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I am trying to center my tabs content vertically, but when I add the CSS style display:inline-flex, the horizontal text-align disappears.
How can I make both text alignments x and y for each of my tabs?
* { box-sizing: border-box; }
#leftFrame {
background-color: green;
position: absolute;
left: 0;
right: 60%;
top: 0;
bottom: 0;
}
#leftFrame #tabs {
background-color: red;
position: absolute;
top: 0;
left: 0;
right: 0;
height: 25%;
}
#leftFrame #tabs div {
border: 2px solid black;
position: static;
float: left;
width: 50%;
height: 100%;
text-align: center;
display: inline-flex;
align-items: center;
}
<div id=leftFrame>
<div id=tabs>
<div>first</div>
<div>second</div>
</div>
</div>
Approach 1 - transform translateX/translateY:
Example Here / Full Screen Example
In supported browsers (most of them), you can use top: 50%/left: 50% in combination with translateX(-50%) translateY(-50%) to dynamically vertically/horizontally center the element.
.container {
position: absolute;
top: 50%;
left: 50%;
-moz-transform: translateX(-50%) translateY(-50%);
-webkit-transform: translateX(-50%) translateY(-50%);
transform: translateX(-50%) translateY(-50%);
}
<div class="container">
<span>I'm vertically/horizontally centered!</span>
</div>
Approach 2 - Flexbox method:
Example Here / Full Screen Example
In supported browsers, set the display of the targeted element to flex and use align-items: center for vertical centering and justify-content: center for horizontal centering. Just don't forget to add vendor prefixes for additional browser support (see example). Remember the parent container will also need height (in this case, 100%).
html, body, .container {
height: 100%;
}
.container {
display: -webkit-flexbox;
display: -ms-flexbox;
display: -webkit-flex;
display: flex;
-webkit-flex-align: center;
-ms-flex-align: center;
-webkit-align-items: center;
align-items: center;
justify-content: center;
}
<div class="container">
<span>I'm vertically/horizontally centered!</span>
</div>
Approach 3 - table-cell/vertical-align: middle:
Example Here / Full Screen Example
In some cases, you will need to ensure that the html/body element's height is set to 100%.
For vertical alignment, set the parent element's width/height to 100% and add display: table. Then for the child element, change the display to table-cell and add vertical-align: middle.
For horizontal centering, you could either add text-align: center to center the text and any other inline children elements. Alternatively, you could use margin: 0 auto, assuming the element is block level.
html, body {
height: 100%;
}
.parent {
width: 100%;
height: 100%;
display: table;
text-align: center;
}
.parent > .child {
display: table-cell;
vertical-align: middle;
}
<section class="parent">
<div class="child">I'm vertically/horizontally centered!</div>
</section>
Approach 4 - Absolutely positioned 50% from the top with displacement:
Example Here / Full Screen Example
This approach assumes that the text has a known height - in this instance, 18px. Just absolutely position the element 50% from the top, relative to the parent element. Use a negative margin-top value that is half of the element's known height, in this case - -9px.
html, body, .container {
height: 100%;
}
.container {
position: relative;
text-align: center;
}
.container > p {
position: absolute;
top: 50%;
left: 0;
right: 0;
margin-top: -9px;
}
<div class="container">
<p>I'm vertically/horizontally centered!</p>
</div>
Approach 5 - The line-height method (Least flexible - not suggested):
Example Here
In some cases, the parent element will have a fixed height. For vertical centering, all you have to do is set a line-height value on the child element equal to the fixed height of the parent element.
Though this solution will work in some cases, it's worth noting that it won't work when there are multiple lines of text - like this.
.parent {
height: 200px;
width: 400px;
background: lightgray;
text-align: center;
}
.parent > .child {
line-height: 200px;
}
<div class="parent">
<span class="child">I'm vertically/horizontally centered!</span>
</div>
If CSS3 is an option (or you have a fallback) you can use transform:
.center {
right: 50%;
bottom: 50%;
transform: translate(50%,50%);
position: absolute;
}
Unlike the first approach above, you don't want to use left:50% with the negative translation because there's an overflow bug in IE9+. Utilize a positive right value and you won't see horizontal scrollbars.
Here is how to use two simple flexbox properties to center n divs on the two axes:
Set the height of your container: Here the body is set to be at least 100 viewport height.
align-items: center; will center the blocks vertically if flex direction is row else horizontally if flex direction is column
justify-content: space-around; will distribute the free space vertically if flex direction is row else horizontally if flex direction is column around the div elements
body {
min-height: 100vh;
display: flex;
align-items: center;
justify-content: space-around;
}
<div>foo</div>
<div>bar</div>
The best way to center a box both vertically and horizontally, is to use two containers :
The outher container :
should have display: table;
The inner container :
should have display: table-cell;
should have vertical-align: middle;
should have text-align: center;
The content box :
should have display: inline-block;
should adjust the horizontal text-alignment, unless you want text to be centered
Demo :
body {
margin : 0;
}
.outer-container {
display: table;
width: 80%;
height: 120px;
background: #ccc;
}
.inner-container {
display: table-cell;
vertical-align: middle;
text-align: center;
}
.centered-content {
display: inline-block;
text-align: left;
background: #fff;
padding : 20px;
border : 1px solid #000;
}
<div class="outer-container">
<div class="inner-container">
<div class="centered-content">
Center this!
</div>
</div>
</div>
See also this Fiddle!
Centering in the middle of the page:
To center your content in the middle of your page, add the following to your outer container :
position : absolute;
width: 100%;
height: 100%;
Here's a demo for that :
body {
margin : 0;
}
.outer-container {
position : absolute;
display: table;
width: 100%;
height: 100%;
background: #ccc;
}
.inner-container {
display: table-cell;
vertical-align: middle;
text-align: center;
}
.centered-content {
display: inline-block;
text-align: left;
background: #fff;
padding : 20px;
border : 1px solid #000;
}
<div class="outer-container">
<div class="inner-container">
<div class="centered-content">
Center this!
</div>
</div>
</div>
See also this Fiddle!
CSS Grid: place-items
Finally, we have place-items: center for CSS Grid to make it easier.
