Horizontally Center Title Over Unknown Number of Items that Wrap [duplicate] - css

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I have what seems like a simple CSS question but has been rather vexing for me as a styles newbie. Any help is really appreciated. I tried to find another example on Stack Overflow and couldn't which surprised me, so if this is a dupe pls point me in the right direction.
I have a container element that contains some text and a list of elements with fixed dimensions.
<div class='container'>
<p> Title </p>
<div class='item'>1</div>
<div class='item'>2</div>
<div class='item'>3</div>
<div class='item'>4</div>
</div>
I don't know how many items I will actually have - it might be 3 - 9. I want the container to be centered on the page and the heading to be centered above the items, but I want the items to be added left to right. I want the items to align left so that they appear centered under the heading and on the page when the row is full, but should appear from left to right if a row is not full. So if the screen can fit three and there are four, the fourth should align with the first element and not be in the middle.
.container {
margin: 0 auto;
display: inline-flex;
flex-direction: row;
flex-wrap: wrap;
justify-content: flex-start;
}
p {
margin: 0 auto;
text-align: center;
justify-content: center;
align-self: center;
display: block;
}
.item {
flex: none;
width: 200px;
height: 100px;
background-color: red;
margin: 20px;
}
The issue I'm having is that I can center the text, but because the width of the parent is not based on the width of the children, it always appears slightly off center. So, I read that I can force the parent's width to be based on the children's width by setting display: inline-flex on the parent. This accomplishes that, but unfortunately that then forces the heading to be in-line with the items, which defeats the purpose. The only reason I need the width of the parent to be calculated based on children's width is so that the text will know how to center itself inside the parent.
Any help would be really appreciated. I don't need to use flexbox - any other approach that works would be great...this is just the latest in a series of different things I've tried.

Answer 1

If i understood the question correctly, you were on the right track, setting display:block on the p was a good idea, but you also need to set width:100% so it won't stay inline with the other items.
See below or jsFiddle
.container {
margin: 0 auto;
display: inline-flex;
flex-direction: row;
flex-wrap: wrap;
justify-content: flex-start;
}
p {
width: 100%;
margin: 0 auto;
text-align: center;
justify-content: center;
align-self: center;
display: block;
}
.item {
flex: none;
width: 200px;
height: 100px;
background-color: red;
margin: 20px;
}
<div class='container'>
<p> Title </p>
<div class='item'>1</div>
<div class='item'>2</div>
<div class='item'>3</div>
<div class='item'>4</div>
</div>