Empty div like this :
<div class="section" id="s"> </div>
will be at the size of the screen.
But if I put another empty div inside, this section div height will be 0, or it will be in the height of the child's content.
<div class="section" id="s">
<div class="Back"> </div>
</div>
will make this section height to be 0, unless I put something inside Back which will make the section height= openBack's content.
I need to set the section size to be the screen size no matter what happens inside it, and I couldn't.
CSS :
html {
height: 100%;
}
body {
min-height: 100vh;
}
.section {
height: 100%;
width: 100%;
}
.Back {
background-image:url("/images/bg.png");
width: 100%;
height: 100%;
background-size: cover;
justify-content: center;
align-items: center;
}
How can you set the section size to stay screen size constant ?
NOTE: I was answering the original question
You might want to try this:
position: absolute;
top: 0; right: 0; bottom: 0; left: 0;
border: 1px solid black;
display: block;
would be able to cover parent div.
Check the following fiddle or snippet:
.hidden{
position: absolute;
top: 0; right: 0; bottom: 0; left: 0;
border: 1px solid black;
display: block;
background-color: rgba(254,204,254,0.5);
align-items: center;
flex-direction: column;
}
div.openBack {
position:relative;
border:1px dashed red;
display:flex;
justify-content:center;
align-items:center;
overflow:hidden
}
div.openBack img {
flex-shrink:0;
min-width:100%;
min-height:100%
}
<div class=openBack style="width:100px; height:200px">
<img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Mona_Lisa_headcrop.jpg/36px-Mona_Lisa_headcrop.jpg">
<div class="hidden"></div>
</div>
Try below css -
.openBack{ position:relative;}
.hidden{
position:absolute;
top:50%;
left:50%;
transform: translate(-50%, -50%);
z-index:9999;
}
To use an image as a background to a section or div, you don't want to include that image as an element. It's pushing the other elements around it out of the way, this is why the next div is pushed below it. And it would be more complicated than necessary to try to get that to behave well by using absolute position.
I would suggest attaching the image as the background-image to either your section's class or id, and remove the <img> element from the html.
either:
.openBack {
background-image: url("/folder/file.png");
}
or
#one {
background-image: url("folder/file.png");
}
You'll want to look up the properties of CSS' background-image to get it to scale and fit the exact way you want.
And you can't use number values at the beginning of IDs.
Hope this helps!
Thanks for all the answers, I found out that the solution was pretty simple (stupid).
The inner div closing tag was wrong <div> instead of </div> which messed up the structure.
Wish I had a tool to find such a mistake.
I want to create responsive popup banner with close button here is my simple scenario:
<div class="banner">
<img src="...">
X
</div>
And my CSS:
.banner img{
max-width:100%;
max-height:100%;
position:absolute;
}
.close-btn{
position:absolute;
right:0;
z-index:2;
color:red;
background:#000;
padding:4px;
}
As you can see I stretch image depending on width and height.
Problem: I want close-btn to stick to the right side of the image and overlap it. To solve this the banner must be the same width as the image. If banner has position:absolute its width and height of course is 0.
Is it possible to achieve only with CSS?
Here is fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/fjckls/qq590xz5/
I need image to be responsive to width and height
To make your image fully width AND height responsive, first off, you need to alter your units. You're currently using %'s which is all well and good, but for the 'fully height responsive' concept, the % units aren't much help.
Instead, you should look into using vh (view-height) and vw (view-width) units, since these are for the actual viewport that the user can see currently.
In order to position your 'x' over the top right of your image, you're going to have to alter your css slightly.
You could possibly include a css rule for your banner, first off. Something like:
.banner {
position:relative;
display:inline-block;
}
Whilst removing the 'position:absolute' rule from your image, since now your banner div will be the size of your image (not the default '100% of screen' that divs are set to originally).
This leaves us one problem, you haven't actually set where abouts you want the 'x' to appear vertically, so it will default to 'where it would position normally', which, in this case, would be below the image. To tackle this, you would need to add a top: or bottom: declaration to your 'x' class, and in my case, i've chosen to set it to the top (top:0;).