HTML
<div class="parent">
<div class="to-center"></div>
</div>
CSS
.parent {
display: grid;
place-items: center;
}
Output:
html,
body {
height: 100%;
}
.container {
display: grid;
place-items: center;
height: 100%;
}
.center {
background: #5F85DB;
color: #fff;
font-weight: bold;
font-family: Tahoma;
padding: 10px;
}
<div class="container">
<div class="center" contenteditable>I am always super centered within my parent</div>
</div>
Run this code snippet and see a vertically and horizontally aligned div.
html,
body,
.container {
height: 100%;
width: 100%;
}
.container {
display: flex;
align-items: center;
justify-content: center;
}
.mydiv {
width: 80px;
}
<div class="container">
<div class="mydiv">h & v aligned</div>
</div>
.align {
display: flex;
width: 400px;
height: 400px;
border: solid 1px black;
align-items: center;
justify-content: space-around;
}
.align div:first-child {
width: 20px;
height: 20px;
background-color: red;
position: absolute;
}
.align div {
width: 20px;
height: 20px;
background-color: blue;
}
<div class='align'>
<div></div>
<div></div>
<div></div>
<div></div>
<div></div>
<div></div>
</div>
First child will be aligned vertically and horizontally at center
Source Link
Method 1) Display type flex
.child-element{
display: flex;
justify-content: center;
align-items: center;
}
Method 2) 2D Transform
.child-element {
top: 50%;
left: 50%;
transform: translate(-50% , -50%);
position: absolute;
}
See other methods here
to center the Div in a page check the fiddle link
#vh {
border-radius: 15px;
box-shadow: 0 0 8px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.4);
padding: 25px;
width: 200px;
height: 200px;
background: white;
text-align: center;
margin: auto;
position: absolute;
top: 0;
left: 0;
bottom: 0;
right: 0;
}
<div id="vh">Div to be aligned vertically</div>
Update
Another option is to use flex box check the fiddle link
.vh {
background-color: #ddd;
height: 200px;
align-items: center;
display: flex;
}
.vh > div {
width: 100%;
text-align: center;
vertical-align: middle;
}
<div class="vh">
<div>Div to be aligned vertically</div>
</div>
Below is the Flex-box approach to get desired result
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width">
<title>Flex-box approach</title>
<style>
.tabs{
display: -webkit-flex;
display: flex;
width: 500px;
height: 250px;
background-color: grey;
margin: 0 auto;
}
.f{
width: 200px;
height: 200px;
margin: 20px;
background-color: yellow;
margin: 0 auto;
display: inline; /*for vertically aligning */
top: 9%; /*for vertically aligning */
position: relative; /*for vertically aligning */
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div class="tabs">
<div class="f">first</div>
<div class="f">second</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
Another approach is to use table:
<div style="border:2px solid #8AC007; height:200px; width:200px;">
<table style="width:100%; height:100%">
<tr style="height:100%">
<td style="height:100%; text-align:center">hello, multiple lines here, this is super long, and that is awesome, dude</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
Grid css approach
#wrapper {
position: absolute;
top: 0;
bottom: 0;
right: 0;
left: 0;
display: grid;
grid-template-columns: repeat(3, 1fr);
grid-template-rows: repeat(3, 1fr);
}
.main {
background-color: #444;
}
<div id="wrapper">
<div class="box"></div>
<div class="box"></div>
<div class="box"></div>
<div class="box"></div>
<div class="box main"></div>
</div>
Need to follow following New and easy solution:
.centered-class {
align-items: center;
display: flex;
justify-content: center;
width: 100vw;
height: 100vh;
}
<div class="centered-class">
I'm in center vertically and horizontally.
</div>
The simplest and cleanest solution for me is using the CSS3 property "transform":
.container {
position: relative;
}
.container a {
position: absolute;
top: 50%;
transform: translate(0,-50%);
}
<div class="container">
Hello world!
</div>
In order to vertically and horizontally center an element we can also use below mentioned properties.
This CSS property aligns-items vertically and accepts the following values:
flex-start: Items align to the top of the container.
flex-end: Items align to the bottom of the container.
center: Items align at the vertical center of the container.
baseline: Items display at the baseline of the container.
stretch: Items are stretched to fit the container.
This CSS property justify-content , which aligns items horizontally and accepts the following values:
flex-start: Items align to the left side of the container.
flex-end: Items align to the right side of the container.
center: Items align at the center of the container.
space-between: Items display with equal spacing between them.
space-around: Items display with equal spacing around them.
Just make top,bottom, left and right to 0.
<html>
<head>
<style>
<div>
{
position: absolute;
margin: auto;
background-color: lightblue;
width: 100px;
height :100px;
padding: 25px;
top :0;
right :0;
bottom:0;
left:0;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div> I am in the middle</div>
</body>
</html>
You can achieve this using CSS (your element display:inline-grid + grid-auto-flow: row; ) Grid and Flex Box ( parent element display:flex;),
See below snippet
#leftFrame {
display: flex;
height: 100vh;
width: 100%;
}
#tabs {
display: inline-grid;
grid-auto-flow: row;
grid-gap: 24px;
justify-items: center;
margin: auto;
}
html,body {
margin:0;
padding:0;
}
<div>
<div id=leftFrame>
<div id=tabs>
<div>first</div>
<div>second</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
This should works
.center-div {
display: flex;
flex-direction: column;
justify-content: center;
align-items: center;
text-align: center;
min-height: 100vh;
}
<div class="center-div">Center Div</div>
If you prefer it without flexbox, grid, table or vertical-align: middle;
You can do:
HTML
<div class="box">
<h2 class="box__label">square</h2>
</div>
CSS
.box {
box-sizing: border-box;
width: 100px;
height: 100px;
text-align: center;
border: 1px solid black;
}
.box__label {
box-sizing: border-box;
display: inline-block;
transform: translateY(50%);
text-align: center;
border: 1px solid black;
}
If it's only about text aligning it's simple. Just use this:
vertical-align: middle; /* vertical centering*/
text-align: center; /* horizontal centering*/
Parent styling is not needed.
In some cases when the parent has some style properties it may affect the child, where this will not work properly.
Approach 6
/*Change units to "%", "px" or whatever*/
#wrapper{
width: 50%;
height: 70vh;
background: rgba(0,0,0,.5);
position: absolute;
top: 0;
right: 0;
bottom: 0;
left: 0;
margin: auto;
}
#left{
width: 50%;
height: 50vh;
position: absolute;
top: 0;
bottom: 0;
left: 0;
margin: auto;
background: red;
}
#right{
width: 50%;
height: 50vh;
position: absolute;
top: 0;
bottom: 0;
right: 0;
margin: auto;
background: green;
}
.txt{
text-align: center;
line-height: 50vh;
}
<div id="wrapper">
<div id="left" class="txt">Left</div>
<div id="right" class="txt">Right</div>
</div>
.container{
width: 50%; //Your container width here
height: 50%; //Your container height here
position: absolute;
top: 0;
right: 0;
bottom: 0;
left: 0;
margin: auto;
}
The easiest way of centering a div both vertically and horizontally is as follows:
<div style="display: table; width: 200px; height: 200px; border: 1px solid black;">
<div style="display: table-cell; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;">
Text Here
</div>
</div>
One More Example:
.parent {
display: table;
width: 100%;
height: 100%;
}
.child {
display: table-cell;
vertical-align: middle;
text-align: center;
}
<div class="parent">
<div class="child">
<h4><u>SERVICE IN BANGLADESH FLEET RESERVE <br> AND <br> RE-ENGAGEMENT ORDER FOR DEFENCE SERVICE</u></h4>
</div>
</div>
I see this the shortest and easiest way. However it depends on the element width and height. So feel free to adjust more the percentages on translate(50%, 50%);.
.divContainer {
position: absolute;
top: 0;
left: 0;
right: 0;
bottom: 0;
transform: translate(50%, 50%);
}
<div class="divContainer">I am centered</div>
The simplest flexbox approach:
The easiest way how to center a single element vertically and horizontally is to make it a flex item and set its margin to auto:
If you apply auto margins to a flex item, that item will automatically
extend its specified margin to occupy the extra space in the flex
container...
