How do I center a div of one column size within the container (12 columns) in Twitter Bootstrap 3?
.centered {
background-color: red;
}
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<body class="container">
<div class="col-lg-1 col-offset-6 centered">
<img data-src="holder.js/100x100" alt="" />
</div>
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I want a div, with a class .centered to be centered within the container. I may use a row if there are multiple divs, but for now I just want a div with the size of one column centered within the container (12 columns).
I am also not sure the above approach is good enough as the intention is not to offset the div by half. I do not need free spaces outside the div and the contents of the div shrink in proportion. I want to empty space outside the div to be evenly distributed (shrink till the container width is equal to one column).
There are two approaches to centering a column <div> in Bootstrap 3:
Approach 1 (offsets):
The first approach uses Bootstrap's own offset classes so it requires no change in markup and no extra CSS. The key is to set an offset equal to half of the remaining size of the row. So for example, a column of size 2 would be centered by adding an offset of 5, that's (12-2)/2.
In markup this would look like:
<div class="row">
<div class="col-md-2 col-md-offset-5"></div>
</div>
Now, there's an obvious drawback for this method. It only works for even column sizes, so only .col-X-2, .col-X-4, col-X-6, col-X-8, and col-X-10 are supported.
Approach 2 (the old margin:auto)
You can center any column size by using the proven margin: 0 auto; technique. You just need to take care of the floating that is added by Bootstrap's grid system. I recommend defining a custom CSS class like the following:
.col-centered{
float: none;
margin: 0 auto;
}
Now you can add it to any column size at any screen size, and it will work seamlessly with Bootstrap's responsive layout:
<div class="row">
<div class="col-lg-1 col-centered"></div>
</div>
Note: With both techniques you could skip the .row element and have the column centered inside a .container, but you would notice a minimal difference in the actual column size because of the padding in the container class.
Update:
Since v3.0.1 Bootstrap has a built-in class named center-block that uses margin: 0 auto, but is missing float:none, you can add that to your CSS to make it work with the grid system.
The preferred method of centering columns is to use "offsets" (ie: col-md-offset-3)
Bootstrap 3.x centering examples
For centering elements, there is a center-block helper class.
You can also use text-center to center text (and inline elements).
Responsive Demo: http://bootply.com/91632
EDIT - As mentioned in the comments, center-block works on column contents and display:block elements, but won't work on the column itself (col-* divs) because Bootstrap uses float.
Update 2020
Now with Bootstrap 4, the centering methods have changed..
text-center is still used for display:inline elements
mx-auto replaces center-block to center display:block elements
offset-* or mx-auto can be used to center grid columns
mx-auto (auto x-axis margins) will center display:block or display:flex elements that have a defined width, (%, vw, px, etc..). Flexbox is used by default on grid columns, so there are also various flexbox centering methods.
Demo Bootstrap 4 Horizontal Centering
For vertical centering in BS4 see https://stackoverflow.com/a/41464397/171456
Now Bootstrap 3.1.1 is working with .center-block, and this helper class works with the column system.
Bootstrap 3 Helper Class Center.
Please check this jsfiddle DEMO:
<div class="container">
<div class="row">
<div class="center-block">row center-block</div>
</div>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-md-6 brd">
<div class="center-block">1 center-block</div>
</div>
<div class="col-md-6 brd">
<div class="center-block">2 center-block</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-xs-2 col-center-block">row col-xs-2 col-center-block</div>
</div>
Row column center using col-center-block helper class.
.col-center-block {
float: none;
display: block;
margin: 0 auto;
/* margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; */
}
Simply add the following to your custom CSS file. Editing Bootstrap CSS files directly is not recommended and cancels your ability to use a CDN.
.center-block {
float: none !important
}
Why?
Bootstrap CSS (version 3.7 and lower) uses margin: 0 auto;, but it gets overridden by the float property of the size container.
PS:
After you add this class, don't forget to set classes by the right order.
<div class="col-md-6 center-block">Example</div>
Bootstrap 3 now has a built-in class for this .center-block
.center-block {
display: block;
margin-left: auto;
margin-right: auto;
}
If you are still using 2.X then just add this to your CSS.
My approach to center columns is to use display: inline-block for columns and text-align: center for the container parent.
You just have to add the CSS class 'centered' to the row.
