How to make the text align to center in nav bar - html

Question

I'm testing dropdown nav bar with pure css. Text-align doesn't work it only align the dropdown text, left: 50% and right: 50% yes it makes the text center but the navbar won't cover the width of my page. and please don't use overflow: hidden it will make the dropdown not visible
JSFiddle
I want to make the text like this but because of the overflow I can't see the dropdown
Css:
ul.dropdown, ul.dropdown li, ul.dropdown ul {
list-style: none;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}
ul.dropdown {
position: relative;
z-index: 597;
background-color: black;
}
ul.dropdown li {
float: left;
min-height: 1px;
line-height: 1.3em;
vertical-align: middle;
}
ul.dropdown li.hover, ul.dropdown li:hover {
position: relative;
z-index: 599;
cursor: default;
}
ul.dropdown ul {
visibility: hidden;
position: absolute;
top: 100%;
left: 0;
z-index: 598;
width: 100%;
}
ul.dropdown ul li {
float: none;
}
ul.dropdown ul ul {
top: 1px;
left: 99%;
}
ul.dropdown li:hover > ul {
visibility: visible;
}
/* -- Base drop-down styling -- */
ul.dropdown {
font: normal 16px"Square", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
text-transform: uppercase;
width: 100%;
}
ul.dropdown li {
padding: 7px 0;
background-color: #000;
color: #fff;
line-height: normal;
}
ul.dropdown a:link, ul.dropdown a:visited {
color: #fff;
text-decoration: none;
}
ul.dropdown a:hover {
color: #005CE6;
text-decoration: none;
}
ul.dropdown a:active {
color: #fff;
}
/* -- level mark -- */
ul.dropdown ul {
width: 170px;
background-color: #333;
color: #fff;
font-size: 12px;
text-transform: none;
filter: alpha(opacity=90);
-moz-opacity: .9;
KhtmlOpacity: .9;
opacity: .9;
}
ul.dropdown ul li {
background-color: transparent;
color: #000;
filter: none;
}
ul.dropdown ul li.hover, ul.dropdown ul li:hover {
background-color: transparent;
}
ul.dropdown ul a:link, ul.dropdown ul a:visited {
color: #fff;
}
ul.dropdown ul a:hover {
color: #fff;
text-decoration: none;
}
ul.dropdown ul a:active {
color: #fff;
}
/* -- Supporting class `dir` -- */
ul.dropdown *.dir {
padding-right: 12px;
background-image: none;
background-position: 100% 50%;
background-repeat: no-repeat;
}
/* -- Base style extension -- */
ul.dropdown li a {
display: block;
padding: 7px 14px;
}
/* -- Base style override -- */
ul.dropdown li {
padding: 0;
}
/* -- Base style reinitiate: post-override activities -- */
ul.dropdown li.dir {
padding: 7px 20px 7px 14px;
}
ul.dropdown ul li.dir {
padding-right: 15px;
}
/* -- Custom -- */
ul.dropdown ul a {
padding: 4px 5px 4px 14px;
width: 151px;
/* Especially for IE */
}
ul.dropdown ul a:hover {
background-color: #005CE6;
}
/* -- Drop-down open -- */
ul.dropdown li:hover > a.dir {
background-color: #2e2e2e;
color: #005CE6;
}
ul.dropdown ul li:hover > a.dir {
background-color: #76b900;
color: #fff;
}
html {
*overflow-x: hidden;
}
body {
padding: 0;
}
body, html {
height: 100%;
padding: 0;
margin: 0;
}
.wrapper {
min-height: 100%;
width: 100%
overflow: hidden;
}
.container {
padding: 50px;
}
.horizontal-centering {
position: relative;
}
.horizontal-centering > * > * {
float: left;
width: 100%;
position: relative;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}
.horizontal-centering > * > * > * {
float: left;
position: relative;
}

Answer 1

remove float: left; in your ul.dropdown li. Add text-align: center; in your ul.dropdown and display: inline-block; in your ul.dropdown li
Fiddle Demo
ul.dropdown {
position: relative;
z-index: 597;
background-color: black;
text-align: center;
}
ul.dropdown li {
display: inline-block;
min-height: 1px;
line-height: 1.3em;
vertical-align: middle;
}