.flex-container {
height: 150px;
display: flex;
}
.flex-item {
margin: auto;
}
<div class="flex-container">
<div class="flex-item">
This should be centered!
</div>
</div>
This extension of margins in each direction will push the element exactly to the middle of its container.
In the case where I was trying to vertically align text content inside button::before and button::after, I was able to get it working using vertical-align: text-top.
button::after {
vertical-align: text-top;
}
I use this CSS code:
display: grid;
justify-content: center;
align-items: center;
The source is CSS-Tricks
This is a related problem that people might come to this page when searching: When I want to centre a div for a "waiting.." 100px square animated gif, I use:
.centreDiv {
position: absolute;
top: -moz-calc(50vh - 50px);
top: -webkit-calc(50vh - 50px);
top: calc(50vh - 50px);
left: -moz-calc(50vw - 50px);
left: -webkit-calc(50vw - 50px);
left: calc(50vw - 50px);
z-index: 1000; /* whatever is required */
}
The code that appears below creates the following layout:
The important part is that the content, although centered on the screen when not overflowing, never overlaps the navbar and has its own scrollbar:
The problem is that this layout is achieved with the help of padding (marked by a comment in the code below), which results in the additional scrollbar on the right of the screen.
How can I design the same layout that would have only one scrollbar - the one in the content?
Please note that the solution should not break the following details:
The rounded corners and the shadow.
The title in the content block not participating in scrolling.
The image covering the whole scrollable content, so it scrolls together with the content.
In addition, it would be great if this can be achieved without as many nested div's as I have right now.
Edit: I am ready to go with the suggestion of #JHeth in the comments section. However, I would still be interested if someone can come up with an alternative design that does not rely on padding for centering.
Here is the code (CodePen):
* {
padding: 0;
margin: 0;
}
html {
font-size: 62.5%;
}
:root {
--navbar-height: 3rem;
}
.navbar {
width: 100%;
text-align: center;
font-size: 2rem;
line-height: var(--navbar-height);
background-color: lightgreen;
}
.centering {
position: absolute;
inset: var(--navbar-height) 0 0 0;
display: flex;
flex-direction: column;
align-items: center;
& .auto-margin {
margin: auto;
// For scrollable content
display: flex;
max-height: 100%;
padding-bottom: calc(var(--navbar-height)); // Causes scrolling
}
}
.content-block {
display: flex;
flex-direction: column;
.title {
font-size: 2rem;
position: sticky;
}
.content-outer-container {
display: flex;
flex-direction: column;
overflow-y: auto;
border-radius: 1em;
box-shadow: 0 1em 2em rgba(black, 0.4);
.content-container {
width: 300px;
overflow-y: auto;
.content {
position: relative;
padding: 1em;
&:before {
content: "";
z-index: -1;
position: absolute;
top: 0;
left: 0;
right: 0;
height: 100%;
background-position: center;
background-image:
url(http://www.freegreatpicture.com/files/147/18380-hd-color-background-wallpaper.jpg);
}
}
}
}
}
<div class="navbar">An Amazing Navbar</div>
<div class="centering">
<div class="auto-margin">
<div class="content-block">
<div class="title">My Title</div>
<div class="content-outer-container">
<div class="content-container">
<div class="content">
<h1>Line1</h1>
<h1>Line2</h1>
<h1>Line3</h1>
<h1>Line4</h1>
<h1>Line5</h1>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
simply remove max-height:100%; to .centering .auto-margin and it'll works!
.centering .auto-margin {
margin: auto;
display: flex;
/* max-height: 100%; */
padding-bottom: calc(var(--navbar-height));
}
I am trying to center my tabs content vertically, but when I add the CSS style display:inline-flex, the horizontal text-align disappears.
How can I make both text alignments x and y for each of my tabs?
* { box-sizing: border-box; }
#leftFrame {
background-color: green;
position: absolute;
left: 0;
right: 60%;
top: 0;
bottom: 0;
}
#leftFrame #tabs {
background-color: red;
position: absolute;
top: 0;
left: 0;
right: 0;
height: 25%;
}
#leftFrame #tabs div {
border: 2px solid black;
position: static;
float: left;
width: 50%;
height: 100%;
text-align: center;
display: inline-flex;
align-items: center;
}
<div id=leftFrame>
<div id=tabs>
<div>first</div>
<div>second</div>
</div>
</div>
Approach 1 - transform translateX/translateY:
Example Here / Full Screen Example
In supported browsers (most of them), you can use top: 50%/left: 50% in combination with translateX(-50%) translateY(-50%) to dynamically vertically/horizontally center the element.
.container {
position: absolute;
top: 50%;
left: 50%;
-moz-transform: translateX(-50%) translateY(-50%);
-webkit-transform: translateX(-50%) translateY(-50%);
transform: translateX(-50%) translateY(-50%);
}
<div class="container">
<span>I'm vertically/horizontally centered!</span>
</div>
Approach 2 - Flexbox method:
Example Here / Full Screen Example
In supported browsers, set the display of the targeted element to flex and use align-items: center for vertical centering and justify-content: center for horizontal centering. Just don't forget to add vendor prefixes for additional browser support (see example). Remember the parent container will also need height (in this case, 100%).
html, body, .container {
height: 100%;
}
.container {
display: -webkit-flexbox;
display: -ms-flexbox;
display: -webkit-flex;
display: flex;
-webkit-flex-align: center;
-ms-flex-align: center;
-webkit-align-items: center;
align-items: center;
justify-content: center;
}
<div class="container">
<span>I'm vertically/horizontally centered!</span>
</div>
Approach 3 - table-cell/vertical-align: middle:
Example Here / Full Screen Example
In some cases, you will need to ensure that the html/body element's height is set to 100%.
For vertical alignment, set the parent element's width/height to 100% and add display: table. Then for the child element, change the display to table-cell and add vertical-align: middle.
For horizontal centering, you could either add text-align: center to center the text and any other inline children elements. Alternatively, you could use margin: 0 auto, assuming the element is block level.
html, body {
height: 100%;
}
.parent {
width: 100%;
height: 100%;
display: table;
text-align: center;
}
.parent > .child {
display: table-cell;
vertical-align: middle;
}
<section class="parent">
<div class="child">I'm vertically/horizontally centered!</div>
</section>
Approach 4 - Absolutely positioned 50% from the top with displacement:
Example Here / Full Screen Example
This approach assumes that the text has a known height - in this instance, 18px. Just absolutely position the element 50% from the top, relative to the parent element. Use a negative margin-top value that is half of the element's known height, in this case - -9px.
html, body, .container {
height: 100%;
}
.container {
position: relative;
text-align: center;
}
.container > p {
position: absolute;
top: 50%;
left: 0;
right: 0;
margin-top: -9px;
}
<div class="container">
<p>I'm vertically/horizontally centered!</p>
</div>
Approach 5 - The line-height method (Least flexible - not suggested):
Example Here
In some cases, the parent element will have a fixed height. For vertical centering, all you have to do is set a line-height value on the child element equal to the fixed height of the parent element.
Though this solution will work in some cases, it's worth noting that it won't work when there are multiple lines of text - like this.
