Vertically Align <a> text inside a div - html

Question

I am having trouble vertically aligning the 's text inside a div.
This is what I have. I need to center "Next" inside the blue box:
#import url(http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Muli);
/*Makes the little side arrow*/
.open {
position: fixed;
width: 100px;
height: 40px;
left: 50%;
top: -1000px;
margin-left: -80px;
margin-top: -30px;
border: 1px solid #ccc;
background-color: #fff;
border-radius: 6px;
padding: 10px 30px;
color: #444;
transition: all ease-out 0.6s;
}
.open:hover {
border: 1px solid #aaa;
box-shadow: 0 0 8px #ccc inset;
transition: all ease-out 0.6s;
}
.tutorial-box {
position: fixed;
width: 400px;
height: 238px;
top: 75px;
background-color: #F3F3F3;
border-radius: 6px;
box-shadow: 0px 0px 24px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.4);
}
.slider-turn p, .tutorial-box h1{
margin-left: 10px;
}
.tutorial-box:before {
content: '';
position: absolute;
left: -14px;
top: 28px;
border-style: solid;
border-width: 10px 14px 10px 0;
border-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) #f3f3f3 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);
}
.tutorial-box p {
width: 350px;
font-size: 16px;
color: #a8aab2;
font-weight: 400;
line-height: 28px;
float: left;
margin: 0;
}
.tutorial-box .bottom {
display: -webkit-box;
display: -moz-box;
display: -ms-flexbox;
display: -webkit-flex;
display: flex;
width: 100%;
bottom: 0;
position: absolute;
}
.tutorial-box .bottom .btn-2 {
flex: 3;
-webkit-flex: 3;
-ms-flex: 3;
width: 100%;
height: 54px;
background-color: #373942;
border-bottom-left-radius: 6px;
display: flex;
}
.tutorial-box .bottom span {
flex: 1;
-webkit-flex: 1;
-ms-flex: 1;
line-height: 54px;
color: #fff;
margin-left: 25px;
font-size: 18px;
}
.next {
text-decoration: none;
display: inline-block;
vertical-align: middle;
text-align: center;
flex: 1;
background-color: #6cb5f3;
border: 0;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
text-transform: uppercase;
color: #fff;
font-weight: bold;
border-bottom-right-radius: 6px;
cursor: pointer;
transition: all .3s;
}
.next:hover {
text-decoration: none;
background-color: #6BA5D6;
transition: all .3s;
}
.next:active {
text-decoration: none;
background-color: #5F8AAF;
}
.slider-tutorial-box {
width: 350px;
margin: 0 25px;
overflow: hidden;
}
.slider-turn {
width: 10000px;
}
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<!-- TUTORIAL -->
<div class="tutorial-box">
<h1>Welcome</h1>
<span class="close"></span>
<div class="slider-container">
<div class="slider-turn">
<p>
Here, under the Company tab, is where you will do most of the company managment.<br>
</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="bottom">
<div class="btn-2">
<span>Step 2/?</span>
</div>
Next
</div>
</div>
Please let me know how I can center the text vertically to the center of the div.
Thank you very much. Let me know if I wasn't clear enough.

Answer 1

Seems like you already did that for .tutorial-box .bottom span so, do the same thing for .next
.next{
line-height: 54px;
}

Answer 2

the simplest and possibly most easy way would be to add the 'center' and '/center' tag before and after the text you want, and after each letter use '/br' to move to the next line. this will add some bulk, but would be considerably easier than other methods.
<center>
'letter'</br>'next letter'</br>'next letter'</br>
</center>
repeating the letter and break for all letters

Answer 3

alternatively, you could also add "div" tags around the "a" tag. you would have to modify the 'height' and 'width' to make it vertical for you. I would use px for this and not '%' or 'em'. add this to them:
<div style="height: /* modify this */100px; width: /* and this*/20px;">
Next
</div>
this may not be AS compatible cross platform though.

Answer 4

Like this:
.next {
position: relative;
top: 50%;
transform: translateY(-50%);
}
A nice trick that works both vertically and horizontally.