HTML:
<div class="container-fluid">
<div class="row centered">
<div class="col-sm-4 col-md-4">
Col 1
</div>
<div class="col-sm-4 col-md-4">
Col 2
</div>
<div class="col-sm-4 col-md-4">
Col 3
</div>
</div>
</div>
CSS:
.centered {
text-align: center;
font-size: 0;
}
.centered > div {
float: none;
display: inline-block;
text-align: left;
font-size: 13px;
}
JSFiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/steyffi/ug4fzcjd/
Bootstrap version 3 has a .text-center class.
Just add this class:
text-center
It will simply load this style:
.text-center {
text-align: center;
}
Example:
<div class="container-fluid">
<div class="row text-center">
<div class="col-md-12">
Bootstrap 4 is coming....
</div>
</div>
</div>
With Bootstrap v3 and v4, this can be accomplished just by adding .justify-content-center to the .row <div>
<div class="row justify-content-center">
<div class="col-1">centered 1 column</div>
</div>
https://getbootstrap.com/docs/4.0/utilities/flex/#justify-content
This works. A hackish way probably, but it works nicely. It was tested for responsive (Y).
.centered {
background-color: teal;
text-align: center;
}
With bootstrap 4 you can simply try justify-content-md-center as it is mentioned here
<div class="container">
<div class="row justify-content-md-center">
<div class="col col-lg-2">
1 of 3
</div>
<div class="col-md-auto">
Variable width content
</div>
<div class="col col-lg-2">
3 of 3
</div>
</div>
<div class="row">
<div class="col">
1 of 3
</div>
<div class="col-md-auto">
Variable width content
</div>
<div class="col col-lg-2">
3 of 3
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="container-fluid">
<div class="row">
<div class="col-lg-4 col-lg-offset-4">
<img src="some.jpg">
</div>
</div>
</div>
To center the col- we need to use the below code. cols are floater elements besides margin auto. We will also set it to float none,
<body class="container">
<div class="col-lg-1 col-md-4 centered">
<img data-src="holder.js/100x100" alt="" />
</div>
</body>
To center the above col-lg-1 with class of centered, we will write:
.centered {
float: none;
margin-left: auto;
margin-right: auto;
}
To center the content inside the div, use text-align:center,
.centered {
text-align: center;
}
If you want to center it only on the desktop and larger screen, not on mobile, then use the following media query.
#media (min-width: 768px) {
.centered {
float: none;
margin-left: auto;
margin-right: auto;
}
}
And to center the div only on mobile version, use the below code.
#media (max-width: 768px) {
.centered {
float: none;
margin-left: auto;
margin-right: auto;
}
}
Just set your one column that displays content to col-xs-12 (mobile-first ;-) and configure the container only to control how wide you want your centred content to be, so:
.container {
background-color: blue;
}
.centered {
background-color: red;
}
<body class="container col-xs-offset-3 col-xs-6">
<div class="col-xs-12 centered">
<img data-src="holder.js/100x100" alt="" />
</div>
</body>
<body class="container col-xs-offset-1 col-xs-10">
<div class="col-xs-12 centered">
<img data-src="holder.js/100x100" alt="" />
</div>
</body>
For a demo, see http://codepen.io/Kebten/pen/gpRNMe :-)
You can use text-center for the row and can make sure the internal divs have display:inline-block (with not float).
As:
<div class="container">
<div class="row text-center" style="background-color : black;">
<div class="redBlock">A red block</div>
<div class="whiteBlock">A white block</div>
<div class="yellowBlock">A yellow block</div>
</div>
</div>
And CSS:
.redBlock {
width: 100px;
height: 100px;
background-color: aqua;
display: inline-block
}
.whiteBlock {
width: 100px;
height: 100px;
background-color: white;
display: inline-block
}
.yellowBlock {
width: 100px;
height: 100px;
background-color: yellow;
display: inline-block
}
The fiddle:
http://jsfiddle.net/DTcHh/3177/
Another approach of offsetting is to have two empty columns, for example:
<div class="col-md-4"></div>
<div class="col-md-4">Centered Content</div>
<div class="col-md-4"></div>
This is probably not the best answer, but there is one more creative solution to this. As pointed out by koala_dev the column offsetting works only for even column sizes. However, by nesting rows you can achieve centering uneven columns as well.