The overall fiddle can be shown here
or here:
.banner img {
max-width: 100vw;
max-height: 100vh;
}
.close-btn {
position: absolute;
right: 0;
top: 0;
z-index: 2;
color: red;
background: #000;
padding: 4px;
}
.banner {
position: relative;
display: inline-block;
}
<div class="banner">
<img src="http://sockets.hogwartsishere.com/media/book_covers/l-bunny.jpg" /> X
</div>
I have updated the link
http://jsfiddle.net/qq590xz5/3/
<div class="banner">
<div style="position:abolute;">
<img src="http://sockets.hogwartsishere.com/media/book_covers/l-bunny.jpg">
X
</div>
</div>
.banner img{
max-width:50%;
max-height:100%;
}
.close-btn{
position:absolute;
z-index:2;
color:red;
top:1%;
background:#000;
padding:4px;
}
Have a look
Thanks
try this..
Html
<div class="banner">
<img src="http://sockets.hogwartsishere.com/media/book_covers/l-bunny.jpg">
X
</div>
CSS
.banner{
position:relative;
width:200px;
}
img{
max-width:100%;
}
.close-btn{
position:absolute;
right:0;
top:0;
z-index:1;
color:red;
background:#000;
padding:4px;
}
Fiddle Demo
I found a solution that keeps the image centered horizontally and the x button on the top right of the image. It involves:
1) Making the .banner absolutely positioned, with margins from each window edge. This centers the entire .banner, however you might want to use fixed position if you need it to scroll along with the user's viewport.
It'll work as long as there aren't any other positioned elements as its parents.
.banner {
position: absolute;
top: 5%;
left: 25%;
right: 25%;
bottom: 5%;
}
2) Making a thing that sticks around the image, which will serve as a positioning guide for the little X.
<div class="shrinkwrap">
<img src="...">
X
</div>
.shrinkwrap {
/* shrink-wraps this div around its content;
as a side-effect, lets this div be centered with text-align: center; */
display: inline-block;
/* new positioning context! */
position: relative;
/* keeps the responsiveness */
max-width: 100%;
height: 100%;
}
3) Positioning the shrinkwrapper to always be in the center of the .banner.
.banner {
/* ... */
text-align: center;
}
.close-btn {
/* ... */
top: 0;
}
The finished version of this is here: http://jsfiddle.net/boxmein/qq590xz5/5/
I'm wondering if someone could help me e to create a fixed/sticky header... Not quite sure how to make this happen with CSS or HTML (sorry, I'm a neophyte).
My site is http://www.oliviafialkow.com/ and I would like my logo to stay fixed as visitors scroll down the page, like this example: http://lockebride.tumblr.com/
Any help would be wonderful--thanks!
My header HTML is as follows:
<div class="logo">
{{^customize.images.logo.url}}
<!--No Logo-->
<h1>{{site.title}}</h1>
{{/customize.images.logo.url}}
{{#customize.images.logo.url}}
<!--Logo Uploaded-->
<h1><img src="{{customize.images.logo.url}}" alt="{{site.title}}"></h1>
{{/customize.images.logo.url}}
</div>
My header CSS is:
/***** site_name color *****/
.logo h1 a {
color: {{{customize.colors.site_name}}};
}
/***** subtitle color *****/
.logo h2 {
color: {{{customize.colors.subtitle}}};
position: fixed
}
Thank you!
I regularly use this solution:
position: fixed;
width: [your-width-here]
margin: auto;
This will auto-center it; no weird calculations or ~48%'s in your CSS.
However, if you want to exactly mirror what is seen on the page you mentioned:
.parent-div {
float: right;
right: 50%;
position: fixed;
z-index: 19999;
}
.child-div {
position: relative;
float: right;
right: -50%;
}
Alongside position: fixed, you also need to provide a top: 0 and left: calc(50% - [width of your logo]
Add this into your .logo div:
position: fixed;
top: 0;
left: calc(50% - 80px);
z-index: 10;
The logo will then be taken out of the flow of the document, and so you should add a spacer of some sort to fill in the space originally occupied by the logo image.
