Putting a button in center - html

Question

I seem to have a difficulty in putting the button i made in the center of the screen. Here's the source code.
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Here are the styles
/*header button styles*/
a.header-button {
display: inline-block;
background-color:#
}
a.header-button:hover {
color: #e8ddc8;
text-decoration: underline;
}
.header-button {
background-color:#031634;
color:#e8ddc8;
padding: 10px 5px 10px 5px;
border-radius: 5px;
text-align:center;
}
You see, even though I put text-align:center in the .header-button, the button does not position itself at the center. (See image below)
Can anyone help me?

Answer 1

Try this. Working Fiddle
a.header-button {
display: block;
background-color:#;
margin:0 auto;
width:100px;
}

Answer 2

One solution: http://jsfiddle.net/xzY5j/
css:
.header-button {
background-color:#031634;
color:#e8ddc8;
padding: 10px 5px 10px 5px;
border-radius: 5px;
}
.container {
text-align:center;
width: 100%;
padding: 50px;
background-color:#ccc;
}
}
HTML
<div class="container">
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</div>
Other suggestion is:
Binita Tamang solution she wrote it before I had a chance so I will let her get the credit for it :)

Answer 3

You should give the container or the parent element text-align:center
jsfiddle
HTML
<div class="parent">
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</div>
CSS:
.parent{
text-align:center;
}

Answer 4

If you want to put a button or any element on middle of the screen,then use position absolute an give the top 50% and left 50% now,give margin just half of its width and height in minus :
Something like this :
CSS
button{
position:absolute;
top:50%;
left:50%;
width:100px;
height:30px;
margin:-15px 0 0 -50px;
}
And if only middle from left then :
button{
position:absolute;
top:some_top_in_px;
left:50%;
width:100px;
height:30px;
margin:0px 0 0 -50px;
}
Fiddle DEMO