Is the property text-align: center; a good way to center an image using CSS?
img {
text-align: center;
}
That will not work as the text-align property applies to block containers, not inline elements, and img is an inline element. See the W3C specification.
Use this instead:
img.center {
display: block;
margin: 0 auto;
}
<div style="border: 1px solid black;">
<img class="center" src ="https://cdn.sstatic.net/Sites/stackoverflow/company/img/logos/so/so-icon.png?v=c78bd457575a">
</div>
That doesn't always work... if it doesn't, try:
img {
display: block;
margin: 0 auto;
}
I came across this post, and it worked for me:
img {
position: absolute;
top: 0;
bottom: 0;
left: 0;
right: 0;
margin: auto;
}
<div style="border: 1px solid black; position:relative; min-height: 200px">
<img src="https://cdn.sstatic.net/Sites/stackoverflow/company/img/logos/so/so-icon.png?v=c78bd457575a">
</div>
(Vertical and horizontal alignment)
Not recommendad:
Another way of doing it would be centering an enclosing paragraph:
<p style="text-align:center"><img src="https://via.placeholder.com/300"></p>
Update:
My answer above is correct if you want to start learning HTML/CSS, but it doesn't follow best practices
Actually, the only problem with your code is that the text-align attribute applies to text (yes, images count as text) inside of the tag. You would want to put a span tag around the image and set its style to text-align: center, as so:
span.centerImage {
text-align: center;
}
<span class="centerImage"><img src="http://placehold.it/60/60" /></span>
The image will be centered. In response to your question, it is the easiest and most foolproof way to center images, as long as you remember to apply the rule to the image's containing span (or div).
You can do:
<center><img src="..." /></center>
There are three methods for centering an element that I can suggest:
Using the text-align property
.parent {
text-align: center;
}
<div class="parent">
<img src="https://placehold.it/60/60" />
</div>
Using the margin property
img {
display: block;
margin: 0 auto;
}
<img src="https://placehold.it/60/60" />
Using the position property
img {
display: block;
position: relative;
left: -50%;
}
.parent {
position: absolute;
left: 50%;
}
<div class="parent">
<img src="https://placehold.it/60/60" />
</div>
The first and second methods only work if the parent is at least as wide as the image. When the image is wider than its parent, the image will not stay centered!!!
But:
The third method is a good way for that!
Here's an example:
img {
display: block;
position: relative;
left: -50%;
}
.parent {
position: absolute;
left: 50%;
}
<div class="parent">
<img src="http://imgsv.imaging.nikon.com/lineup/lens/zoom/normalzoom/af-s_dx_18-140mmf_35-56g_ed_vr/img/sample/img_01.jpg" />
</div>
On the container holding image you can use a CSS 3 Flexbox to perfectly center the image inside, both vertically and horizontally.
Let's assume you have <div class="container"> as the image holder:
Then as CSS you have to use:
.container {
display: flex;
align-items: center;
justify-content: center;
height: 100%;
}
And this will make all your content inside this div perfectly centered.
Only if you need to support ancient versions of Internet Explorer.
The modern approach is to do margin: 0 auto in your CSS.
Example here: http://jsfiddle.net/bKRMY/
HTML:
<p>Hello the following image is centered</p>
<p class="pic"><img src="https://twimg0-a.akamaihd.net/profile_images/440228301/StackoverflowLogo_reasonably_small.png"/></p>
<p>Did it work?</p>
CSS:
p.pic {
width: 48px;
margin: 0 auto;
}
The only issue here is that the width of the paragraph must be the same as the width of the image. If you don't put a width on the paragraph, it will not work, because it will assume 100% and your image will be aligned left, unless of course you use text-align:center.
Try out the fiddle and experiment with it if you like.
img{
display: block;
margin-right: auto;
margin-left: auto;
}
If you are using a class with an image then the following will do
class {
display: block;
margin: 0 auto;
}
If it is only an image in a specific class that you want to center align then following will do:
class img {
display: block;
margin: 0 auto;
}
The simplest solution I found was to add this to my img-element:
style="display:block;margin:auto;"
It seems I don't need to add "0" before the "auto" as suggested by others. Maybe that is the proper way, but it works well enough for my purposes without the "0" as well. At least on latest Firefox, Chrome, and Edge.
Simply change parent align :)
Try this one on parent properties:
text-align:center
You can use text-align: center on the parent and change the img to display: inline-block → it therefore behaves like a text-element and is will be centered if the parent has a width!
img {
display: inline-block
}
To center a non background image depends on whether you want to display the image as an inline (default behavior) or a block element.
