So I am trying to vertical align and horizontal a textbox span inside a parent div, the problem is it can valign or halign fine, not both. If it is a one line text it works fine, but if it is a long paragraph that takes multiple lines of the parent div, it does not vertical align.
.objprevicnt {
position: absolute;
margin: 0;
top: 50%;
left: 50%;
width:inherit;
height:50px;
transform: translate(-50%, -50%);
}
also I am changing the text dynamically
document.getElementById("myid").innerHTML = 'some text';
so it should recenter as appropriate.
You would think this would be a simple thing, vertical and horizontal centering of a box inside another box, should work regardless of the size of text inside the box.
I think these CSS properties will work. Please try this.
#parent_div{
display:flex;
align-items:center;
direction:column;
}
#child_element{
display:flex;
align-self: center;
}
The easiest way to center an element inside a parent element would probably be using flexbox:
.parent {
display: flex;
justify-content: center;
align-items: center;
}
.child {
display: block;
}
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newbie here starting with the basics of HTML and CSS. I really have a hard time centering a simple div (a square in my example). I've watched many tutorials as well as read many articles but still cannot really figure out the "best" way to do it. With so many different ways like align-items, align-content, justify-items, justify-content, I get overwhelmed at some point especially with how these behave with different displays (flex, grid, inline-block etc), not to mention the positions of parents and childs. Below is an example that I still can't quite easily manipulate/center. The HTML is only the boilerplate and a blank div with class square inside the body. Thank you all in advance for your tips!
html {
height: 100%;
}
body {
min-height: 100%;
background-color: #162944;
}
.square {
height: 10rem;
width: 10rem;
background-color: salmon;
display: flex;
align-items:center;
justify-items: center;
align-content: center;
justify-content:center;
place-content: center;
place-items: center;
}
The above example has been tried with all possible combinations and NOT only as you see it. Also with display:grid; and others. Is there really not a simple way to center an object on your page?
One way to center a div is to set the width of the element and then use the margin property to set the left and right margins to auto. This will horizontally center the element within its container.
For example:
.element {
width: 400px;
margin-left: auto;
margin-right: auto;
}
You can also by using the text-align property.
.shape {
text-align: center;
}
Also by using the margin property.
For example:
.shape {
margin: 0 auto;
}
Finally, you can center a div when it comes to shapes by using the transform property.
For example:
.shape {
transform: translate(50%, 50%);
}
Centering a div can be easy or hard based on your layout options and what you want to achieve.
The simplest way to horizontally center a div, add a width and margin: 0 auto.
Simplest way to horizontally and vertically center a div is using a flexbox, display: flex; justify-content:center; align-items:center. Also you can go with display:table and display:table-cell.
Last option is to use Positioning. You can take a div, style it with position:relative and add a height:300px,width:300px. Then inside the parent div, add a child div and style it with position:absolute; top:50%; left:50%; transform:translate(-50%,-50%); height:50px; width:50px
I need to align some buttons no matter how the content of previous elements changes. This is the markup that I currently have.
I currently have the buttons at the bottom not aligned as shown in the following image:
Notice that the buttons REQUEST DEMO are not properly aligned, so what I want is no matter the content in the previous p element is, they are aligned as shown in the following image:
Notice that here I used the same text to make it look aligned, but I want the buttons to be aligned no matter what the content of the text is.
I also need this functionality to be responsive since I am using bootstrap and for smaller screens, it shows two elements or one element per line.
I was thinking to add a min-height or max-height in the CSS, but this hasn't solved my problem.
Add this to your code and see if this is what you are looking for.
Documentation for flexbox
.row {
display: -webkit-flex;
display: -ms-flexbox;
display: flex;
overflow: hidden;
}
.col-md-6 {
flex: 1;
margin-right: 10px;
padding: 50px;
}
.btn {
position: absolute;
left: 50%;
bottom: 0;
transform: translateX(-50%);
}
There's a few ways to do this. The easiest way would be using flexbox, here's a snippet example https://codepen.io/imohkay/pen/gpard
.parent {
display: flex;
justify-content: space-between;
}
Another way you could do it is having a fixed height for every column, and absolute position the button to the bottom and maybe add some padding to the content so the text never overlaps the button.
Add this class .btn-boxto the buttons and and this class .padbot to the box
CSS
.btn-box{
position: absolute;
bottom: 0;
left: 50%;
transform: translateX(-50%)
}
.padbot{
padding-bottom: 80px; // Adjust as your needs
}
DEMO HERE
I'm writing a Chrome extension, which finds some specific divs from a web page, and adds a button inside each div.
Now I want to position my button in the exact center (vertically and horizontally) of the div, but these divs have the default position: static (which means I can't use absolute positioning if I understand it correctly).
For compatibility with other extensions, I don't want to modify the style of original elements (like setting the position of these divs). Is it possible then to position my buttons?
Can you add Flexbox to the div?
div {
display: flex;
align-items: center;
justify-content: center;
}
otherwise if you can only modify the button, use transform to center:
button {
position: relative;
top: 50%;
left: 50%;
transform: translate(-50%, -50%);
}
I have a div that I want to position at the center of a page(both vertically and horizontally).
For centring it horizontally I used the center tags around the div and for vertically centring it is tried a couple of things but none of them actually working.
Check out the code:
CSS:
.vcenter{
height: 50px;
width: 50px;
background: red;
vertical-align: middle;
margin-top: calc(50% - 25px);
}
HTML :
<center>
<div class="vcenter">
</div>
<center>
Also I don't think using centre tags around the the div to centre an object is the best way to so it.
What I want to know is
How can I centre the div both vertically and horizontally no matter what the size of the screen is ?
Is there a better way to centre the div horizontally rather than using the center tags ?
If available, using flex is the easiest. Apply these styles to the container in which you want to center your div:
display: flex;
align-items: center;
justify-content: center;
#divId {
position: absolute;
top: 50%;
left: 50%;
transform: translate(-50%, -50%);
}
The only thing that isn't obvious is the transform takes into account the size of the element.
I have a h1 within the body and want to vertically align and center align this text.
I know I can use the position: absolute; and then margin-top: "HALF OF HEIGHT"; but this h1 changes on refresh and has different widths. The height is always the same so I can vertically align it fine but it's center aligning it. I can't use text-align: center; becuase the h1 is positioned absolute so it won't work.
Is there an easier way to do this?
Thanks!
Given that the element doesn't have a background, you could do this to horizontally center an element with absolute positioning:
.your-element {
position: absolute;
width: 100%;
text-align: center;
}
A working fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/VSySg/
Depending on the rest of your layout, this may work:
h1 {
display: block;
text-align: center;
line-height: /* height of container */
}
http://jsfiddle.net/xC3vn/