Edit your css like this
#site-header {
padding-top: 110px;
margin-bottom: 50px;
}
#site-header .logo h1 img {
width: 100%;
}
.logo {
font-size: 100%;
position: fixed;
left: 45%;
top: -21px;
width: 10%;
z-index: 1000;
}
Important, you must use a png logo.
Try with
.logo {
left: 50%;
position: fixed;
top: -20px;
}
For the logo really to be centered, you need a 2nd div inside with margin-left: 50%
In your case you can just add the margin to the #site-header .logo h1 class in line 91 of your CSS:
#site-header .logo h1 {
margin-left: -50%;
font-size: 1.8em;
line-height: 1.2;
text-align: center;
}
Usually you'd go with
<div class="logo" style="left: 50%; position: fixed;">
<div style="margin-left: -50%;">
// Your logo goes here
</div>
</div>
Position fixed is the easiest solution here, I've made a jsFiddle for you to... well... fiddle :) and see how to achieve what you want: jsFiddle. Please note that you need a transparent png logo to make this look as it should (your current is a jpeg with white background).
.logo-placeholder {
height: 180px; /* height of your logo */
}
.logo {
position:fixed;
top:0;
right:0;
left:0;
height:180px;
text-align:center;
z-index: 100;
}
.logo-placeholder just keeps the space that would normally be taken by your logo that is now "floating" above the rest of the content of the page. So you need to add it to your HTML:
<div class="logo-placeholder"></div>
<div class="logo">
<!-- your not modified html -->
</div>
This should work for both variants: image (if you have it uploaded) or text (if you don't).
However, I can see your webpage is responsive and just changing your logo to position:fixed would probably ruin user xperience and the visuals on mobile. iOS devices (which are most important for now in terms of mobile browsing) doesn't like fixed positioning and have some weird behaviour in terms of scrolling: they only update the position of an element once you end scrolling, and not while you do it (like normal desktop browser). That would result in your logo jumping all over the place while scrolling.
Also, using such big logo on small mobile screen would occupy most of the viewport which is not good either (not to mention problems with navigation caused by your logo overlapping buttons etc.).
So, if I were you I would add this CSS to make your change not affect mobile at all:
#media only screen and (max-width: 600px) {
.logo {
position: static; /* that is just default positioning */
}
.logo-placeholder {
display:none; /* we don't need tht anymore since logo is back on its place :) */
}
}
And here's the fiddle for the version with media-query: jsFiddle - you can scale the viewport to see it working.
Hoping there's a simple solution to this. Basically what I'm trying to do is place a div (#hello) in the vertical center of the browser and use fixed positioning so it doesn't budge on scroll. Here's my HTML so far:
<section id="home">
<div id="home-container">
<div id="hello"></div>
</div>
</section>
And the CSS:
#home {
display: table;
overflow: hidden;
margin: 0px auto;
}
*:first-child+html #home {
position: relative;
}
* html #home {
position: relative;
}
#home-container {
display: table-cell;
vertical-align: middle;
}
*:first-child+html #home-container {
position: absolute;
top: 50%;
}
* html #home-container {
position: absolute;top:50%;
}
*:first-child+html #hello {
position: relative;
top: -50%;
}
* html #hello {
position: relative;
top: -50%;
}
#home {
height: 100%;
}
Right now the div is vertically centered within the "home" section but moves on scroll. I've tried changing the #home and #home-container to fixed positioning but it doesn't work.
I've searched around quite a bit and apologize if a similar thread already exists. Hope someone can point me in the right direction. Thanks in advance!
The concept for vertically aligning a div to the vertical center with a fixed position would be to add the position:fixed property (specifying the offsets), and then placing a negative margin top of half the div height. Let's say that #hello is 100px tall for example:
#hello {
position:fixed;
top:50%;
margin-top:-50px;
}
With position:fixed; the div will be relative to your document window.
