Detect when elements within a scrollable div are out of view

Question

I need to find a good solution to the following problem. I see a lot of people asking about tracking if an element is in or outside of view Port for the page or browser wind

Answer 1

Here is a pure javascript solution.

function elementIsVisible(element, container, partial) {
    var contHeight = container.offsetHeight,
    elemTop = offset(element).top - offset(container).top,
    elemBottom = elemTop + element.offsetHeight;
    return (elemTop >= 0 && elemBottom <= contHeight) || 
    (partial && ((elemTop < 0 && elemBottom > 0 ) || (elemTop > 0 && elemTop <= contHeight)))
}

// checks window
function isWindow( obj ) {
    return obj != null && obj === obj.window;
}

// returns corresponding window
function getWindow( elem ) {
    return isWindow( elem ) ? elem : elem.nodeType === 9 && elem.defaultView;
}

// taken from jquery
// @returns {{top: number, left: number}} 
function offset( elem ) {

    var docElem, win,
        box = { top: 0, left: 0 },
        doc = elem && elem.ownerDocument;

    docElem = doc.documentElement;

    if ( typeof elem.getBoundingClientRect !== typeof undefined ) {
        box = elem.getBoundingClientRect();
    }
    win = getWindow( doc );
    return {
        top: box.top + win.pageYOffset - docElem.clientTop,
        left: box.left + win.pageXOffset - docElem.clientLeft
    };
};