Is the property text-align: center; a good way to center an image using CSS?
img {
text-align: center;
}
That will not work as the text-align property applies to block containers, not inline elements, and img is an inline element. See the W3C specification.
Use this instead:
img.center {
display: block;
margin: 0 auto;
}
<div style="border: 1px solid black;">
<img class="center" src ="https://cdn.sstatic.net/Sites/stackoverflow/company/img/logos/so/so-icon.png?v=c78bd457575a">
</div>
That doesn't always work... if it doesn't, try:
img {
display: block;
margin: 0 auto;
}
I came across this post, and it worked for me:
img {
position: absolute;
top: 0;
bottom: 0;
left: 0;
right: 0;
margin: auto;
}
<div style="border: 1px solid black; position:relative; min-height: 200px">
<img src="https://cdn.sstatic.net/Sites/stackoverflow/company/img/logos/so/so-icon.png?v=c78bd457575a">
</div>
(Vertical and horizontal alignment)
Not recommendad:
Another way of doing it would be centering an enclosing paragraph:
<p style="text-align:center"><img src="https://via.placeholder.com/300"></p>
Update:
My answer above is correct if you want to start learning HTML/CSS, but it doesn't follow best practices
Actually, the only problem with your code is that the text-align attribute applies to text (yes, images count as text) inside of the tag. You would want to put a span tag around the image and set its style to text-align: center, as so:
span.centerImage {
text-align: center;
}
<span class="centerImage"><img src="http://placehold.it/60/60" /></span>
The image will be centered. In response to your question, it is the easiest and most foolproof way to center images, as long as you remember to apply the rule to the image's containing span (or div).
You can do:
<center><img src="..." /></center>
There are three methods for centering an element that I can suggest:
Using the text-align property
.parent {
text-align: center;
}
<div class="parent">
<img src="https://placehold.it/60/60" />
</div>
Using the margin property
img {
display: block;
margin: 0 auto;
}
<img src="https://placehold.it/60/60" />
Using the position property
img {
display: block;
position: relative;
left: -50%;
}
.parent {
position: absolute;
left: 50%;
}
<div class="parent">
<img src="https://placehold.it/60/60" />
</div>
The first and second methods only work if the parent is at least as wide as the image. When the image is wider than its parent, the image will not stay centered!!!
But:
The third method is a good way for that!
Here's an example:
img {
display: block;
position: relative;
left: -50%;
}
.parent {
position: absolute;
left: 50%;
}
<div class="parent">
<img src="http://imgsv.imaging.nikon.com/lineup/lens/zoom/normalzoom/af-s_dx_18-140mmf_35-56g_ed_vr/img/sample/img_01.jpg" />
</div>
On the container holding image you can use a CSS 3 Flexbox to perfectly center the image inside, both vertically and horizontally.
Let's assume you have <div class="container"> as the image holder:
Then as CSS you have to use:
.container {
display: flex;
align-items: center;
justify-content: center;
height: 100%;
}
And this will make all your content inside this div perfectly centered.
Only if you need to support ancient versions of Internet Explorer.
The modern approach is to do margin: 0 auto in your CSS.
Example here: http://jsfiddle.net/bKRMY/
HTML:
<p>Hello the following image is centered</p>
<p class="pic"><img src="https://twimg0-a.akamaihd.net/profile_images/440228301/StackoverflowLogo_reasonably_small.png"/></p>
<p>Did it work?</p>
CSS:
p.pic {
width: 48px;
margin: 0 auto;
}
The only issue here is that the width of the paragraph must be the same as the width of the image. If you don't put a width on the paragraph, it will not work, because it will assume 100% and your image will be aligned left, unless of course you use text-align:center.
Try out the fiddle and experiment with it if you like.
img{
display: block;
margin-right: auto;
margin-left: auto;
}
If you are using a class with an image then the following will do
class {
display: block;
margin: 0 auto;
}
If it is only an image in a specific class that you want to center align then following will do:
class img {
display: block;
margin: 0 auto;
}
The simplest solution I found was to add this to my img-element:
style="display:block;margin:auto;"
It seems I don't need to add "0" before the "auto" as suggested by others. Maybe that is the proper way, but it works well enough for my purposes without the "0" as well. At least on latest Firefox, Chrome, and Edge.
Simply change parent align :)
Try this one on parent properties:
text-align:center
You can use text-align: center on the parent and change the img to display: inline-block → it therefore behaves like a text-element and is will be centered if the parent has a width!
img {
display: inline-block
}
To center a non background image depends on whether you want to display the image as an inline (default behavior) or a block element.
Case of inline
If you want to keep the default behavior of the image's display CSS property, you will need to wrap your image inside another block element to which you must set text-align: center;
Case of block
If you want to consider the image as a block element of its own, then text-align property does not make a sens, and you should do this instead:
IMG.display {
display: block;
margin-left: auto;
margin-right: auto;
}
The answer to your question:
Is the property text-align: center; a good way to center an image
using CSS?
