (elPos.top + height);
        };

        var testTop = function () {
            if (top === false) return false;
            top = isWithinBounds({
                top: pos.top - height,
                left: pos.left + pos.width / 2 - width / 2
            });
            return top ? "top" : false;
        };

        var testBottom = function () {
            if (bottom === false) return false;
            bottom = isWithinBounds({
                top: pos.top + pos.height,
                left: pos.left + pos.width / 2 - width / 2
            });
            return bottom ? "bottom" : false;
        };

        var testLeft = function () {
            if (left === false) return false;
            left = isWithinBounds({
                top: pos.top + pos.height / 2 - height / 2,
                left: pos.left - width
            });
            return left ? "left" : false;
        };

        var testRight = function () {
            if (right === false) return false;
            right = isWithinBounds({
                top: pos.top + pos.height / 2 - height / 2,
                left: pos.left + pos.width
            });
            return right ? "right" : false;
        };

        switch (defaultPosition) {
            case "top":
                if (position = testTop()) return position;
            case "bottom":
                if (position = testBottom()) return position;
            case "left":
                if (position = testLeft()) return position;
            case "right":
                if (position = testRight()) return position;
            default:
                if (position = testTop()) return position;
                if (position = testBottom()) return position;
                if (position = testLeft()) return position;
                if (position = testRight()) return position;
                return defaultPosition;
        }
    }
};