.parent {
height: 200px;
width: 400px;
background: lightgray;
text-align: center;
}
.parent > .child {
line-height: 200px;
}
<div class="parent">
<span class="child">I'm vertically/horizontally centered!</span>
</div>
If CSS3 is an option (or you have a fallback) you can use transform:
.center {
right: 50%;
bottom: 50%;
transform: translate(50%,50%);
position: absolute;
}
Unlike the first approach above, you don't want to use left:50% with the negative translation because there's an overflow bug in IE9+. Utilize a positive right value and you won't see horizontal scrollbars.
Here is how to use two simple flexbox properties to center n divs on the two axes:
Set the height of your container: Here the body is set to be at least 100 viewport height.
align-items: center; will center the blocks vertically if flex direction is row else horizontally if flex direction is column
justify-content: space-around; will distribute the free space vertically if flex direction is row else horizontally if flex direction is column around the div elements
body {
min-height: 100vh;
display: flex;
align-items: center;
justify-content: space-around;
}
<div>foo</div>
<div>bar</div>
The best way to center a box both vertically and horizontally, is to use two containers :
The outher container :
should have display: table;
The inner container :
should have display: table-cell;
should have vertical-align: middle;
should have text-align: center;
The content box :
should have display: inline-block;
should adjust the horizontal text-alignment, unless you want text to be centered
Demo :
body {
margin : 0;
}
.outer-container {
display: table;
width: 80%;
height: 120px;
background: #ccc;
}
.inner-container {
display: table-cell;
vertical-align: middle;
text-align: center;
}
.centered-content {
display: inline-block;
text-align: left;
background: #fff;
padding : 20px;
border : 1px solid #000;
}
<div class="outer-container">
<div class="inner-container">
<div class="centered-content">
Center this!
</div>
</div>
</div>
See also this Fiddle!
Centering in the middle of the page:
To center your content in the middle of your page, add the following to your outer container :
position : absolute;
width: 100%;
height: 100%;
Here's a demo for that :
body {
margin : 0;
}
.outer-container {
position : absolute;
display: table;
width: 100%;
height: 100%;
background: #ccc;
}
.inner-container {
display: table-cell;
vertical-align: middle;
text-align: center;
}
.centered-content {
display: inline-block;
text-align: left;
background: #fff;
padding : 20px;
border : 1px solid #000;
}
<div class="outer-container">
<div class="inner-container">
<div class="centered-content">
Center this!
</div>
</div>
</div>
See also this Fiddle!
CSS Grid: place-items
Finally, we have place-items: center for CSS Grid to make it easier.
HTML
<div class="parent">
<div class="to-center"></div>
</div>
CSS
.parent {
display: grid;
place-items: center;
}
Output:
html,
body {
height: 100%;
}
.container {
display: grid;
place-items: center;
height: 100%;
}
.center {
background: #5F85DB;
color: #fff;
font-weight: bold;
font-family: Tahoma;
padding: 10px;
}
<div class="container">
<div class="center" contenteditable>I am always super centered within my parent</div>
</div>
Run this code snippet and see a vertically and horizontally aligned div.
html,
body,
.container {
height: 100%;
width: 100%;
}
.container {
display: flex;
align-items: center;
justify-content: center;
}
.mydiv {
width: 80px;
}
<div class="container">
<div class="mydiv">h & v aligned</div>
</div>
.align {
display: flex;
width: 400px;
height: 400px;
border: solid 1px black;
align-items: center;
justify-content: space-around;
}
.align div:first-child {
width: 20px;
height: 20px;
background-color: red;
position: absolute;
}
.align div {
width: 20px;
height: 20px;
background-color: blue;
}
<div class='align'>
<div></div>
<div></div>
<div></div>
<div></div>
<div></div>
<div></div>
</div>
First child will be aligned vertically and horizontally at center
Source Link
Method 1) Display type flex
.child-element{
display: flex;
justify-content: center;
align-items: center;
}
Method 2) 2D Transform
.child-element {
top: 50%;
left: 50%;
transform: translate(-50% , -50%);
position: absolute;
}
See other methods here
to center the Div in a page check the fiddle link
#vh {
border-radius: 15px;
box-shadow: 0 0 8px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.4);
padding: 25px;
width: 200px;
height: 200px;
background: white;
text-align: center;
margin: auto;
position: absolute;
top: 0;
left: 0;
bottom: 0;
right: 0;
}
<div id="vh">Div to be aligned vertically</div>
Update
Another option is to use flex box check the fiddle link
.vh {
background-color: #ddd;
height: 200px;
align-items: center;
display: flex;
}
.vh > div {
width: 100%;
text-align: center;
vertical-align: middle;
}
<div class="vh">
<div>Div to be aligned vertically</div>
</div>
Below is the Flex-box approach to get desired result
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width">
<title>Flex-box approach</title>
<style>
.tabs{
display: -webkit-flex;
display: flex;
width: 500px;
height: 250px;
background-color: grey;
margin: 0 auto;
}
.f{
width: 200px;
height: 200px;
margin: 20px;
background-color: yellow;
margin: 0 auto;
display: inline; /*for vertically aligning */
top: 9%; /*for vertically aligning */
position: relative; /*for vertically aligning */
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div class="tabs">
<div class="f">first</div>
<div class="f">second</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
Another approach is to use table:
<div style="border:2px solid #8AC007; height:200px; width:200px;">
<table style="width:100%; height:100%">
<tr style="height:100%">
<td style="height:100%; text-align:center">hello, multiple lines here, this is super long, and that is awesome, dude</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
Grid css approach
#wrapper {
position: absolute;
top: 0;
bottom: 0;
right: 0;
left: 0;
display: grid;
grid-template-columns: repeat(3, 1fr);
grid-template-rows: repeat(3, 1fr);
}
.main {
background-color: #444;
}
<div id="wrapper">
<div class="box"></div>
<div class="box"></div>
<div class="box"></div>
<div class="box"></div>
<div class="box main"></div>
</div>
Need to follow following New and easy solution:
.centered-class {
align-items: center;
display: flex;
justify-content: center;
width: 100vw;
height: 100vh;
}
<div class="centered-class">
I'm in center vertically and horizontally.
</div>
The simplest and cleanest solution for me is using the CSS3 property "transform":
.container {
position: relative;
}
.container a {
position: absolute;
top: 50%;
transform: translate(0,-50%);
}
<div class="container">
Hello world!
</div>
In order to vertically and horizontally center an element we can also use below mentioned properties.
This CSS property aligns-items vertically and accepts the following values:
flex-start: Items align to the top of the container.
flex-end: Items align to the bottom of the container.
center: Items align at the vertical center of the container.
baseline: Items display at the baseline of the container.
stretch: Items are stretched to fit the container.
This CSS property justify-content , which aligns items horizontally and accepts the following values:
flex-start: Items align to the left side of the container.
flex-end: Items align to the right side of the container.
center: Items align at the center of the container.
space-between: Items display with equal spacing between them.
space-around: Items display with equal spacing around them.
Just make top,bottom, left and right to 0.
