How can I align text in the vertical middle of a Div element provided it has a position:absolute property specified?
Setting display:table-cell; vertical-align:middle; isn't working.
Thanks!
Wrap an inner div and give it position:relative; top:-50%; in addition to giving the absolute a top:50%.
Though of course if it's complicated styling, please provide your CSS.
You can get away with line-height if it's just a single line of text, you'd have to kill the absolute rule though.
Related
Here is jsfiddle example
Here is the code..
<div id="xxx1">
<div class="xxx1">
txt
</div> </div>
And CSS
#xxx1{
border:1px solid black;
min-height:25px;
}
.xxx1{
border:1px solid green;
height:50px;
position:relative;
top:-50px;
}
I want to remove extra space from div id "xxx1". How to do that? And I cannot use fixed height cause I want that div to increase its height if I want to add some more data inside that div.
Here is jsfiddle example
Provided I understood the question, get rid of padding on body.
jsFiddle
body {
margin:0;
}
You may also find box-sizing:border-box useful which integrates border and padding into width and height
jsFiddle
#xxx1{
box-sizing: border-box;
}
.xxx1{
box-sizing: border-box;
}
Edit
RE: no.. I want to remove blank space inside div id "xxx1".
Well you can do that in a variety of ways, the right way would depend on what the context is. Here are a couple:
Position .xxx1 using position:absolute so it's taken out of the flow of the page. jsFiddle
Set height:0px and set it with JavaScript when you add content to it.
Here try to change it like this
.xxx1{
border:1px solid green;
height:auto;
position:relative;
}
you cant remove the spacing added by relative positioning. setting the padding and margin on the body wont do it. setting the box-sizing wont do it. setting the font size to 0 wont do it. doing something with javascript is just silly.
You have these options:
make the next item have a negative margin (ick).
float the item, tho this wont allow overlapping (if you need that)
set the outer div to a relative position and the item you want to move to absolute position (and set the top (or bottom) and left (or right) values. this positions the item you want to move according to its outer div (not the window).
Number 3 is almost always the best way to go. Think about how the page will change with variable content to make sure you choose the right option (and correct corner to position from).
If the outer div that you set to a relative position is not adjusted in space (using top/bottom/left/right), then that div does not have any extra unwanted space. If you need to adjust the outer div AND the inner div, set all moving divs as absolute, and the closest parent as relative; the movement (top/bottom/right/left) will be based on that relative parent.
I am trying to use <span> to move some text in my navbar. My navbar is a <ul> and the elements are all <li>s but the text is aligned to the top of the navbar and I want it to be vertically centered. As you can see in the JSFiddle, I am using an a:hover property in CSS to change the background and color of the text when it's hovered over. When I apply the span to just the text, the whole hovering section gets moved too. See if you can understand what I mean.
My JSFiddle is here:
http://jsfiddle.net/G8CJ7/
Basically I just want the text vertically aligned in a simple, concise way. Originally I was using '' tags and setting a margin on them but I want to avoid using header tags for this purpose for improved SEO. Thanks.
http://jsfiddle.net/G8CJ7/1/
Added line-height:40px to center the text vertically. IE7 will have issues with this as it is not fully supported, so a conditional stylesheet with a padding-top on the li will solve it.
Adding line height works, you could also adding padding to the top:
.class { padding-top: 10px; }
Adjust the padding to center.
Updating this a couple years later but there's always the option of using:
display:table;
display:table-row;
display:table-cell;
with vertical-align:middle; in order to center the items. I prefer this approach these days because you can apply responsive rules to the display style (for example, change it to display:block and display:inline-block etc. if you need to update it for other screen sizes. Here is a fiddle:
http://jsfiddle.net/G8CJ7/68/
Take a look at this Fiddle.
I'm puzzled as to why #wrapper doesn't expand to accommodate the divs inside it. What's missing here?
As a side note, any idea as to why my <hr> isn't displaying properly?
The wrapper doesn't expand because the items inside are floating and taken out of the natural flow of the document.
You can tell the wrapper to expand past the floating elements by adding a block level element to the end of the wrapper and telling it to clear all floats:
#wrapper:after{
content:".";
display:block;
clear:both;
visibility:hidden;
}
Also, you had the height of the wrapper set to 100px.
Here's an updated version of your fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/kWJ79/9/
As for your hr, what exactly are you wanting to do? It looks like you're wanting to create a vertical bar between the 2 divs. Is this correct?
UPDATE
If you're wanting to create a line between the left and right divs I'd consider a slightly different route.
What I'd do is put the left div inside its own container which has a right padding, margin and border. This way you don't have a redundant div floating around in your code and recudes the need to use a hr.
Here's an updated fiddle with this example: http://jsfiddle.net/kWJ79/15/
#left_wrapper{
margin-right:5px;
padding-right: 5px;
border-right:1px solid red;
float:left;
}
Notice that I've removed the float:left; from the #left div and placed it on the #left_wrapper instead.
You have specified the height value.
I am trying to increase the width of #Item, but it increases only with text width.
HTML
<div><span class="Item">Brand Strategy:</span><span class="Summary">Strategy</span></div>
CSS
.Item{background-color:#000; height:40px; color:#FFF; text-align:center; width:200px;}
How do I get the specified width for #Item.
Thanks
Jean
I wrote part of this in comments above, but rewriting here for further clarification.
<span> is an inline element. Inline elements can't have a fixed width; their width is determined by the width of the text they contain, plus the margins and paddings.
See CSS fixed width in a span
You can change this behavior by turning your span into a block-level element. This is done by setting display: block or display: inline-block. But this also introduces other behavior, such as floating and taking up a whole line instead of staying inside the paragraph. This, again, can be countered by float: left and similar options. Weigh the different options and decide based on your needs.
In your specific code example, you might benefit from using <dt> and <dd> tags instead. They were built for exactly that purpose.
The span is inline element, you can not apply width or height to it unless you make it block-level element like this:
span.Item{
display:block;
background-color:#000;
height:40px;
color:#FFF;
text-align:center;
width:200px;
}
Or you can set the display to inline-block to support old dumb IE versions.
More Info:
Block-Level vs. Inline Elements
Alternatively, you can use a div to apply the width if you want.
You can use display: inline-block , if you use display: block you will have to float: left as well.
The span is an inline element, so the only way to change its width is to make it a block element or setting its display to inline-block. After doing this, you should float it to the left.
I hope this was of help.
The <span> element in an inline element. Therefore, you cannot apply width or height.
I want to center a div, but the general way is
#selector{position:relative;margin:0px auto;}
What exactly is wrong below
#crp{top:40%; position:absolute; margin:auto;}
The Div below is not nested but a standalone. The #crp is going to the extreme right.
<div id="crp">...something goes here....</div>
Thanks
Jean
It is because its position is absolute, it does not work according to margins anymore, it is expecting you to fix its position.
Just like you are setting its vertical position with the top property, you have to set its horizontal position as well.
To center a div using margin:0 auto; you must specify width of the element.
You could also use text-align:center; on the parent container.
Also remove any absolute positioning because it breaks standard element flow.