Case of inline
If you want to keep the default behavior of the image's display CSS property, you will need to wrap your image inside another block element to which you must set text-align: center;
Case of block
If you want to consider the image as a block element of its own, then text-align property does not make a sens, and you should do this instead:
IMG.display {
display: block;
margin-left: auto;
margin-right: auto;
}
The answer to your question:
Is the property text-align: center; a good way to center an image
using CSS?
Yes and no.
Yes, if the image is the only element inside its wrapper.
No, in case you have other elements inside the image's wrapper because all the children elements which are siblings of the image will inherit the text-align property: and may be you would not like this side effect.
References
List of inline elements
Centering things
.img-container {
display: flex;
}
img {
margin: auto;
}
this will make the image center in both vertically and horizontally
I would use a div to center align an image. As in:
<div align="center"><img src="your_image_source"/></div>
If you want to set the image as the background, I've got a solution:
.image {
background-image: url(yourimage.jpg);
background-position: center;
}
One more way to scale - display it:
img {
width: 60%; /* Or required size of image. */
margin-left: 20% /* Or scale it to move image. */
margin-right: 20% /* It doesn't matters much if using left and width */
}
Use this to your img CSS:
img {
margin-right: auto;
margin-left: auto;
}
Use Grids To Stack images. It is very easy here is the code
.grid {
display:grid;
}
.grid img {
display:block;
margin:0 auto;
}
If your img element is inside a div, which is itself inside another div whose display has been set as flexbox, as in my case here:
(HTML)
<nav class="header">
<div class="image">
<img
src=troll
alt="trollface"
></img>
</div>
<div class="title">
Meme Generator
</div>
<div class="subtitle">
React Course - Project 3
</div>
</nav>
(CSS)
.header{
display: flex;
}
.image{
width: 5%;
height: 100%;
}
.image > img{
width: 100%;
}
You could set your .image div to align itself vertically by doing this:
.image{
width: 5%;
height: 100%;
align-self: center;
}
display: block with margin: 0 didn't work for me, neither wrapping with a text-align: center element.
This is my solution:
img.center {
position: absolute;
transform: translateX(-50%);
left: 50%;
}
translateX is supported by most browsers
I discovered that if I have an image and some text inside a div, then I can use text-align:center to align the text and the image in one swoop.
HTML:
<div class="picture-group">
<h2 class="picture-title">Picture #1</h2>
<img src="http://lorempixel.com/99/100/" alt="" class="picture-img" />
<p class="picture-caption">Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit. Temporibus sapiente fuga, quia?</p>
</div>
CSS:
.picture-group {
border: 1px solid black;
width: 25%;
float: left;
height: 300px;
#overflow:scroll;
padding: 5px;
text-align:center;
}
CodePen:
https://codepen.io/artforlife/pen/MoBzrL?editors=1100
Sometimes we directly add the content and images on the WordPress administrator inside the pages. When we insert the images inside the content and want to align that center. Code is displayed as:
**<p><img src="https://abcxyz.com/demo/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/1.jpg" alt=""></p>**
In that case you can add CSS content like this:
article p img{
margin: 0 auto;
display: block;
text-align: center;
float: none;
}
Use:
<dev class="col-sm-8" style="text-align: center;"><img src="{{URL('image/car-trouble-with-clipping-path.jpg')}}" ></dev>
I think this is the way to center an image in the Laravel framework.
To center an image with CSS.
img{
display: block;
margin-left: auto;
margin-right: auto;
}
You can learn more here
If you want to center image to the center both vertically and horizontaly, regardless of screen size, you can try out this code
img{
display: flex;
justify-content:center;
align-items: center;
height: 100vh;
}
I have an underline for headings created with pseudo :after elements, when this heading is displayed to the right of a floated image/div, the underline is shifted over the image/div.
h2:after {
content: '';
position: relative;
max-width: 100px;
display: block;
height: 4px;
background: #0073ae;
}
Here's a short codepen explaining it: http://codepen.io/costelc/pen/GqgdvB
Any idea is appreciated. Thanks
Floats are out-of-flow, so this is expected. If you don't want the header to overlap the float, you should establish a block formatting context.
A common way is setting overflow to anything but visible, e.g.
h2 {
overflow: hidden;
}
From CSS 2.1 Floats,
Since a float is not in the flow, non-positioned block boxes created
before and after the float box flow vertically as if the float did not
exist.