<html>
<head>
<style>
<div>
{
position: absolute;
margin: auto;
background-color: lightblue;
width: 100px;
height :100px;
padding: 25px;
top :0;
right :0;
bottom:0;
left:0;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div> I am in the middle</div>
</body>
</html>
You can achieve this using CSS (your element display:inline-grid + grid-auto-flow: row; ) Grid and Flex Box ( parent element display:flex;),
See below snippet
#leftFrame {
display: flex;
height: 100vh;
width: 100%;
}
#tabs {
display: inline-grid;
grid-auto-flow: row;
grid-gap: 24px;
justify-items: center;
margin: auto;
}
html,body {
margin:0;
padding:0;
}
<div>
<div id=leftFrame>
<div id=tabs>
<div>first</div>
<div>second</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
This should works
.center-div {
display: flex;
flex-direction: column;
justify-content: center;
align-items: center;
text-align: center;
min-height: 100vh;
}
<div class="center-div">Center Div</div>
If you prefer it without flexbox, grid, table or vertical-align: middle;
You can do:
HTML
<div class="box">
<h2 class="box__label">square</h2>
</div>
CSS
.box {
box-sizing: border-box;
width: 100px;
height: 100px;
text-align: center;
border: 1px solid black;
}
.box__label {
box-sizing: border-box;
display: inline-block;
transform: translateY(50%);
text-align: center;
border: 1px solid black;
}
If it's only about text aligning it's simple. Just use this:
vertical-align: middle; /* vertical centering*/
text-align: center; /* horizontal centering*/
Parent styling is not needed.
In some cases when the parent has some style properties it may affect the child, where this will not work properly.
Approach 6
/*Change units to "%", "px" or whatever*/
#wrapper{
width: 50%;
height: 70vh;
background: rgba(0,0,0,.5);
position: absolute;
top: 0;
right: 0;
bottom: 0;
left: 0;
margin: auto;
}
#left{
width: 50%;
height: 50vh;
position: absolute;
top: 0;
bottom: 0;
left: 0;
margin: auto;
background: red;
}
#right{
width: 50%;
height: 50vh;
position: absolute;
top: 0;
bottom: 0;
right: 0;
margin: auto;
background: green;
}
.txt{
text-align: center;
line-height: 50vh;
}
<div id="wrapper">
<div id="left" class="txt">Left</div>
<div id="right" class="txt">Right</div>
</div>
.container{
width: 50%; //Your container width here
height: 50%; //Your container height here
position: absolute;
top: 0;
right: 0;
bottom: 0;
left: 0;
margin: auto;
}
The easiest way of centering a div both vertically and horizontally is as follows:
<div style="display: table; width: 200px; height: 200px; border: 1px solid black;">
<div style="display: table-cell; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;">
Text Here
</div>
</div>
One More Example:
.parent {
display: table;
width: 100%;
height: 100%;
}
.child {
display: table-cell;
vertical-align: middle;
text-align: center;
}
<div class="parent">
<div class="child">
<h4><u>SERVICE IN BANGLADESH FLEET RESERVE <br> AND <br> RE-ENGAGEMENT ORDER FOR DEFENCE SERVICE</u></h4>
</div>
</div>
I see this the shortest and easiest way. However it depends on the element width and height. So feel free to adjust more the percentages on translate(50%, 50%);.
.divContainer {
position: absolute;
top: 0;
left: 0;
right: 0;
bottom: 0;
transform: translate(50%, 50%);
}
<div class="divContainer">I am centered</div>
The simplest flexbox approach:
The easiest way how to center a single element vertically and horizontally is to make it a flex item and set its margin to auto:
If you apply auto margins to a flex item, that item will automatically
extend its specified margin to occupy the extra space in the flex
container...
.flex-container {
height: 150px;
display: flex;
}
.flex-item {
margin: auto;
}
<div class="flex-container">
<div class="flex-item">
This should be centered!
</div>
</div>
This extension of margins in each direction will push the element exactly to the middle of its container.
In the case where I was trying to vertically align text content inside button::before and button::after, I was able to get it working using vertical-align: text-top.
button::after {
vertical-align: text-top;
}
I use this CSS code:
display: grid;
justify-content: center;
align-items: center;
The source is CSS-Tricks
This is a related problem that people might come to this page when searching: When I want to centre a div for a "waiting.." 100px square animated gif, I use:
.centreDiv {
position: absolute;
top: -moz-calc(50vh - 50px);
top: -webkit-calc(50vh - 50px);
top: calc(50vh - 50px);
left: -moz-calc(50vw - 50px);
left: -webkit-calc(50vw - 50px);
left: calc(50vw - 50px);
z-index: 1000; /* whatever is required */
}
I am trying to center my tabs content vertically, but when I add the CSS style display:inline-flex, the horizontal text-align disappears.
How can I make both text alignments x and y for each of my tabs?
* { box-sizing: border-box; }
#leftFrame {
background-color: green;
position: absolute;
left: 0;
right: 60%;
top: 0;
bottom: 0;
}
#leftFrame #tabs {
background-color: red;
position: absolute;
top: 0;
left: 0;
right: 0;
height: 25%;
}
#leftFrame #tabs div {
border: 2px solid black;
position: static;
float: left;
width: 50%;
height: 100%;
text-align: center;
display: inline-flex;
align-items: center;
}
<div id=leftFrame>
<div id=tabs>
<div>first</div>
<div>second</div>
</div>
</div>
Approach 1 - transform translateX/translateY:
Example Here / Full Screen Example
In supported browsers (most of them), you can use top: 50%/left: 50% in combination with translateX(-50%) translateY(-50%) to dynamically vertically/horizontally center the element.
.container {
position: absolute;
top: 50%;
left: 50%;
-moz-transform: translateX(-50%) translateY(-50%);
-webkit-transform: translateX(-50%) translateY(-50%);
transform: translateX(-50%) translateY(-50%);
}
<div class="container">
<span>I'm vertically/horizontally centered!</span>
</div>
Approach 2 - Flexbox method:
Example Here / Full Screen Example
In supported browsers, set the display of the targeted element to flex and use align-items: center for vertical centering and justify-content: center for horizontal centering. Just don't forget to add vendor prefixes for additional browser support (see example). Remember the parent container will also need height (in this case, 100%).
html, body, .container {
height: 100%;
}
.container {
display: -webkit-flexbox;
display: -ms-flexbox;
display: -webkit-flex;
display: flex;
-webkit-flex-align: center;
-ms-flex-align: center;
-webkit-align-items: center;
align-items: center;
justify-content: center;
}
<div class="container">
<span>I'm vertically/horizontally centered!</span>
</div>
Approach 3 - table-cell/vertical-align: middle:
Example Here / Full Screen Example
In some cases, you will need to ensure that the html/body element's height is set to 100%.
For vertical alignment, set the parent element's width/height to 100% and add display: table. Then for the child element, change the display to table-cell and add vertical-align: middle.
