How to center align text horizontally and VERTICALLY in a box/container? - html

Question

I am trying to create a web page that looks like this:
Download page
I worked with bootstrap and created rows to align three download options next to each other. I then created containers in these rows (to replicate the boxes) and center aligned the text and download icon horizontally. Unfortunately, I am not sure how to center align the text and icon vertically in a container. Can anyone help out? My current design looks like this:
My code is the following:
.download {
font: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
color: RGB(112, 112, 112);
font-size: 18px;
text-align: center;
padding: 5px;
}
.download:hover {
color: rgb(227, 111, 30);
cursor: pointer;
}
#download-icon {
font-size: 80px;
float: left;
}
.container-border {
border-style: solid;
border-color: rgb(0, 143, 197);
padding: 5px;
min-height: 120px;
}
<div class="container">
<div class="row">
<div class="col-xs-4">
<div class="container-border">
<i class="material-icons" style="color:rgb(0,143,197);" id="download-icon">file_download</i>
<p class="download"> Download list of charities that have <b> not submitted </b> data yet </p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
Edit: Thanks everyone for their answers! I really appreciate them. For me it worked by simply adjusting my content-border class with:
.container-border {
border-style: solid;
border-color: rgb(0, 143, 197);
padding: 5px;
min-height: 120px;
display: flex;
align-items: center;
/* vertical center */
}

Answer 1

You don't need to complicate stuff using FlexBox. Please use something like this, a table layout or line-height and vertical-align combination:
.download {
font: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
color: RGB(112, 112, 112);
font-size: 18px;
text-align: center;
padding: 5px;
}
.download:hover {
color: rgb(227, 111, 30);
cursor: pointer;
}
#download-icon {
font-size: 80px;
vertical-align: middle;
line-height: 120px;
}
#download-icon + span {
vertical-align: middle;
line-height: 1;
}
.container-border {
border-style: solid;
border-color: rgb(0, 143, 197);
padding: 5px;
min-height: 120px;
}
<link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/icon?family=Material+Icons" rel="stylesheet">
<div class="container">
<div class="row">
<div class="col-xs-4">
<div class="container-border">
<i class="material-icons" style="color:rgb(0,143,197);" id="download-icon">file_download</i>
<span class="download"> Download list of charities that have <b> not submitted </b> data yet </span>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
Preview

Answer 2

I would use a flexbox for the container-border class. In that case you can remove the floats.
.download {
font: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
color: RGB(112, 112, 112);
font-size: 18px;
padding: 5px;
text-align: center;
}
.download:hover {
color: rgb(227, 111, 30);
cursor: pointer;
}
#download-icon {
font-size: 80px;
}
.container-border {
border-style: solid;
border-color: rgb(0, 143, 197);
padding: 5px;
min-height: 120px;
display: flex;
align-items: center;
/* vertical center */
}
<link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/icon?family=Material+Icons" rel="stylesheet">
<div class="container">
<div class="row">
<div class="col-xs-4">
<div class="container-border">
<i class="material-icons" style="color:rgb(0,143,197);" id="download-icon">file_download</i>
<p class="download"> Download list of charities that have <b> not submitted </b> data yet </p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>

Answer 3

add display: flex;align-items: center; to .container-border
.container-border{
border-style:solid;
border-color: rgb(0,143,197);
padding: 5px;
min-height:120px;
display: flex;
align-items: center;
}

Answer 4

Why not just set a padding:
.download {
font: Verdana,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;
color: RGB(112,112,112);
font-size:18px;
text-align:center;
/* padding: 5px; <- removed */
padding: 12px 5px 5px 5px; /* New */
}
#download-icon {
font-size:80px;
float:left;
padding-top: 10px; /* New */
}
.container-border {
border-style:solid;
border-color: rgb(0,143,197);
padding: 5px;
min-height:120px;
width: 300px; /* New*/
}
Demo:
.download {
font: Verdana,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;
color: RGB(112,112,112);
font-size:18px;
text-align:center;
/* padding: 5px; <- removed */
padding: 12px 5px 5px 5px; /* New */
}
.download:hover {
color: rgb(227,111,30);
cursor: pointer;
}
#download-icon {
font-size:80px;
float:left;
padding-top: 10px; /* New */
}
.container-border {
border-style:solid;
border-color: rgb(0,143,197);
padding: 5px;
min-height:120px;
width: 300px; /* New*/
}
<link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/icon?family=Material+Icons" rel="stylesheet">
<div class="container">
<div class="row">
<div class="col-xs-4">
<div class="container-border">
<i class="material-icons" style="color:rgb(0,143,197);" id="download-icon">file_download</i>
<p class="download"> Download list of charities that have <b> not submitted </b> data yet </p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>