Vertically align an image in a div using CSS - html

Question

I am trying vertical align an image in a div. I have a div which displays a coloured background and I need to place other objects inside that div, but centred vertically.
I have craeted a sjfiddle to try and explain.
JSFiddle

Answer 1

First of all you should get rid of the margin-top: -60px in .room-name . Then there are two texts, not just one. Take a look at the settings below, I think that might be what you want (?) The essential part for the centering is the relative position, to: 50% and transform: translatey(-50%), but also the background position for the background image.
#wrapper-new {
width: 100%;
}
#record-section {
width: 100%;
float: left;
height: 100%;
border-bottom-width: 1px;
border-bottom-style: solid;
border-bottom-color: #333;
height: 80px;
}
#room-section {
width: 20%;
background-color: #E9E9E9;
display: inline-block;
float: left;
height: 80px;
}
.direction-image {
display: inline-block;
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-image: url(https://s2.postimg.org/te7o9w9ix/orbitor_small_17.png);
background-position: 0 center;
position: relative;
top: 50%;
transform: translateY(-50%);
}
.room-name {
font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;
font-size: 30px;
font-weight: bold;
color: #006;
display: inline-block;
margin-left: 100px;
width: 200px;
float: left;
margin-right: 30px;
}
.floor-name {
font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;
font-size: 26px;
font-weight: bold;
color: #666;
}
<div id="wrapper-new">
<div id="record-section">
<div id="room-section">
<div class="direction-image">
<div class="room-name">Box
<div class="floor-name">Ground</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>

Answer 2

To vertically center children you just need to add display: flex and align-items: center for element immediate parent and all its children will be centered vertically.
Using your markup it will be something like (also removed negative top-margin from your styles):
#wrapper-new {
width: 100%;
}
#record-section {
width: 100%;
float: left;
height: 100%;
border-bottom-width: 1px;
border-bottom-style: solid;
border-bottom-color: #333;
height: 80px;
}
#room-section {
width: 20%;
background-color: #E9E9E9;
display: inline-block;
float: left;
height: 80px;
}
.direction-image {
margin-top: 8px;
vertical-align: middle;
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-image: url(https://s2.postimg.org/te7o9w9ix/orbitor_small_17.png);
}
.room-name {
font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;
font-size: 30px;
font-weight: bold;
color: #006;
/* remove display: inline-block; */
display: flex; /* new */
align-items: center; /* new */
/* remove margin-top: -60px; */
margin-left: 100px;
width: 200px;
float: left;
margin-right: 30px;
}
.floor-name {
font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;
font-size: 26px;
font-weight: bold;
color: #666;
}
<div id="wrapper-new">
<div id="record-section">
<div id="room-section">
<div class="direction-image">
<div class="room-name">Box
<div class="floor-name">Ground</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>

Answer 3

If you don't want to use flexbox (which is not supported by older browsers) you can add line-height: 100px (or some other number) (if parent has height 100px)
.box{
height:100px;
width:100px;
color:white;
background-color:red;
line-height:100px;
}
<div class="box">
Text inside box
</div>

Answer 4

Try flexbox: JSFiddle.
<div id="wrapper-new">
<div id="record-section">
<div id="room-section">
<div class="direction-image">
<div class="room-name">Box
<div class="floor-name">Ground</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
.wrapper {
width: 200px;
height: 200px;
display: flex;
align-items: center;
background-color: #FFFFFF;
}
You can change how you vertically align inner items by changing the wrapper's align-items property to center.