You can add this style. Also you have to add some content in the middle so that you can check properly, or, give some height(in px) to the parent div. An empty parent div with no height will not reflect the change.
#hello{
position: fixed;
top: 50%;
}
You can check this fiddle:
http://jsfiddle.net/76a4j/6/
Replace your css with this one
*{margin:0; padding:0;}
html, body{height:100%;}
#home{display:table; margin:auto; height:100%; width:100%; position:fixed; top:0px; left:0px;}
#home-container{display:table-cell; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center;}
#hello{display:inline-block;}
I made a fiddle for you. Check it out http://jsfiddle.net/fQwFL/
Hope it will fix your problem.
I'm having a problem centering an element that has the attribute position set to absolute.
Does anyone know why the images are not centered?
body {
text-align: center;
}
#slideshowWrapper {
margin-top: 50px;
text-align: center;
}
ul#slideshow {
list-style: none;
position: relative;
margin: auto;
}
ul#slideshow li {
position: absolute;
}
ul#slideshow li img {
border: 1px solid #ccc;
padding: 4px;
height: 450px;
}
<body>
<div id="slideshowWrapper">
<ul id="slideshow">
<li><img src="https://source.unsplash.com/random/300*300?technology" alt="Dummy 1" /></li>
<li><img src="https://source.unsplash.com/random/301*301?technology" alt="Dummy 2" /></li>
</ul>
</div>
</body>
If you have set a width you may use:
position: absolute;
margin-left: auto;
margin-right: auto;
left: 0;
right: 0;
text-align: center;
Without knowing the width/height of the positioned1 element, it is still possible to align it as follows:
EXAMPLE HERE
.child {
position: absolute;
top: 50%; /* position the top edge of the element at the middle of the parent */
left: 50%; /* position the left edge of the element at the middle of the parent */
transform: translate(-50%, -50%); /* This is a shorthand of
translateX(-50%) and translateY(-50%) */
}
It's worth noting that CSS Transform is supported in IE9 and above. (Vendor prefixes omitted for brevity)
Explanation
Adding top/left of 50% moves the top/left margin edge of the element to the middle of the parent, and translate() function with the (negative) value of -50% moves the element by the half of its size. Hence the element will be positioned at the middle.
This is because a percentage value on top/left properties is relative to the height/width of the parent element (which is creating a containing block).
While a percentage value on translate() transform function is relative to width/height of the element itself (Actually it refers to the size of bounding box).
For unidirectional alignment, go with translateX(-50%) or translateY(-50%) instead.
1. An element with a position other than static. I.e. relative, absolute, fixed values.
Centering something absolutely positioned is rather convoluted in CSS.
ul#slideshow li {
position: absolute;
left:50%;
margin-left:-20px;
}
Change margin-left to (negative) half the width of the element you are trying to center.
Div vertically and horizontally aligned center
top: 0;
bottom: 0;
margin: auto;
position: absolute;
left: 0;
right: 0;
Note : Elements should have width and height to be set
If you want to center an absolute element
#div {
position:absolute;
top:0;
bottom:0;
left:0;
right:0;
width:300px; /* Assign a value */
height:500px; /* Assign a value */
margin:auto;
}
If you want a container to be centered left to right, but not with top to bottom
#div {
position:absolute;
left:0;
right:0;
width:300px; /* Assign a value */
height:500px; /* Assign a value */
margin:auto;
}
If you want a container to be centered top to bottom, regardless of being left to right
#div {
position:absolute;
top:0;
bottom:0;
width:300px; /* Assign a value */
height:500px; /* Assign a value */
margin:auto;
}
Update as of December 15, 2015
Well I learnt this another new trick few months ago. Assuming that you have a relative parent element.
Here goes your absolute element.
.absolute-element {
position:absolute;
top:50%;
left:50%;
transform:translate(-50%, -50%);
width:50%; /* You can specify ANY width values here */
}
With this, I think it's a better answer than my old solution. Since you don't have to specify width AND height. This one it adapts the content of the element itself.