Yes and no.
Yes, if the image is the only element inside its wrapper.
No, in case you have other elements inside the image's wrapper because all the children elements which are siblings of the image will inherit the text-align property: and may be you would not like this side effect.
References
List of inline elements
Centering things
.img-container {
display: flex;
}
img {
margin: auto;
}
this will make the image center in both vertically and horizontally
I would use a div to center align an image. As in:
<div align="center"><img src="your_image_source"/></div>
If you want to set the image as the background, I've got a solution:
.image {
background-image: url(yourimage.jpg);
background-position: center;
}
One more way to scale - display it:
img {
width: 60%; /* Or required size of image. */
margin-left: 20% /* Or scale it to move image. */
margin-right: 20% /* It doesn't matters much if using left and width */
}
Use this to your img CSS:
img {
margin-right: auto;
margin-left: auto;
}
Use Grids To Stack images. It is very easy here is the code
.grid {
display:grid;
}
.grid img {
display:block;
margin:0 auto;
}
If your img element is inside a div, which is itself inside another div whose display has been set as flexbox, as in my case here:
(HTML)
<nav class="header">
<div class="image">
<img
src=troll
alt="trollface"
></img>
</div>
<div class="title">
Meme Generator
</div>
<div class="subtitle">
React Course - Project 3
</div>
</nav>
(CSS)
.header{
display: flex;
}
.image{
width: 5%;
height: 100%;
}
.image > img{
width: 100%;
}
You could set your .image div to align itself vertically by doing this:
.image{
width: 5%;
height: 100%;
align-self: center;
}
display: block with margin: 0 didn't work for me, neither wrapping with a text-align: center element.
This is my solution:
img.center {
position: absolute;
transform: translateX(-50%);
left: 50%;
}
translateX is supported by most browsers
I discovered that if I have an image and some text inside a div, then I can use text-align:center to align the text and the image in one swoop.
HTML:
<div class="picture-group">
<h2 class="picture-title">Picture #1</h2>
<img src="http://lorempixel.com/99/100/" alt="" class="picture-img" />
<p class="picture-caption">Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit. Temporibus sapiente fuga, quia?</p>
</div>
CSS:
.picture-group {
border: 1px solid black;
width: 25%;
float: left;
height: 300px;
#overflow:scroll;
padding: 5px;
text-align:center;
}
CodePen:
https://codepen.io/artforlife/pen/MoBzrL?editors=1100
Sometimes we directly add the content and images on the WordPress administrator inside the pages. When we insert the images inside the content and want to align that center. Code is displayed as:
**<p><img src="https://abcxyz.com/demo/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/1.jpg" alt=""></p>**
In that case you can add CSS content like this:
article p img{
margin: 0 auto;
display: block;
text-align: center;
float: none;
}
Use:
<dev class="col-sm-8" style="text-align: center;"><img src="{{URL('image/car-trouble-with-clipping-path.jpg')}}" ></dev>
I think this is the way to center an image in the Laravel framework.
To center an image with CSS.
img{
display: block;
margin-left: auto;
margin-right: auto;
}
You can learn more here
If you want to center image to the center both vertically and horizontaly, regardless of screen size, you can try out this code
img{
display: flex;
justify-content:center;
align-items: center;
height: 100vh;
}
i have a problem in my css, i cant seem to center my image, unless i use padding, i tried using flexbox, wit justify-content, and align items, but it wont work, i don't know what to do, no matter what it wont center, unless i use padding. Can somebody help?
here is the code so far:
img {
padding: inherit;
margin:auto;
text-align:center;
}
here is the outcome of the webapage
Try This:
img {
padding: inherit;
margin:auto;
width: 200px;
display: block;
}
<img src="http://justcuteanimals.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/baby-bear-pictures-cute-animal-pics.jpg">
Option 1:
Setting a width so you can sets the margin to 0 auto
img { width:<image_size> margin: 0 auto }
Option 2:
Use block display and set the margin to auto
img { display: block; margin:auto; }
Use
img {
display: block;
margin:0 auto;
text-align:center;
}
Resuming all the answers:
If your image have the property display block, to center your image you will need to do the following:
img {
display:block;
width: 200px; // You need to add a fixed width
height:auto // Optional but i recommend, in case of you need a proportional redimensioning
margin:0 auto;
}
If your image "lives" free inside of your content, without display property, then you just need to center with the property text-align:center.
Example:
.center{
text-align: center;
}
<p class="center">
<img src="path/to/your/image.jpg" alt="Image Alt">
</p>
I hope it helps you.
please try to set the margin-right and marign-left to null.
img {
padding: inherit;
margin-left: 0;
margin-right: 0;
text-align: center;
}
I'm trying to align some tiles that I have in my website to center. There are 4 tiles with two in the first row and other two in the second. I'm trying to align these DIVs to the center of the page but I'm not able to.
