Vertical Alignment of multiple lines - html

Question

I know this question has been asked before. However, I do not seem to find my mistake.
I set up a plnkr. I try to align some text vertically, whereas the the stuff that needs to be aligned is nested into multiple divs.
<div class="news col-md-12" id="detailsView" >
<div class="col-md-8 ">
<div class="row">
<div class="col-md-5 widthInDetails">
<div class="row">
<div class="col-md-8" id="newsDetails">
Hello I am fine and how are your (I am good too)
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
and in my CSS I have this.
.news{
background-color:black;
line-height:200px;
width:200px;
height:200px;
display:table;
}
#newsDetails{
display:table-cell;
vertical-align:middle;
}
So basically I have I lineheight given from the outer div with class="news". I want the the nested div to be aligned vertically. Is there any way to do this?
http://plnkr.co/edit/cMaCrG1Y8Ky48HwtgNPk?p=preview

Answer 1

If you want to use the display: table property, you should set it in the parent node, like:
<div class="news col-md-12" id="detailsView" >
<div class="col-md-8 ">
<div class="row">
<div class="col-md-5 widthInDetails">
<div id="newsParent" class="row">
<div class="col-md-8" id="newsDetails">
Hello I am fine and how are your (I am good too)
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
.news{
background-color:black;
width:200px;
height:200px;
}
#newsParent {
display:table;
}
#newsDetails{
height: 200px;
display:table-cell;
vertical-align:middle;
}
Give it a try and let me know if it helps!

Answer 2

You can make wrapper display: table and child div display: table-cell; vertical-align: middle;. find the below jsfiddle demo.
HTML
<div class="news col-md-12" id="detailsView" >
<div class="col-md-8 ">
<div class="row">
<div class="col-md-5 widthInDetails">
<div class="row newsDetailswrap">
<div class="col-md-8" id="newsDetails">
Hello I am fine and how are you?</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
CSS
.newsDetailswrap{
background: red;
height: 100px;
display:table;
}
#newsDetails{
display: table-cell;
vertical-align: middle;
}
http://jsfiddle.net/hhbnywq1/