For horizontal centering, you could either add text-align: center to center the text and any other inline children elements. Alternatively, you could use margin: 0 auto, assuming the element is block level.
html, body {
height: 100%;
}
.parent {
width: 100%;
height: 100%;
display: table;
text-align: center;
}
.parent > .child {
display: table-cell;
vertical-align: middle;
}
<section class="parent">
<div class="child">I'm vertically/horizontally centered!</div>
</section>
Approach 4 - Absolutely positioned 50% from the top with displacement:
Example Here / Full Screen Example
This approach assumes that the text has a known height - in this instance, 18px. Just absolutely position the element 50% from the top, relative to the parent element. Use a negative margin-top value that is half of the element's known height, in this case - -9px.
html, body, .container {
height: 100%;
}
.container {
position: relative;
text-align: center;
}
.container > p {
position: absolute;
top: 50%;
left: 0;
right: 0;
margin-top: -9px;
}
<div class="container">
<p>I'm vertically/horizontally centered!</p>
</div>
Approach 5 - The line-height method (Least flexible - not suggested):
Example Here
In some cases, the parent element will have a fixed height. For vertical centering, all you have to do is set a line-height value on the child element equal to the fixed height of the parent element.
Though this solution will work in some cases, it's worth noting that it won't work when there are multiple lines of text - like this.
.parent {
height: 200px;
width: 400px;
background: lightgray;
text-align: center;
}
.parent > .child {
line-height: 200px;
}
<div class="parent">
<span class="child">I'm vertically/horizontally centered!</span>
</div>
If CSS3 is an option (or you have a fallback) you can use transform:
.center {
right: 50%;
bottom: 50%;
transform: translate(50%,50%);
position: absolute;
}
Unlike the first approach above, you don't want to use left:50% with the negative translation because there's an overflow bug in IE9+. Utilize a positive right value and you won't see horizontal scrollbars.
Here is how to use two simple flexbox properties to center n divs on the two axes:
Set the height of your container: Here the body is set to be at least 100 viewport height.
align-items: center; will center the blocks vertically if flex direction is row else horizontally if flex direction is column
justify-content: space-around; will distribute the free space vertically if flex direction is row else horizontally if flex direction is column around the div elements
body {
min-height: 100vh;
display: flex;
align-items: center;
justify-content: space-around;
}
<div>foo</div>
<div>bar</div>
The best way to center a box both vertically and horizontally, is to use two containers :
The outher container :
should have display: table;
The inner container :
should have display: table-cell;
should have vertical-align: middle;
should have text-align: center;
The content box :
should have display: inline-block;
should adjust the horizontal text-alignment, unless you want text to be centered
Demo :
body {
margin : 0;
}
.outer-container {
display: table;
width: 80%;
height: 120px;
background: #ccc;
}
.inner-container {
display: table-cell;
vertical-align: middle;
text-align: center;
}
.centered-content {
display: inline-block;
text-align: left;
background: #fff;
padding : 20px;
border : 1px solid #000;
}
<div class="outer-container">
<div class="inner-container">
<div class="centered-content">
Center this!
</div>
</div>
</div>
See also this Fiddle!
Centering in the middle of the page:
To center your content in the middle of your page, add the following to your outer container :
position : absolute;
width: 100%;
height: 100%;
Here's a demo for that :
body {
margin : 0;
}
.outer-container {
position : absolute;
display: table;
width: 100%;
height: 100%;
background: #ccc;
}
.inner-container {
display: table-cell;
vertical-align: middle;
text-align: center;
}
.centered-content {
display: inline-block;
text-align: left;
background: #fff;
padding : 20px;
border : 1px solid #000;
}
<div class="outer-container">
<div class="inner-container">
<div class="centered-content">
Center this!
</div>
</div>
</div>
See also this Fiddle!
CSS Grid: place-items
Finally, we have place-items: center for CSS Grid to make it easier.
HTML
<div class="parent">
<div class="to-center"></div>
</div>
CSS
.parent {
display: grid;
place-items: center;
}
Output:
html,
body {
height: 100%;
}
.container {
display: grid;
place-items: center;
height: 100%;
}
.center {
background: #5F85DB;
color: #fff;
font-weight: bold;
font-family: Tahoma;
padding: 10px;
}
<div class="container">
<div class="center" contenteditable>I am always super centered within my parent</div>
</div>
Run this code snippet and see a vertically and horizontally aligned div.
html,
body,
.container {
height: 100%;
width: 100%;
}
.container {
display: flex;
align-items: center;
justify-content: center;
}
.mydiv {
width: 80px;
}
<div class="container">
<div class="mydiv">h & v aligned</div>
</div>
.align {
display: flex;
width: 400px;
height: 400px;
border: solid 1px black;
align-items: center;
justify-content: space-around;
}
.align div:first-child {
width: 20px;
height: 20px;
background-color: red;
position: absolute;
}
.align div {
width: 20px;
height: 20px;
background-color: blue;
}
<div class='align'>
<div></div>
<div></div>
<div></div>
<div></div>
<div></div>
<div></div>
</div>
First child will be aligned vertically and horizontally at center
Source Link
Method 1) Display type flex
.child-element{
display: flex;
justify-content: center;
align-items: center;
}
Method 2) 2D Transform
.child-element {
top: 50%;
left: 50%;
transform: translate(-50% , -50%);
position: absolute;
}
See other methods here
to center the Div in a page check the fiddle link
#vh {
border-radius: 15px;
box-shadow: 0 0 8px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.4);
padding: 25px;
width: 200px;
height: 200px;
background: white;
text-align: center;
margin: auto;
position: absolute;
top: 0;
left: 0;
bottom: 0;
right: 0;
}
<div id="vh">Div to be aligned vertically</div>
Update
Another option is to use flex box check the fiddle link
.vh {
background-color: #ddd;
height: 200px;
align-items: center;
display: flex;
}
.vh > div {
width: 100%;
text-align: center;
vertical-align: middle;
}
<div class="vh">
<div>Div to be aligned vertically</div>
</div>
Below is the Flex-box approach to get desired result
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width">
<title>Flex-box approach</title>
<style>
.tabs{
display: -webkit-flex;
display: flex;
width: 500px;
height: 250px;
background-color: grey;
margin: 0 auto;
}
.f{
width: 200px;
height: 200px;
margin: 20px;
background-color: yellow;
margin: 0 auto;
display: inline; /*for vertically aligning */
top: 9%; /*for vertically aligning */
position: relative; /*for vertically aligning */
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div class="tabs">
<div class="f">first</div>
<div class="f">second</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
Another approach is to use table:
<div style="border:2px solid #8AC007; height:200px; width:200px;">
<table style="width:100%; height:100%">
<tr style="height:100%">
<td style="height:100%; text-align:center">hello, multiple lines here, this is super long, and that is awesome, dude</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
Grid css approach
#wrapper {
position: absolute;
top: 0;
bottom: 0;
right: 0;
left: 0;
display: grid;
grid-template-columns: repeat(3, 1fr);
grid-template-rows: repeat(3, 1fr);
}
.main {
background-color: #444;
}
<div id="wrapper">
<div class="box"></div>
<div class="box"></div>
<div class="box"></div>
<div class="box"></div>
<div class="box main"></div>
</div>
Need to follow following New and easy solution:
.centered-class {
align-items: center;
display: flex;
justify-content: center;
width: 100vw;
height: 100vh;
}
<div class="centered-class">
I'm in center vertically and horizontally.