To stick with the original question where you want to center a column of 1 inside a grid of 12.
Center a column of 2 by offsetting it 5
Make a nested row, so you get a new 12 columns inside your 2 columns.
Since you want to center a column of 1, and 1 is "half" of 2 (what we centered in step 1), you now need to center a column of 6 in your nested row, which is easily done by offsetting it 3.
For example:
<div class="container">
<div class="row">
<div class="col-md-offset-5 col-md-2">
<div class="row">
<div class="col-md-offset-3 col-md-6">
centered column with that has an "original width" of 1 col
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
See this fiddle, please note that you have to increase the size of the output window in order too see the result, otherwise the columns will wrap.
This is not my code, but it works perfectly (tested on Bootstrap 3) and I don't have to mess around with col-offset.
Demo:
/* centered columns styles */
.col-centered {
display: inline-block;
float: none;
/* inline-block space fix */
margin-right: -4px;
background-color: #ccc;
border: 1px solid #ddd;
}
<div class="container">
<div class="row text-center">
<div class="col-xs-6 col-centered">Column 6</div>
<div class="col-xs-6 col-centered">Column 6</div>
<div class="col-xs-3 col-centered">Column 3</div>
<div class="col-xs-3 col-centered">Column 3</div>
<div class="col-xs-3 col-centered">Column 3</div>
</div>
</div>
Append the following snippet inside your .row or your .col. This is for Bootstrap 4*.
d-flex justify-content-center
We can achieve this by using the table layout mechanism:
The mechanism is:
Wrap all columns in one div.
Make that div as a table with a fixed layout.
Make each column as a table cell.
Use vertical-align property to control content position.
The sample demo is here
As koala_dev used in his approach 1, I would prefer the offset method instead of center-block or margins which has limited usage, but as he mentioned:
Now, there's an obvious drawback for this method, it only works for even column sizes, so only .col-X-2, .col-X-4, col-X-6, col-X-8 and col-X-10 are supported.
This can be solved using the following approach for odd columns.
<div class="col-xs-offset-5 col-xs-2">
<div class="col-xs-offset-3">
// Your content here
</div>
</div>
Use mx-auto in your div class using Bootstrap 4.
<div class="container">
<div class="row">
<div class="mx-auto">
You content here
</div>
</div>
</div>
Bootstrap 4 solution:
<div class="container">
<div class="row">
<div class="col align-self-center">
Column in the middle, variable width
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="container">
<div class="row row-centered">
<div class="col-xs-6 col-centered">Column 6</div>
<div class="col-xs-6 col-centered">Column 6</div>
<div class="col-xs-3 col-centered">Column 3</div>
<div class="col-xs-3 col-centered">Column 3</div>
<div class="col-xs-3 col-centered">Column 3</div>
</div>
</div>
CSS
/* centered columns styles */
.row-centered {
text-align:center;
}
.col-centered {
display:inline-block;
float:none;
/* reset the text-align */
text-align:left;
/* inline-block space fix */
margin-right:-4px;
text-align: center;
background-color: #ccc;
border: 1px solid #ddd;
}
Because I never have the need to center only a single .col- within a .row, I set the following class on the wrapping .row of my target columns.
.col-center > [class*="col-"] {
float: none;
margin-left: auto;
margin-right: auto;
}
Example
<div class="full-container">
<div class="row col-center">
<div class="col-xs-11">
Foo
</div>
<div class="col-xs-11">
Bar
</div>
</div>
</div>
For those looking to center the column elements on the screen when you don't have the exact number to fill your grid, I have written a little piece of JavaScript to return the class names:
function colCalculator(totalNumberOfElements, elementsPerRow, screenSize) {
var arrayFill = function (size, content) {
return Array.apply(null, Array(size)).map(String.prototype.valueOf, content);
};
var elementSize = parseInt(12 / elementsPerRow, 10);
var normalClassName = 'col-' + screenSize + '-' + elementSize;
var numberOfFittingElements = parseInt(totalNumberOfElements / elementsPerRow, 10) * elementsPerRow;
var numberOfRemainingElements = totalNumberOfElements - numberOfFittingElements;
var ret = arrayFill(numberOfFittingElements, normalClassName);
var remainingSize = 12 - numberOfRemainingElements * elementSize;
var remainingLeftSize = parseInt(remainingSize / 2, 10);
return ret.concat(arrayFill(numberOfRemainingElements, normalClassName + ' col-' + screenSize + '-push-' + remainingLeftSize));
}
If you have 5 elements and you want to have 3 per row on a md screen, you do this:
colCalculator(5, 3, 'md')
>> ["col-md-4", "col-md-4", "col-md-4", "col-md-4 col-md-push-2", "col-md-4 col-md-push-2"]
Keep in mind, the second argument must be dividable by 12.
