唯一的插件一直为我做这件事，是:https://github.com/customd/jquery-visible

我最近将这个插件移植到GWT，因为我不想仅仅为了使用这个插件而添加jquery作为依赖。下面是我的(简单的)端口(只包括我用例所需的功能):

public static boolean isVisible(Element e)
{
    //vp = viewPort, b = bottom, l = left, t = top, r = right
    int vpWidth   = Window.getClientWidth();
    int vpHeight = Window.getClientHeight();


    boolean tViz = ( e.getAbsoluteTop() >= 0 && e.getAbsoluteTop()<  vpHeight);
    boolean bViz = (e.getAbsoluteBottom() >  0 && e.getAbsoluteBottom() <= vpHeight);
    boolean lViz = (e.getAbsoluteLeft() >= 0 && e.getAbsoluteLeft() < vpWidth);
    boolean rViz = (e.getAbsoluteRight()  >  0 && e.getAbsoluteRight()  <= vpWidth);

    boolean vVisible   = tViz && bViz;
    boolean hVisible   = lViz && rViz;

    return hVisible && vVisible;
}

如果元素的任何部分在页面上可见，此方法将返回true。这种方法在我身上效果更好，也可能对其他人有所帮助。

function isOnScreen(element) {
  var elementOffsetTop = element.offset().top;
  var elementHeight = element.height();

  var screenScrollTop = $(window).scrollTop();
  var screenHeight = $(window).height();

  var scrollIsAboveElement = elementOffsetTop + elementHeight - screenScrollTop >= 0;
  var elementIsVisibleOnScreen = screenScrollTop + screenHeight - elementOffsetTop >= 0;

  return scrollIsAboveElement && elementIsVisibleOnScreen;
}

我在我的应用程序中有这样一个方法，但它不使用jQuery:

/* Get the TOP position of a given element. */
function getPositionTop(element){
    var offset = 0;
    while(element) {
        offset += element["offsetTop"];
        element = element.offsetParent;
    }
    return offset;
}

/* Is a given element is visible or not? */
function isElementVisible(eltId) {
    var elt = document.getElementById(eltId);
    if (!elt) {
        // Element not found.
        return false;
    }
    // Get the top and bottom position of the given element.
    var posTop = getPositionTop(elt);
    var posBottom = posTop + elt.offsetHeight;
    // Get the top and bottom position of the *visible* part of the window.
    var visibleTop = document.body.scrollTop;
    var visibleBottom = visibleTop + document.documentElement.offsetHeight;
    return ((posBottom >= visibleTop) && (posTop <= visibleBottom));
}

编辑:此方法适用于I.E.(至少版本6)。请阅读评论以了解FF的兼容性。

这里有另一个解决方案:

<script type="text/javascript">
$.fn.is_on_screen = function(){
    var win = $(window);
    var viewport = {
        top : win.scrollTop(),
        left : win.scrollLeft()
    };
    viewport.right = viewport.left + win.width();
    viewport.bottom = viewport.top + win.height();

    var bounds = this.offset();
    bounds.right = bounds.left + this.outerWidth();
    bounds.bottom = bounds.top + this.outerHeight();

    return (!(viewport.right < bounds.left || viewport.left > bounds.right ||    viewport.bottom < bounds.top || viewport.top > bounds.bottom));
 };

if( $('.target').length > 0 ) { // if target element exists in DOM
    if( $('.target').is_on_screen() ) { // if target element is visible on screen after DOM loaded
        $('.log').html('<div class="alert alert-success">target element is visible on screen</div>'); // log info       
    } else {
        $('.log').html('<div class="alert">target element is not visible on screen</div>'); // log info
    }
}
$(window).on('scroll', function(){ // bind window scroll event
if( $('.target').length > 0 ) { // if target element exists in DOM
    if( $('.target').is_on_screen() ) { // if target element is visible on screen after DOM loaded
        $('.log').html('<div class="alert alert-success">target element is visible on screen</div>'); // log info
    } else {
        $('.log').html('<div class="alert">target element is not visible on screen</div>'); // log info
    }
}
});
</script>

在JSFiddle中可以看到

在这个伟大答案的基础上，你可以使用ES2015+进一步简化它:

function isScrolledIntoView(el) {
  const { top, bottom } = el.getBoundingClientRect()
  return top >= 0 && bottom <= window.innerHeight
}

如果你不关心顶部是否跳出窗口而只关心底部是否被看到，这可以简化为

function isSeen(el) {
  return el.getBoundingClientRect().bottom <= window.innerHeight
}

或者甚至是单行语句

const isSeen = el => el.getBoundingClientRect().bottom <= window.innerHeight

jQuery Waypoints插件在这里做得非常好。

$('.entry').waypoint(function() {
   alert('You have scrolled to an entry.');
});

在插件的站点上有一些例子。