Update as of April 23, 2021
It does not answer to OP's question about position absolute, but if you want alternative solution, there's this called flexbox. Here's an example.
#parent {
display:flex;
align-items:center;
justify-content:center;
}
What it does is the container is converted to flex and to align child items to center on horizontal is by using justify-content:center and vertical is to use align-items:center. It does support modern browsers too, so it's safe to use.
Though, be sure to read how flexbox work first.
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn/CSS/CSS_layout/Flexbox
Flexbox supported browsers
https://caniuse.com/flexbox
A simple CSS trick, just add:
width: 100%;
text-align: center;
This works on both images and text.
This worked for me:
position: absolute;
left: 50%;
transform: translateX(-50%);
To center a “position: absolute” element.
.your-element {
position: absolute;
left: 0;
right: 0;
text-align: center; // or this -> margin: 0 auto;
}
to center a a position:absolute attribute you need to set left:50% and margin-left: -50% of the width of the div.
<!-- for horizontal -->
<style>
div.center{
width:200px;
left:50%;
margin-left:-100px;
position:absolute;
}
</style>
<body>
<div class='center'>
should be centered horizontaly
</div>
</body>
for vertical center absolute you need to do the same thing bud not with left just with top.
( NOTE: html and body must have min-height 100%; )
<!-- for vertical -->
<style>
body,html{
min-height:100%;
}
div.center{
height:200px;
top:50%;
margin-top:-100px;
position:absolute;
}
</style>
<body>
<div class='center'>
should be centered verticaly
</div>
</body>
and can be combined for both
<!-- for both -->
<style>
body,html{
min-height:100%;
}
div.center{
width:200px;
height:50px
left:50%;
top:50%;
margin-left:-100px;
margin-top:-25px;
position:absolute;
}
</style>
<body>
<div class='center'>
should be centered
</div>
</body>
Or you can now use flex box with postion absolute:
.parent {
position: relative;
display: flex;
justify-content: center;
}
.child {
position: absolute;
}
<div class="centered_content"> content </div>
<style type="text/css">
.centered_content {
text-align: center;
position: absolute;
left: 0;
right: 0;
}
</style>
see demo on: http://jsfiddle.net/MohammadDayeh/HrZLC/
text-align: center; works with a position: absolute element when adding left: 0; right: 0;
You can use the "transform" attribute:
position: absolute;
top: 50%;
left: 50%;
-webkit-transform: translateX(-50%) translateY(-50%);
transform: translateX(-50%) translateY(-50%);
The simpler, the best:
img {
top: 0;
bottom: 0;
left: 0;
right: 0;
margin: auto auto;
position: absolute;
}
Then you need to insert your img tag into a tag that sports position:relative property, as follows:
<div style="width:256px; height: 256px; position:relative;">
<img src="photo.jpg"/>
</div>
If you don't know the width of the element you can use this code:
<body>
<div style="position: absolute; left: 50%;">
<div style="position: relative; left: -50%; border: dotted red 1px;">
I am some centered shrink-to-fit content! <br />
tum te tum
</div>
</div>
Demo at fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/wrh7a21r/
Source: https://stackoverflow.com/a/1777282/1136132
probably the shortest
position:absolute;
left:0;right:0;top:0;bottom:0;
margin:0 auto;
as many others said this ⬇️
.element {
position: absolute;
left: 0;
top: 0;
transform: translate(-50%, -50%);
}
should work. But be aware, that the .element must be in a wrapper that has position: relative; (in case you don't want to make it in the center of the whole HTML page)
FYI: I've made a pseudo-library for CSS centering. I needed it for my dev juniors. So, feel free to check it out. http://dev.solcode.net/centercss/
Using
left: calc(50% - Wpx/2); where W is the width of the element works for me.
I'm not sure what you want to accomplish, but in this case just adding width: 100%; to your ul#slideshow li will do the trick.
