Center text in 100%-screen-width div in small wrapper - css

Question

I want to center a div and it's text, in a 100%-screen-width div, which is in a smaller wrapper.
.wrapper {
height: 800px;
width: 900px;
margin: auto;
background-color: #000000;
}
.box-wrapper {
width: 1000%;
position: relative;
left: -500%;
background-color: #FF6600;
}
.box {
background-color: #FF0000;
width: 600px;
position: relative;
left: 50%;
color: #00FF00;
}
span {
text-align: center;
display: block;
}
<div class="wrapper">
Random text for wrapper-div
<div class="box-wrapper">
<div class="box">
<span>ABC</span>
<span>DEF</span>
<span>GHI</span>
</div>
</div>
</div>
This code is kind of working but not perfect.
The red div should be moved a bit to the right, also the way
of doing it is not the best in my opinion.
I want a more robust and responsive solution.
To be more clear, it's for the pink division on the bottom
of this website: http://ndvibes.com
There the code is working 99% of the times and reponsive. But on some computers/screens it's 50% off. So I want a less-hacky (without transform etc) and more standard, robust way of getting that effect.
Wrapper 900px > 100%-screen-width coloured div > Centered text in that coloured div.
How can I achieve this the best as possible?
Thanks!

Answer 1

How about this approach, using absolute positioned pseudo elements. The outer-space div with overflow:hidden is to prevent a horizontal scroll bar appearing. I have added padding-top to the .wrapper just so you can see the snippet running in full screen mode.
body {
margin:0;
}
.outer-space {
overflow: hidden;
padding-top:80px;
}
.wrapper {
height: 800px;
width: 100%;
max-width: 900px;
margin: auto;
background-color: #000000;
}
.box {
background-color: #8904B1;
margin:0 auto;
color: #ffffff;
position: relative;
z-index: 2;
padding:10px 0;
}
.box-wrapper {
position: relative;
width:100%;
max-width: 600px;
margin:0 auto;
}
.box-wrapper:before, .box-wrapper:after {
content:"";
position: absolute;
height:100%;
width:100vw;
background-color: #8904B1;
top: 0;
z-index: 1;
}
.box-wrapper:before {
left:-100%;
}
.box-wrapper:after {
right:-100%;
}
span {
text-align: center;
display: block;
}
<div class="outer-space">
<div class="wrapper">
Random text for wrapper-div
<div class="box-wrapper">
<div class="box">
<span>Crazy full width window</span>
<span>absolute positioned pseudo elements</span>
<span>with centered content div and centered text thingy</span>
<span>all inside of a fixed width page wrapper!</span>
<br><span>““”̿ ̿ ̿ ̿ ̿’̿’̵͇̿̿з=(•̪●)=ε/̵͇̿̿/̿ ̿ ̿ ̿ ̿’““</span>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>

Answer 2

To center child element, add the following to the parent wrap will center all child.
display: flex;
align-items: center;
justify-content: center;
If you want 100% screen width, use viewport (100vw) for 100% screen width
viewport
The #viewport CSS at-rule contains a set of nested descriptors in a CSS block that is delimited by curly braces. These descriptors control viewport settings, primarily on mobile devices.
1vw = 1% of viewport width
1vh = 1% of viewport height
1vmin = 1vw or 1vh, whichever is smaller
1vmax = 1vw or 1vh, whichever is larger
REF: #viewport
REF: Viewport Sized Typography
body {
margin: 0;
}
.wrapper {
height: 800px;
width: 900px;
margin: auto;
background-color: #000000;
}
.box-wrapper {
width: 900px;
max-width: 900px;
position: relative;
background-color: #FF6600;
display: flex;
align-items: center;
justify-content: center;
}
.outer-wrapper {
width: 100vw;
display: flex;
align-items: center;
justify-content: center;
}
.box {
width: 80%;
background-color: #FF0000;
position: relative;
color: #00FF00;
}
span {
text-align: center;
display: block;
}
<div class="outer-wrapper">
<div class="wrapper">
<p>Random text for wrapper-div</p>
<div class="box-wrapper">
<div class="box">
<span>ABC</span>
<span>DEF</span>
<span>GHI</span>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>