</div>
The simplest and cleanest solution for me is using the CSS3 property "transform":
.container {
position: relative;
}
.container a {
position: absolute;
top: 50%;
transform: translate(0,-50%);
}
<div class="container">
Hello world!
</div>
In order to vertically and horizontally center an element we can also use below mentioned properties.
This CSS property aligns-items vertically and accepts the following values:
flex-start: Items align to the top of the container.
flex-end: Items align to the bottom of the container.
center: Items align at the vertical center of the container.
baseline: Items display at the baseline of the container.
stretch: Items are stretched to fit the container.
This CSS property justify-content , which aligns items horizontally and accepts the following values:
flex-start: Items align to the left side of the container.
flex-end: Items align to the right side of the container.
center: Items align at the center of the container.
space-between: Items display with equal spacing between them.
space-around: Items display with equal spacing around them.
Just make top,bottom, left and right to 0.
<html>
<head>
<style>
<div>
{
position: absolute;
margin: auto;
background-color: lightblue;
width: 100px;
height :100px;
padding: 25px;
top :0;
right :0;
bottom:0;
left:0;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div> I am in the middle</div>
</body>
</html>
You can achieve this using CSS (your element display:inline-grid + grid-auto-flow: row; ) Grid and Flex Box ( parent element display:flex;),
See below snippet
#leftFrame {
display: flex;
height: 100vh;
width: 100%;
}
#tabs {
display: inline-grid;
grid-auto-flow: row;
grid-gap: 24px;
justify-items: center;
margin: auto;
}
html,body {
margin:0;
padding:0;
}
<div>
<div id=leftFrame>
<div id=tabs>
<div>first</div>
<div>second</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
This should works
.center-div {
display: flex;
flex-direction: column;
justify-content: center;
align-items: center;
text-align: center;
min-height: 100vh;
}
<div class="center-div">Center Div</div>
If you prefer it without flexbox, grid, table or vertical-align: middle;
You can do:
HTML
<div class="box">
<h2 class="box__label">square</h2>
</div>
CSS
.box {
box-sizing: border-box;
width: 100px;
height: 100px;
text-align: center;
border: 1px solid black;
}
.box__label {
box-sizing: border-box;
display: inline-block;
transform: translateY(50%);
text-align: center;
border: 1px solid black;
}
If it's only about text aligning it's simple. Just use this:
vertical-align: middle; /* vertical centering*/
text-align: center; /* horizontal centering*/
Parent styling is not needed.
In some cases when the parent has some style properties it may affect the child, where this will not work properly.
Approach 6
/*Change units to "%", "px" or whatever*/
#wrapper{
width: 50%;
height: 70vh;
background: rgba(0,0,0,.5);
position: absolute;
top: 0;
right: 0;
bottom: 0;
left: 0;
margin: auto;
}
#left{
width: 50%;
height: 50vh;
position: absolute;
top: 0;
bottom: 0;
left: 0;
margin: auto;
background: red;
}
#right{
width: 50%;
height: 50vh;
position: absolute;
top: 0;
bottom: 0;
right: 0;
margin: auto;
background: green;
}
.txt{
text-align: center;
line-height: 50vh;
}
<div id="wrapper">
<div id="left" class="txt">Left</div>
<div id="right" class="txt">Right</div>
</div>
.container{
width: 50%; //Your container width here
height: 50%; //Your container height here
position: absolute;
top: 0;
right: 0;
bottom: 0;
left: 0;
margin: auto;
}
The easiest way of centering a div both vertically and horizontally is as follows:
<div style="display: table; width: 200px; height: 200px; border: 1px solid black;">
<div style="display: table-cell; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;">
Text Here
</div>
</div>
One More Example:
.parent {
display: table;
width: 100%;
height: 100%;
}
.child {
display: table-cell;
vertical-align: middle;
text-align: center;
}
<div class="parent">
<div class="child">
<h4><u>SERVICE IN BANGLADESH FLEET RESERVE <br> AND <br> RE-ENGAGEMENT ORDER FOR DEFENCE SERVICE</u></h4>
</div>
</div>
I see this the shortest and easiest way. However it depends on the element width and height. So feel free to adjust more the percentages on translate(50%, 50%);.
.divContainer {
position: absolute;
top: 0;
left: 0;
right: 0;
bottom: 0;
transform: translate(50%, 50%);
}
<div class="divContainer">I am centered</div>
The simplest flexbox approach:
The easiest way how to center a single element vertically and horizontally is to make it a flex item and set its margin to auto:
If you apply auto margins to a flex item, that item will automatically
extend its specified margin to occupy the extra space in the flex
container...
.flex-container {
height: 150px;
display: flex;
}
.flex-item {
margin: auto;
}
<div class="flex-container">
<div class="flex-item">
This should be centered!
</div>
</div>
This extension of margins in each direction will push the element exactly to the middle of its container.
In the case where I was trying to vertically align text content inside button::before and button::after, I was able to get it working using vertical-align: text-top.
button::after {
vertical-align: text-top;
}
I use this CSS code:
display: grid;
justify-content: center;
align-items: center;
The source is CSS-Tricks
This is a related problem that people might come to this page when searching: When I want to centre a div for a "waiting.." 100px square animated gif, I use:
.centreDiv {
position: absolute;
top: -moz-calc(50vh - 50px);
top: -webkit-calc(50vh - 50px);
top: calc(50vh - 50px);
left: -moz-calc(50vw - 50px);
left: -webkit-calc(50vw - 50px);
left: calc(50vw - 50px);
z-index: 1000; /* whatever is required */
}
This question already has answers here:
How can I horizontally center an element?
(133 answers)
Closed 4 years ago.
I have a div tag with width set to 800 pixels. When the browser width is greater than 800 pixels, it shouldn't stretch the div, but it should bring it to the middle of the page.
<body>
<div style="width:800px; margin:0 auto;">
centered content
</div>
</body>
position: absolute and then top:50% and left:50% places the top edge at the vertical center of the screen, and the left edge at the horizontal center, then by adding margin-top to the negative of the height of the div, i.e., -100 shifts it above by 100 and similarly for margin-left. This gets the div exactly in the center of the page.
#outPopUp {
position: absolute;
width: 300px;
height: 200px;
z-index: 15;
top: 50%;
left: 50%;
margin: -100px 0 0 -150px;
background: red;
}
<div id="outPopUp"></div>
Flexbox solution is the way to go in/from 2015. justify-content: center is used for the parent element to align the content to the center of it.
HTML
<div class="container">
<div class="center">Center</div>
</div>
CSS
.container {
display: flex;
justify-content: center;
}
Output
.container {
display: flex;
justify-content: center;
}
.center {
width: 400px;
padding: 10px;
background: #5F85DB;
color: #fff;
font-weight: bold;
font-family: Tahoma;
}
<div class="container">
<div class="center">Centered div with left aligned text.</div>
</div>
Do you mean that you want to center it vertically or horizontally? You said you specified the height to 800 pixels, and wanted the div not to stretch when the width was greater than that...
