How to center two divs side by side? - html

Question

I am using bootstrap and I have two container inside a bootstrap container. Like this:
<div class="container">
<div id="container-map">
aasdasd
</div>
<div id="container-buttons">
asdasda
</div>
</div>
What I am trying to do is center the two divs, #container-map and #container-buttons side by side, inside the main container.
This is my custom CSS for the two divs:
#container-map,
#container-buttons {
display: inline-block;
margin: 0 auto 0 auto;
width: 500px;
height: 500px;
}

Answer 1

Is there a reason you don't want to use the bootstraps built in gridsystem? Something like this?
<div class="container">
<div class="row">
<div class="col-md-3 col-md-offset-3">
<div class="container-map">
asdf
</div>
</div>
<div class="col-md-3">
<div class="container-buttons">
asdf
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>

Answer 2

Just change your CSS to this
#container-map,
#container-buttons {
float: left;
margin-left: auto;
}
Both containers will be centered and side by side

Answer 3

You can try the code from this example (using text-align: center; on .container display:inline-block; for divs).
<style>
.container {
position:relative;
text-align:center;
}
#dv1, #dv2 {
display:inline-block;
width:100px;
margin:0 3px;
background:#33f;
}
</style>
<div class="container">
<div id="dv1">Div 1</div>
<div id="dv2">Div 2</div>
</div>

Answer 4

you make both your divs to take equal height using flex. You can refer the link to find out the browsers which support it. Have a look at this:
.container {
display: flex;
width: 400px;
background: #eee;
}
.column {
flex: 1;
background: #fff;
border: 1px solid #ccc;
margin: 1px;
}
<div class="container">
<div class="column">
<p>aasdasd</p>
</div>
<div class="column">
<p>asdasda</p>
<p>asdasda</p>
</div>
</div>