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;
}
How can I make the two divs sit side by side at 50% width?
DEMO
HTML
<div class="big_div">
<div class="pic_1 pix">
<img src="pic1" width="50%" height="30%"/>
</div>
<div class="pic_2 pix">
<img src="pic2" width="50%" height="30%"/>
</div>
</div>
CSS
.pix{
display:inline;
}
Please comment, any logic in the right step helps.
If you don't want to use floats then you could use the display: table technique. It'll allow you to keep adding more and they'll fit perfectly across the container.
You'll need to remove the inline percentage width and heights on the images.
.big_div {
display: table;
}
.pix{
display: table-cell;
width: 1%;
vertical-align: middle;
}
img {
width: 100%;
height: auto;
}
Demo
If you don't want to use float, use display:inline-block (here's the JSFiddle.)
CSS
.big_div { font-size:0; }
.pix{
display:inline-block;
width:50%;
}
.pix img { width:100%; }
We have to set the font-size to 0 because otherwise there will be space between the divs (more information.)
Don't set the width & height on the image tag. Keep them at 100% it'll distort the image if you do.
Make the .pix class width 50% and float left or right. It can't be inline & maintain width. The divs must remain display: block to have layout.
Anyway heres an example http://jsfiddle.net/bamboo/T3p7h/1/
.big_div {
width: 60%;
margin: 0 auto;
background: #00B7FF;
}
.pix {
width: 50%;
float: left;
}
Working fiddle
I've changed a bit on your html and use this css:
.big_div {
width: 100%;
height: 100%;
}
img {
width:50%;
height:30%;
float: left;
}
OR you can use display: inline-block and set font-size:0 on parent element
Fiddle
I have a div with width:100%; since I want to fill out the parent container.
I also want to have the contents of the div in its center. I can not find a horizontal-align:center attribute for the divs. How can I configure the div so that its contents are in the center?
I.e if the div is this big:
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Enclosing tags here
in the center
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
try this:
div {
margin:0 auto;
}
Try this for fixed width
div.class_name {
width: XXpx;
margin: 0 auto;
text-align: center;
}
Dynamic Height
<div class="container">
<div class="inside">some content</div>
</div>
.container
{
text-align: center;
}
.inside
{
display:inline-block;
}
In HTML
<div style="text-align: center;"> </div>
That all you need for the CSS.
Read about margin: auto trick:
http://bluerobot.com/web/css/center1.html
You could try setting:
margin: auto
I'm not sure if it helps in this case.
div.class {
margin:0 auto;
width: 800px /*as desired*/ ;
}
You must assign width to div that you will want locate to center then right and left margin should get 0 value
{
width: 100px;
margin : 0 auto;
}
This might be what you looking for: padding:0 20%; using a % helps auto adjust the padding depending on how wide the parent div is. You can change 20% to your preferred number.
.div {
width:100%;
padding: 0 20%;
}
You should try text-align:center; to make content of div in center.
I have 4 Images, and for some reasons my brain stopped working and i cant figure out why i cant center those.
That's the Fiddle -> http://jsfiddle.net/theminijohn/bcMX5/
If i try to just <center> them i'm getting a Deprecated Html Tag Error in my Editor.
I tried a lot of things, till rewriting the Css and Html Code, but i'm brain stuck here.
Could some Gentleman help brake my blockade ? :)
Here is one way of doing it.
Add a wrapper block element around your div's and then apply the following CSS:
.wrap {
border: 1px solid blue;
overflow: auto;
text-align: center;
}
/* Center 4 Blocks */
.hd_b {
font-size: 13px;
font-weight: normal;
margin-top: 10px;
display: block;
text-decoration: none;
}
._hd {
margin-right: 20px;
display: inline-block;
text-align: center;
}
._hd:last-child {
margin-right: 0;
}
._hd img {
opacity: .85;
}
._hd a:hover img {
opacity: 1;
}
See demo at http://jsfiddle.net/audetwebdesign/QTxy9/
The parent .wrap block has text-align: center, and this will center the child ._hd div's that have display: inline-block.
You need to reset the right margin on the last child div using ._hd:last-child.
This works pretty well if you are willing to use the inline-block display type.
Note that any white space between inline-block elements translate into a 1ex wide space, which may not be obvious when you set the margin between blocks.
All of those divs need to be in one container div that has a fixed width. Then you can apply margin: 0 auto to the container.
http://jsfiddle.net/bcMX5/9/
Try doing this:-
Give a "main" DIV outside all img DIV "<div id="main">"
and give "margin: 0 auto;" along with some width to it.
Please refer the Fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/aasthatuteja/6U2YJ/
Hope this should solve your issue!
would this be, want you want?
._hd {
margin-right: 20px;
display: block;
width:100%;
text-align: center;
}
Forget about margin and float ;) http://jsfiddle.net/bcMX5/8/
._hd {
//margin-right: 20px;
display: block;
//float: left;
text-align: center;
}
Depends on how you want to center the elements? If it's in a column the above answer would work. Its in a grid then wrap them in a fixed width container.
._hd_container{
width:440px;
margin:0 auto;
}
http://jsfiddle.net/RzfMP/
I have the following Html code
<div id="team">
<h1>Team</h1>
<img src="assets/divider.png" id="divider">
<img src="assets/team.png" id="team_pic">
</div>
The following CSS
div#team {
margin: 0 auto;
margin-left:auto;
margin-right:auto;
right:auto;
left:auto;
}
However, the child elements divider and team pic are all the way to the left. I though margin:auto would center everything.
then I put the following into the child elements.
div#team img#team_pic {
width:704px;
height:462px;
margin-left:auto;
margin-left:auto;
}
Nope, nothing happen, the elements still to left and not centered.
You need to set a width to #team, for example:
div#team {
margin: 0 auto;
width: 800px;
}
... which is a shorthand version of:
div#team {
margin-top: 0;
margin-left: auto;
margin-bottom: 0;
margin-right: auto;
width: 800px;
}
Images are inline level elements by default. You need to use display:block; if you want your images and margin to work properly.
img{
display: block;
}
float will upset this too.. float:none; does the trick if you think it may be inheriting a 'float' directive from another rule somewhere.
Team needs to have a width to be able to use margin: auto.
div#team {
margin: 0 auto;
width: 400px;
}
Here is a fiddle: JS Fiddle
*Use the
display:block;
for the images classes.*
#team {
margin: auto;
width: 400px;
}
Basically margin depends on width if and only if we want to show our div in the center of the page.
If you donot want to give fixed width then we can go for width: max-content;
#team {
width: max-content;
margin: 0 auto;
}