To center horizontally, you can use the margin: auto; attribute in CSS. Also, you'll have to make sure that the body and html elements don't have any margin or padding:
html, body { margin: 0; padding: 0; }
#centeredDiv { margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; width: 800px; }
<div></div>
div {
display: table;
margin-right: auto;
margin-left: auto;
}
To make it also work correctly in Internet Explorer 6 you have to do it as follows:
HTML
<body>
<div class="centered">
centered content
</div>
</body>
CSS
body {
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
text-align: center; /* !!! */
}
.centered {
margin: 0 auto;
text-align: left;
width: 800px;
}
Div centered vertically and horizontally inside the parent without fixing the content size
Here on this page is a nice overview with several solutions, too much code to share here, but it shows what is possible...
Personally I like this solution with the famous transform translate -50% trick the most. It works well for both fixed (% or px) and undefined height and width of your element.
The code is as simple as:
HTML:
<div class="center"><div>
CSS:
.center {
position: absolute;
left: 50%;
top: 50%;
-moz-transform: translate(-50%, -50%); /* Firefox */
-ms-transform: translate(-50%, -50%); /* IE 9 */
-webkit-transform: translate(-50%, -50%); /* Safari and Chrome*/
-o-transform: translate(-50%, -50%); /* Opera */
transform: translate(-50%, -50%);
/* optional size in px or %: */
width: 100px;
height: 100px;
}
Here a fiddle that shows that it works
You can also use it like this:
<div style="width: 60%; margin: 0px auto;">
Your contents here...
</div>
Simply use the center tag just after the body tag, and end the center tag just before body ends:
<body>
<center>
... Your code here ...
</center>
</body>
This worked for me with all the browsers I have tried.
This can be easily achieved via flex container.
.container{
width: 100%;
display: flex;
height: 100vh;
justify-content: center;
}
.item{
align-self: center;
}
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Add this class to the div you want centered (which should have a set width):
.marginAutoLR
{
margin-right:auto;
margin-left:auto;
}
Or, add the margin stuff to your div class, like this:
.divClass
{
width:300px;
margin-right:auto;
margin-left:auto;
}
Use the CSS flex property: http://jsfiddle.net/cytr/j7SEa/6/show/
body { /* Centered */
display: box;
flex-align: center;
flex-pack: center;
}
Some other pre-existing setups from older code that will prevent div page centering L&R are:
Other classes hidden in external stylesheet links.
Other classes embedded in something like an img (like for older external CSS print format controls).
Legend code with IDs and/or CLASSES will conflict with a named div class.
Centering without specifying div width:
body {
text-align: center;
}
body * {
text-align: initial;
}
body div {
display: inline-block;
}
This is something like <center> tag does, except:
all direct inline childs elements (eg. <h1>) of <center> will also positioned to center
inline-block element can have different size (comapred to display:block setting) according to browser defaults
Use the below code for centering the div box:
.box-content{
margin: auto;
top: 0;
right: 0;
bottom: 0;
left: 0;
position: absolute;
width: 800px;
height: 100px;
background-color: green;
}
<div class="box-content">
</div>
If you have some regular content, and not only one line of text, the only possible reason I know is to calculate margin.
Here is an example:
HTML
<div id="supercontainer">
<div id="middlecontainer">
<div class="common" id="first">first</div>
<div id="container">
<div class="common" id="second">second</div>
<div class="common" id="third">third</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
CSS
body {
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}
.common {
border: 1px solid black;
}
#supercontainer {
width: 1200px;
background: aqua;
float: left;
}
#middlecontainer {
float: left;
width: 104px;
margin: 0 549px;
}
#container {
float: left;
}
#first {
background: red;
height: 102px;
width: 50px;
float: left;
}
#second {
background: green;
height: 50px;
width: 50px;
}
#third {
background: yellow;
height: 50px;
width: 50px;
}
So, #supercontainer is your "whole page" and its width is 1200px.
#middlecontainer is div with content of your site; it's width 102px. In case the width of content is known, you need to divide the page's size to 2, and subtract half of content's width from the result:
1200 / 2 - (102 / 2) = 549;
Yes, I'm also seeing that this is der grosse fail of CSS.
.middle {
margin:0 auto;
text-align: center;
}
/* it brings div to center */
parent {
position: relative;
}
child {
position: absolute;
left: 50%;
transform: translateX(-50%);
}
<parent>
<child>
</child>
</parent>
Use justify-content and align-items to horizontally and vertically align a div
https://developer.mozilla.org/de/docs/Web/CSS/justify-content
https://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Web/CSS/align-items
html,
body,
.container {
height: 100%;
width: 100%;
}
.container {
display: flex;
align-items: center;
justify-content: center;
}
.mydiv {
width: 80px;
}
<div class="container">
<div class="mydiv">h & v aligned</div>
</div>
body, html {
display: table;
height: 100%;
width: 100%;
}
.container {
display: table-cell;
vertical-align: middle;
}
.container .box {
width: 100px;
height: 100px;
background: red;
margin: 0 auto;
}
http://jsfiddle.net/NPV2E/
"width:100%" for the "body" tag is only for an example. In a real project you may remove this property.
Simple http://jsfiddle.net/8pd4qx5r/
html {
display: table;
height: 100%;
width: 100%;
}
body {
display: table-cell;
vertical-align: middle;
}
.content {
margin: 0 auto;
width: 260px;
text-align: center;
background: pink;
}
This also works in Internet Explorer, but auto margins do not.
.centered {
position: absolute;
display: inline-block;
left: -500px;
width: 1000px;
margin: 0 50%;
}
If your center content is deep inside other divs then only margin can save you. Nothing else. I face it always when not using a framework like Bootstrap.
In my case, the phone screen size is unknown, and here is what I did.
HTML
<div class="loadingImg"></div>
CSS
.loadingImg{
position: fixed;
top: 0px;
left: 0px;
z-index: 9999999;
border: 0;
background: url('../images/loading.gif') no-repeat center;
background-size: 50px 50px;
display: block;
margin: 0 auto;
-webkit-border-radius: 50px;
border-radius: 50px;
}
JavaScript (before you need to show this DIV)
$(".loadingImg").css("height",$(document).height());
$(".loadingImg").css("width",$(document).width());
$(".loadingImg").show();
<body>
<div style=" display: table; margin: 250 auto;">
In center
</div>
</body>
If you want to change the vertical position, change the value of 250 and you can arrange the content as per your need. There is no need to give the width and other parameters.
For some reason, none of the previous answers worked for me really. This is what worked for me and it works across browsers as well:
.center {
text-align: center;
height: 100%;
/* Safari, Opera, and Chrome */
display: -webkit-box;
-webkit-box-pack: center;
-webkit-box-align: center;
/* Firefox */
display: -moz-box;
-moz-box-pack: center;
-moz-box-align: center;
/* Internet Explorer 10 */
display: -ms-flexbox;
-ms-flex-pack: center;
-ms-flex-align: center;
}
Get the width of the screen.
Then make margin left 25%
Make margin right 25%
In this way the content of your container will sit in the middle.
Example: suppose that container width = 800px;
<div class='container' width='device-width' id='updatedContent'>
<p id='myContent'></p>
<contents></contents>
<contents></contents>
</div>
if ($("#myContent").parent === $("updatedContent"))
{
$("#myContent").css({
'left': '-(device-width/0.25)px';
'right': '-(device-width/0.225)px';
});
}