HTML5 <a> element not centering [duplicate] - html

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How do I center an anchor element in CSS?
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For some reason, this <a> tag won't align to the horizontal center. What needs to be done in order to fix this?
.button {
display: inline-block;
position: relative;
padding: 10px 60px;
background-color: transparent;
border: 3px solid black;
color: black;
text-decoration: none!important;
text-align: center;
text-indent: 15px;
}
.button:before, .button:after {
content: ' ';
display: block;
position: absolute;
left: 10px;
top: 52%;
}
/* box shape */
.button:before {
width: 20px;
height: 4px;
border-style: solid;
border-width: 0 4px 4px;
}
demo

Answer 1

Wrap it in a DIV tag that has text-align: center;:
.button {
display: inline-block;
position: relative;
padding: 10px 60px;
background-color: transparent;
border: 3px solid black;
color: black;
text-decoration: none!important;
text-align: center;
text-indent: 15px;
}
.button:before,
.button:after {
content: ' ';
display: block;
position: absolute;
left: 10px;
top: 52%;
}
/* box shape */
.button:before {
width: 20px;
height: 4px;
border-style: solid;
border-width: 0 4px 4px;
}
.x {
text-align: center;
}
<div class="x">demo</div>

Answer 2

Used margin: 0 auto; for centering and changed a tag to display: block; Also added a width to it.
.button {
display: inline-block;
position: relative;
padding: 10px 60px;
background-color: transparent;
border: 3px solid black;
color: black;
text-decoration: none!important;
text-align: center;
text-indent: 15px;
width: 50px;
display: block;
margin: 0 auto;
}
.button:before,
.button:after {
content: ' ';
display: block;
position: absolute;
left: 10px;
top: 52%;
}
/* box shape */
.button:before {
width: 20px;
height: 4px;
border-style: solid;
border-width: 0 4px 4px;
}
demo

Answer 3

You have to make a tag a block element.So rather than inline-block use display:block.And to center use margin:0 auto;
.button {
display: block;
position: relative;
padding: 10px 60px;
background-color: transparent;
border: 3px solid black;
color: black;
text-decoration: none!important;
text-align: center;
text-indent: 15px;
}
.myButton {
width: 150px;
margin: 10px auto;
}
.button:before,
.button:after {
content: ' ';
display: block;
position: absolute;
left: 10px;
top: 52%;
}
/* box shape */
.button:before {
width: 20px;
height: 4px;
border-style: solid;
border-width: 0 4px 4px;
}
demo
demo

Answer 4

The "a"-Element is contained in another Element. In the case of your example it is in the Body-Element. This Element need to have its elements centered, so you would need to set a rule like this:
body {
text-align: center;
}
.button {
display: inline-block;
position: relative;
padding: 10px 60px;
background-color: transparent;
border: 3px solid black;
color: black;
text-decoration: none!important;
text-indent: 15px;
}
.button:before,
.button:after {
content: ' ';
display: block;
position: absolute;
left: 10px;
top: 52%;
text-align: center;
}
/* box shape */
.button:before {
width: 20px;
height: 4px;
border-style: solid;
border-width: 0 4px 4px;
}
body {
text-align: center;
}
demo

Answer 5

.button {
display: inline-block;
position: absolute;
padding: 10px 60px;
background-color: transparent;
border: 3px solid black;
color: black;
text-decoration: none!important;
text-align: center;
text-indent: 15px;
left: calc(50% - 88px);
}
.button:before, .button:after {
content: ' ';
display: block;
position: absolute;
left: 10px;
top: 52%;
}
/* box shape */
.button:before {
width: 20px;
height: 4px;
border-style: solid;
border-width: 0 4px 4px;
}
demo

Answer 6

Just change yours .button class CSS to this one:
.button {
display: inline-block;
position: absolute;
width: 20px;
padding: 10px 60px;
background-color: transparent;
border: 3px solid black;
color: black;
text-decoration: none!important;
text-align: center;
text-indent: 15px;
left: 0;
right: 0;
margin: 0 auto;
}
It will surely work. Thanks.

Answer 7

Use transform to do the trick.
.button {
left: 50%;
transform: translateX(-50%);
}
.button {
left: 50%;
transform: translateX(-50%);
display: inline-block;
position: relative;
padding: 10px 60px;
background-color: transparent;
border: 3px solid black;
color: black;
text-decoration: none !important;
text-align: center;
text-indent: 15px;
}
.button:before, .button:after {
content: ' ';
display: block;
position: absolute;
left: 10px;
top: 52%;
}
/* box shape */
.button:before {
width: 20px;
height: 4px;
border-style: solid;
border-width: 0 4px 4px;
}
demo