Explanation
The img tags are inline-block elements. This means that they flow inline like text, but also have a width and height like block elements. In your css there are two text-align: center; rules applied to the <body> and to the #slideshowWrapper (which is redundant btw) this makes all inline and inline-block child elements to be centered in their closest block elements, in your code these are li tags. All block elements have width: 100% if they are the static flow (position: static;), which is default. The problem is that when you tell li tags to be position: absolute;, you take them out of normal static flow, and this causes them to shrink their size to just fit their inner content, in other words they kind of "lose" their width: 100% property.
Your images are not centered because your list items are not centered; only their text is centered. You can achieve the positioning you want by either centering the entire list or centering the images within the list.
A revised version of your code can be found at the bottom. In my revision I center both the list and the images within it.
The truth is you cannot center an element that has a position set to absolute.
But this behavior can be imitated!
Note: These instructions will work with any DOM block element, not just img.
Surround your image with a div or other tag (in your case a li).
<div class="absolute-div">
<img alt="my-image" src="#">
</div>
Note: The names given to these elements are not special.
Alter your css or scss to give the div absolute positioning and your image centered.
.absolute-div {
position: absolute;
width: 100%;
// Range to be centered over.
// If this element's parent is the body then 100% = the window's width
// Note: You can apply additional top/bottom and left/right attributes
// i.e. - top: 200px; left: 200px;
// Test for desired positioning.
}
.absolute-div img {
width: 500px;
// Note: Setting a width is crucial for margin: auto to work.
margin: 0 auto;
}
And there you have it! Your img should be centered!
Your code:
Try this out:
body
{
text-align : center;
}
#slideshow
{
list-style : none;
width : 800px;
// alter to taste
margin : 50px auto 0;
}
#slideshow li
{
position : absolute;
}
#slideshow img
{
border : 1px solid #CCC;
padding : 4px;
height : 500px;
width : auto;
// This sets the width relative to your set height.
// Setting a width is required for the margin auto attribute below.
margin : 0 auto;
}
<ul id="slideshow">
<li><img src="http://lorempixel.com/500/500/nature/" alt="Dummy 1" /></li>
<li><img src="http://lorempixel.com/500/500/nature/" alt="Dummy 2" /></li>
</ul>
I hope this was helpful. Good luck!
An absolute object inside a relative object is relative to its parent, the problem here is that you need a static width for the container #slideshowWrapper , and the rest of the solution is like the other users says
body {
text-align: center;
}
#slideshowWrapper {
margin-top: 50px;
text-align:center;
width: 500px;
}
ul#slideshow {
list-style: none;
position: relative;
margin: auto;
}
ul#slideshow li {
position: relative;
left: 50%;
}
ul#slideshow li img {
border: 1px solid #ccc;
padding: 4px;
height: 450px;
}
http://jsfiddle.net/ejRTU/10/
Here is easy and best solution for center element with “position: absolute”
body,html{
min-height:100%;
}
div.center{
width:200px;
left:50%;
margin-left:-100px;/*this is 50% value for width of the element*/
position:absolute;
background:#ddd;
border:1px solid #999;
height:100px;
text-align:center
}
<style>
</style>
<body>
<div class='center'>
should be centered verticaly
</div>
</body>
Just use display: flex and justify-content: center on the parent element
body {
text-align: center;
}
#slideshowWrapper {
margin-top: 50px;
text-align: center;
}
ul#slideshow {
list-style: none;
position: relative;
margin: auto;
display: flex;
justify-content: center;
}
ul#slideshow li {
position: absolute;
}
ul#slideshow li img {
border: 1px solid #ccc;
padding: 4px;
height: 100px;
}
<body>
<div id="slideshowWrapper">
<ul id="slideshow">
<li><img src="https://source.unsplash.com/random/300*300?technology" alt="Dummy 1" /></li>
<li><img src="https://source.unsplash.com/random/301*301?technology" alt="Dummy 2" /></li>
</ul>
</div>
</body>
<!-- Images from Unsplash-->
You can find this solution in JSFIDDLE
You can try this way :
* { margin: 0px; padding: 0px; }
#body { height: 100vh; width: 100vw; position: relative;
text-align: center;
background-image: url('https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/96/2d/ff/962dff2247ad680c542622e20f44a645.jpg');
background-size: cover; background-repeat: no-repeat; }
.text { position: absolute; top: 0; bottom: 0; left: 0; right: 0; height:100px;
display: inline-block; margin: auto; z-index: 999999; }
<html>
<body>
<div id="body" class="container-fluid">
<!--Background-->
<!--Text-->
<div class="text">
<p>Random</p>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
1- when you know the width of the absolutely positioned element.