I've added margin: 0 auto; to the parent DIV and also included position: relative and display: inline-block; as suggested by some other posts but not able to align in yet.
Below is the code that I'm writing:
<div class="parent">
<div class="child">Child</div>
<div class="child">Child</div>
<div class="clear"></div>
<div class="child">Child</div>
<div class="child">Child</div>
<div class="clear"></div>
</div>
The CSS Code:
.parent{
width: 1000px;
margin: 0 auto;
position: relative;
}
.child{
float: left;
margin: 2px auto;
width: 25%;
background-color: green;
position: relative;
display: inline-block;
}
.clear{
clear: both;
}
And the jsfiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/wj1a2fnj/4/
After all this I'm not able to align the child DIVs to the center. I'm a novice in CSS and figuring my way now. Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Thank you.
You need to remove float: left; from the .child and add text-align: center; to the .parent
div to center inline-block child elements inside it.
Try this - DEMO
.parent{
width: 1000px;
margin: 0 auto;
text-align: center;
font-size:0; /* to remove the white space between inline-block elements */
}
.child{
display: inline-block;
margin: 2px auto;
width: 25%;
background-color: green;
font-size:16px; /* reset the font size (i.e 1em = 16px) */
}
You could also add a <br> tag instead of <div> tag after the second child - http://jsfiddle.net/p6rkw5ax/
Add text-align: center; to your parent div and it works
.parent{
width: 1000px;
margin: 0 auto;
text-align: center;
font-size: 0; --> To make the space void in between divs
}
ADD
.child{
<--float: left;--> REMOVED
font-size: 14px;
display: inline-block; --> To make the div float next to each other
}
WORKING EXAMPLE
You could do something like this...
<div align="center">
<div>whatever you want to align</div>
</div>
Just make sure whatever you are aligning to center has a relative css position and not absolute or anything else...
DEMO
.parent{
width: 1000px;
margin: 0 auto;
list-style: none;
position:relative;
text-align: center;
vertical-align: middle;
}
.child{
display: inline-block;
margin: 2px auto;
width: 25%;
background-color: green;
}
text-align: center works
Just add it to your CSS for child class.
http://jsfiddle.net/wj1a2fnj/6/
EDIT:
The reason why its not aligning the parent div to the center is because you are using floats.
Remove the float and adjust margin: 0 auto and you will get what you want;
Updated Fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/wj1a2fnj/19/
I have div in HTML, there is i Picture and a piece of text. I have all this center through margin, but it is all in left. Why?
HTML:
<div class="slozka">
<img src="http://randompics.net/gmig6jx/" alt="složka"></br>
{{object}}
</div>
CSS:
.slozka
{
width:125px;
padding:0px
}
.slozka > img
{
width: 100px;
height: 100px;
margin: 0 auto;
padding:0px;
}
.slozka:hover
{
border-style: outset;
}
Auto margins centre block elements. That image is display: inline (the default).
Set .slizka { text-align: center; } instead (this centres inline content).
You just need to provide "text-align: center;" to ".slozka{...}" class
You may need to center .slozka also.
.slozka
{
width:125px;
padding:0px;
margin: 0 auto;
text-align: center;
}
Also if </br> is supposed to be a line break then it is in correct, you need <br />
use this
.slozka { text-align: center; }
I have the following Html code
<div id="team">
<h1>Team</h1>
<img src="assets/divider.png" id="divider">
<img src="assets/team.png" id="team_pic">
</div>
The following CSS
div#team {
margin: 0 auto;
margin-left:auto;
margin-right:auto;
right:auto;
left:auto;
}
However, the child elements divider and team pic are all the way to the left. I though margin:auto would center everything.
then I put the following into the child elements.
div#team img#team_pic {
width:704px;
height:462px;
margin-left:auto;
margin-left:auto;
}
Nope, nothing happen, the elements still to left and not centered.
You need to set a width to #team, for example:
div#team {
margin: 0 auto;
width: 800px;
}
... which is a shorthand version of:
div#team {
margin-top: 0;
margin-left: auto;
margin-bottom: 0;
margin-right: auto;
width: 800px;
}
Images are inline level elements by default. You need to use display:block; if you want your images and margin to work properly.
img{
display: block;
}
float will upset this too.. float:none; does the trick if you think it may be inheriting a 'float' directive from another rule somewhere.
Team needs to have a width to be able to use margin: auto.
div#team {
margin: 0 auto;
width: 400px;
}
Here is a fiddle: JS Fiddle
*Use the
display:block;
for the images classes.*
#team {
margin: auto;
width: 400px;
}
Basically margin depends on width if and only if we want to show our div in the center of the page.
If you donot want to give fixed width then we can go for width: max-content;
#team {
width: max-content;
margin: 0 auto;
}