Get the visible height of a div with jQuery

Calculate the amount of px an element (height) is in viewport

Fiddle demo

This tiny function will return the amount of px an element is visible in the (vertical) Viewport:

function inViewport($el) {
    var elH = $el.outerHeight(),
        H   = $(window).height(),
        r   = $el[0].getBoundingClientRect(), t=r.top, b=r.bottom;
    return Math.max(0, t>0? Math.min(elH, H-t) : Math.min(b, H));
}

Use like:

$(window).on("scroll resize", function(){
  console.log( inViewport($('#elementID')) ); // n px in viewport
});

that’s it.

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jQuery .inViewport() Plugin

jsFiddle demo

from the above you can extract the logic and create a plugin like this one:

/**
 * inViewport jQuery plugin by Roko C.B.
 * http://stackoverflow.com/a/26831113/383904
 * Returns a callback function with an argument holding
 * the current amount of px an element is visible in viewport
 * (The min returned value is 0 (element outside of viewport)
 */
;(function($, win) {
  $.fn.inViewport = function(cb) {
     return this.each(function(i,el) {
       function visPx(){
         var elH = $(el).outerHeight(),
             H = $(win).height(),
             r = el.getBoundingClientRect(), t=r.top, b=r.bottom;
         return cb.call(el, Math.max(0, t>0? Math.min(elH, H-t) : Math.min(b, H)));  
       }
       visPx();
       $(win).on("resize scroll", visPx);
     });
  };
}(jQuery, window));

Use like:

$("selector").inViewport(function(px) {
  console.log( px ); // `px` represents the amount of visible height
  if(px > 0) {
    // do this if element enters the viewport // px > 0
  }else{
    // do that if element exits  the viewport // px = 0
  }
}); // Here you can chain other jQuery methods to your selector

your selectors will dynamically listen to window scroll and resize but also return the initial value on DOM ready trough the first callback function argument px.