width: 200px;
position: absolute;
left: 50%;
margin-left: -100px
2- when you don’t know the width of the absolutely positioned element. Excellent for responsiveness but is CSS3 older browsers may have an issue.
position: absolute;
left: 50%;
-webkit-transform: translateX(-50%);
transform: translateX(-50%)
3- when you don’t know the width of the absolutely positioned element but makes it 100% wide of it’s parent which might not fit the design.
position: absolute;
left: 0;
right: 0;
margin: auto
If you do know the width, you can use the third option as well and it will center.
My favorite method to absolute center any element or group of elements is to absolute position their container, make it the height and width of the relative container, then use flex to align the elements within.
In this specific case:
body {
position: relative; /* OPTIONAL */
}
#slideshowWrapper {
position: absolute;
top: 0;
left: 0;
width: 100%;
height: 100%;
display: flex;
flex-direction: row; /* OPTIONAL IF ONLY ONE ELEMENT */
justify-content: center;
align-items: center;
}
Hope that helps, cheers.
For this case, I think the code as below is enough:
ul#slideshow li {
position: absolute;
left: 0;
right: 0;
}
#parent
{
position : relative;
height: 0;
overflow: hidden;
padding-bottom: 56.25% /* images with aspect ratio: 16:9 */
}
img
{
height: auto!important;
width: auto!important;
min-height: 100%;
min-width: 100%;
position: absolute;
display: block;
/* */
top: -9999px;
bottom: -9999px;
left: -9999px;
right: -9999px;
margin: auto;
}
I don't remember where I saw the centering method listed above, using negative top, right, bottom, left values.
For me, this tehnique is the best, in most situations.
When I use the combination from above, the image behaves like a background-image with the following settings:
background-position: 50% 50%;
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-size: cover;
More details about the first example can be found here:
Maintain the aspect ratio of a div with CSS
Position absolute takes it out of the flow, and places it at 0x0 to the parent ( Last block element to have a position absolute or position relative ).
I'm not sure what exactly you what you are trying to accomplish, It might be best to set the li to a position:relative and that will center them. Given your current CSS
Check out http://jsfiddle.net/rtgibbons/ejRTU/ to play with it
What seems to be happening is there are two solutions; centered using margins and centered using position. Both work fine, but if you want to absolute position an element relative to this centered element, you need to use the absolute position method, because the absolute position of the second element defaults to the first parent that is positioned. Like so:
<!-- CENTERED USING MARGIN -->
<div style="width:300px; height:100px; border: 1px solid #000; margin:20px auto; text- align:center;">
<p style="line-height:4;">width: 300 px; margin: 0 auto</p>
<div style="position:absolute; width:100px; height:100px; background-color:#ff0000; top:-20px; left:0px;">
<p style="line-height:4;">Absolute</p>
</div>
</div>
<!-- CENTERED USING POSITION -->
<div style="position:absolute; left:50%; width:300px; height:100px; border: 1px solid #000; margin:20px 0 20px -150px; text-align:center;">
<p style="line-height:2;">width:300px; position: absolute; left: 50%; margin-left:-150px;</p>
<div style="position:absolute; width:100px; height:100px; background-color:#ff0000; top:0px; left:-105px;">
<p style="line-height:4;">Absolute</p>
</div>
</div>
Until I'd read this posting, using the margin:0 auto technique, to build a menu to the left of my content I had to build a same-width column to the right to balance it out. Not pretty. Thanks!
Use margin-left: x%; where x is the half of the width of the element.