To center more than one column in a Bootstrap row - and the number of cols are odd, simply add this css class to all the columns in that row:
.many-cols-centered { // To horizontally center bootstrap odd cols, eg col-lg-9, col-md-3, works well in lg
display:inline-block;
float:none;
}
So in your HTML you have something like:
<div class="row text-center"> <!-- text-center centers all text in that row -->
<div class="col-lg-3 col-md-3 col-sm-3 col-xs-12 many-cols-centered">
<img src='assets/image1.jpg'>
<h3>You See</h3>
<p>I love coding.</p>
</div>
<div class="col-lg-3 col-md-3 col-sm-3 col-xs-12 many-cols-centered">
<img src='assets/image2.jpg'>
<h3>You See</h3>
<p>I love coding.</p>
</div>
<div class="col-lg-3 col-md-3 col-sm-3 col-xs-12 many-cols-centered">
<img src='assets/image3.jpg'>
<h3>You See</h3>
<p>I love coding.</p>
</div>
</div>
Try this
<div class="row">
<div class="col-xs-2 col-xs-offset-5"></div>
</div>
You can use other col as well like col-md-2, etc.
I suggest simply to use the class text-center:
<body class="container">
<div class="col-md-12 text-center">
<img data-src="holder.js/100x100" alt="" />
</div>
</body>
You can use the very flexible solution flexbox to your Bootstrap.
justify-content: center;
can center your column.
Check out flex.
Try this code.
<body class="container">
<div class="col-lg-1 col-lg-offset-10">
<img data-src="holder.js/100x100" alt="" />
</div>
</body>
Here I have used col-lg-1, and the offset should be 10 for properly centered the div on large devices. If you need it to center on medium-to-large devices then just change the lg to md and so on.
I have a bootstrap div with "row" class, and 2 divs inside acting as columns, A and B.
A contains a span with an icon. B contains a panel which height is variable, even after it loads, the user can add things to it and its height can still grow or become smaller.
I need to vertically center my span, taking the panel's height as reference.
here's my code:
<div class="row">
<div class="col-lg-3"><span class="icon-clipboard icon-agenda-item"></span></div>
<div class="col-lg-9">
<div class="panel panel-default deletable-panel">
<div class="panel-heading">
heading content
</div>
<div class="panel-body">
body content
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
The first part is how it is displayed now, and the second part is how I want it to be displayed. As you can see, the "content" is editable inline, so if the panel grows, the span needs to adjust as well.
thank you very much!
EDIT 1
I must add that I am using IE.
I tried the first suggestion and this is the result:
I ended up using this:
<div class="row">
<div class="col-lg-1 v-align"><span class="icon-clipboard icon-agenda-item"></span></div>
<div class="col-lg-10 v-align">
<div class="panel panel-default deletable-panel">
<div class="panel-heading">
heading content
</div>
<div class="panel-body">
body content
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
where:
.v-align {
float: none;
display: inline-block;
vertical-align: middle;
}
Please note, that both columns added, equals 11, instead of 12. There was the key! I don't know why, but if I left it 1 and 11 (resulting in 12 in total) it was displayed as mi edit image.
Thank you!
Yes, You can do it, But you have to remove some bootstrap class and add two of your own class and you can set it easily. Here is the code
.content{
clear:both;
display:block;
}
.a{
display:inlin-block;
vertical-align:middle;
width:20%;
}
.b{
display:inlin-block;
vertical-align:middle;
width:80%;
}
<div class="row">
<div class="col-lg-12">
<div class="content">
<div class="a">
<span class="icon-clipboard icon-agenda-item"></span>
</div>
<div class="b">
<div class="panel panel-default deletable-panel">
<div class="panel-heading">
heading content
</div>
<div class="panel-body">
body content
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
I hope This will help you
Regards,
Sarbasish
I would like to know how easilly achieve this layout with Bootstrap 3.
