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Amount of element viewable.
Element.addMethods({
viewable: function(el) {
// INIT
el = $(el);
var scroll = document.viewport.getScrollOffsets();
var viewport = document.viewport.getDimensions();
var offsets = el.cumulativeOffset();
var dimensions = el.getDimensions();
// Sanity check
if (el.getStyle('display') == 'none' || el.getStyle('visibility') == 'hidden') return 0;
// Fix offsets based on scroll
offsets.top = offsets.top - scroll.top;
offsets.left = offsets.left - scroll.left;
// Build visible dimensions
var visible_dimensions = {width: dimensions.width, height: dimensions.height};
// Top
if (offsets.top < 0) {
if (Math.abs(offsets.top) > dimensions.height) return 0; // Sanity check
else {
visible_dimensions.height -= Math.abs(offsets.top);
}
}
// Left
if (offsets.left < 0) {
if (Math.abs(offsets.left) > dimensions.width) return 0; // Sanity check
else {
visible_dimensions.width -= Math.abs(offsets.left);
}
}
// Bottom
var bottomPos = offsets.top + dimensions.height;
if (bottomPos > viewport.height) {
var diff = bottomPos - viewport.height;
if (diff > dimensions.height) return 0; // Sanity check
else {
visible_dimensions.height -= diff;
}
}
// Right
var rightPos = offsets.left + dimensions.width;
if (rightPos > viewport.width) {
var diff = rightPos - viewport.width;
if (diff > dimensions.width) return 0; // Sanity check
else {
visible_dimensions.width -= diff;
}
}
// Return
return (visible_dimensions.width * visible_dimensions.height) / (dimensions.width * dimensions.height);
}
});
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