The border box of a table, a block-level replaced element, or an
element in the normal flow that establishes a new block formatting
context (such as an element with overflow other than visible)
must not overlap the margin box of any floats in the same block
formatting context as the element itself
body {
max-width: 300px;
}
.right {
width: 100px;
height: 100px;
background: #eee;
float: right;
margin: 0 0 0 20px;
}
.clear {
clear: both;
}
.left {
width: 100px;
height: 100px;
background: #eee;
float: left;
margin: 0 20px 0 0;
}
h2 {
overflow: hidden;
}
h2:after {
content: '';
position: relative;
max-width: 100px;
display: block;
height: 4px;
background: #0073ae;
}
<h2>Good heading here</h2>
<div class="right"></div>
<h2>Another good heading here</h2>
<p>anything here</p>
<br class="clear">
<div class="left"></div>
<h2>Bad heading here</h2>
<p>anything here</p>
I have a div than spans the entire width of the page. Then within that I have two images, one that's always 50x50 pixels, and then another one that is 400x90. The smaller image is floated to the right, and the larger one just remains on the left side.
I have it how I want it, except when I resize the window to smaller than the widths of the two images. When this happens, I would like the larger image to scale down, just to fill the remaining width. Instead now, it keeps its current width and jumps down underneath the smaller image.
What's the simplest way to make it scale down instead?
Here's a fiddle to illustrate the issue I'm having: https://jsfiddle.net/zdaujbaL/
And here's my code:
HTML
<div class="clearfix">
<a class="button">
<img src="//placehold.it/50x50">
</a>
<a class="logo">
<img src="//placehold.it/400x90">
</a>
</div>
CSS
div {
background-color: lightblue;
padding: 5px;
margin: 5px;
}
a.button {
float: right;
}
a.logo {
display: inline-block;
}
a.logo img {
width: 100%;
}
You should make the non-float element as block level and add overflow:auto
a.logo {
display: block;
overflow: auto;
}
a.logo img {
max-width: 100%;
}
JSFiddle: https://jsfiddle.net/zdaujbaL/5/
Alternatively, you could do it with CSS table + table-cell layout.
div {
background-color: lightblue;
display: table;
width: 100%;
padding: 5px;
}
a.button, a.logo {
display: table-cell;
vertical-align: top;
}
a.logo {
width: 100%;
}
a.logo img {
max-width: 100%;
}
(you'll need to update the order - logo first, button second in the markup)
JSFiddle: https://jsfiddle.net/zdaujbaL/6/
I have a container that has two fixed sized elements, and one fluid sized element. When the browser is resized, the fluid element takes the remaining size of the window while the other two stay fixed. The problem is, I have a ul that is being inserted after the input element in a container. How can I make the ul list be the size of the input element in terms of width?
jsfiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/vR7E8/
code:
<div class="wrap">
<div class="left">
</div>
<div class="middle">
<input class="my_input" />
<ul class="my_list">
<li> list one</li>
<li> two </li>
<li> three </li>
<li> four </li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="right">
</div>
</div>
css:
.wrap
{
display: block;
width: 100%;
height: 100px;
background: yellow;
padding-left: 40px;
padding-right: 50px;
position: relative;
}
.left
{
display: inline;
width: 30px;
height: 100px;
background: blue;
}
input.my_input
{
width: 100%;
height: 100px;
display:inline-block;
}
.right
{
display: inline;
background: green;
width: 40px;
height: 100px;
}
.my_list
{
list-style: none;
padding: 0;
margin: 0;
position: absolute;
width: 100%;
border: 1px solid black;
}
btw the ul list needs to be absolutely positioned because i dont want it to shift the content below it.
also, its setting the width of the list to the size of the parent, so i tried adding a wrapper to the div container "middle" but didnt work.
UPDATE:
ok i got it to work, i just had to make a container, and set that container to position: relative.
Can you add this to your middle section?
.middle {
position: relative;
width: 200px;
}
By setting a width in either % or px, and setting the container to relative position, you give both elements the same parent base to size from.
remove the position:absolute from the <ul> element. Absolute positioning takes the element out of the normal flow, and won't automatically fit to the width of the parent element.
Alternatively you could set a fixed width for both the <input> and the <ul>
here's your jsfiddle forked to show the first fix: http://jsfiddle.net/27qeJ/
got it, just create a container element wrapping the div containing the input and list elements, and set that wrapper to position: relative.