You can achieve that layout using bootstrap 3 pretty easy, you just have to arrange your columns in a proper order. The orange~red block I believe its a sidebar, and the other two blocks have the same width (seems bound to the same container), and I think there you have your content.
So, put the sidebar block, in a container with the desired width from the bootstrap grid, like col-md-4, and the content block in a container say col-md-8; add to both these containers col-xs-12 class(will add 100% width on 768px and bellow), we'll need it because we're gonna use pull-left/right(float rule) class to swap them around.
Check out the demo and bellow the markup/css used
The markup:
<div class="container">
<div class='row cf'>
<div class='col-sm-4 col-xs-12 pull-right'>
<div class='orange'>One good lookin sidebar</div>
</div>
<div class='col-sm-8 col-xs-12 pull-left'>
<div class='content-entry orchid'>
Some content here
</div>
<div class='content-entry cyan'>
And some other content here
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
And the css:
.orange{
background: orange;
}
.orchid{
background: orchid;
}
.cyan{
background: cyan;
}
**Note: if you want that sidebar to expand it's height to the height of the other 2 blocks combined, that's a different story, but this should get you started.
UPDATE 2
OK since you have a layout a bit tricky on mobile, I guess your safest bet would be to make the sidebar absolute positioned, and on mobile(bellow and 767px), switch it to static position, to make em fall into a natural flow. There are some more other methods out there like flexbox, or maybe some fancy table tricks, but this one should get you going.
Check out the demo, and the changed markup/css bellow:
<div class="container">
<div class='row content-wrapper'>
<div class='col-sm-8 col-xs-12'>
<div class='content-entry orchid'>
Some content here
</div>
</div>
<div class='col-sm-4 col-xs-12 sidebar-wrapper'>
<div class='orange'>One good lookin sidebar</div>
</div>
<div class='col-sm-8 col-xs-12'>
<div class='content-entry cyan'>
And some other content here
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
.orange{
background: orange;
}
.orchid{
background: orchid;
}
.cyan{
background: cyan;
}
/*added rules*/
.content-wrapper{
position: relative;
}
.sidebar-wrapper{
position: absolute;
top: 0; right: 0;
}
#media all and (max-width: 767px){
.sidebar-wrapper{
position: static;
}
}
Have a look here, I think the .col-md-8 and .col-md-4 classes will be interesting for you.
Since stack Overflow will not do any project i posted you simple and easy step
Bootstrap use media-queries
example
#media screen and (max-width: 500px) {
div {
width: 80%
}
}
this above query works if screen is bellow 500px div width will be 80%
try this example
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
body {
background-color: lightgreen;
}
#media screen and (max-width: 600px) {
body {
background-color: lightblue;
}
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<p>Resize the browserwindow. When the width of this document is less than 300 pixels, the background-color is "lightblue", otherwise it is "lightgreen".</p>
</body>
</html>
Above example will show when screen size is bellow 600px page color will change from lightgreen to lightblue
<body class="container">
<div class="row">
<div class="col-sm-6 col-xs-12">orange</div>
<div class="col-sm-6 col-xs-12">
<div class="row">violet row</div>
<div class="row">light blue</div>
</div>
</div>
</body>
I used xs-12 for the mobile. Please post your example code next time.
Thank you for all your answers.
Here's what i've made with the help of all answers :
<div class="container">
<div class="row">
<div class="col-sm-8 bg-info">
<h4>Content 1</h4>
</div>
<div class="col-sm-4 bg-warning pull-right">
<h4>Sidebar</h4>
</div>
<div class="col-sm-8 bg-success pull-left">
<h4>Content 2</h4>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-xs-12 col-md-8" style="background-color:purple; color:#fff">Contents box 1</div>
<div class="col-xs-12 col-md-4" style="background-color:red; color:#fff">Sidebar</div>
<div class="col-xs-12 col-md-8" style="background-color:blue; color:#fff">Contents box 2</div>
</div>
<link href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.6/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet"/>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-xs-12 col-md-8" style="background-color:purple; color:#fff">Contents box 1</div>
<div class="col-xs-12 col-md-4" style="background-color:red; color:#fff">Sidebar</div>
<div class="col-xs-12 col-md-8" style="background-color:blue; color:#fff">Contents box 2</div>
</div>