I am working with a div that is 100% of the parent divs height.
The div only contains a single line of text.
The div cannot have a fixed height.
So my question is.
How do I vertically center the line of text?
I have tried using:
display: table-cell;
line-height:200%;
If it is important the div is absolutely positioned.
Current CSS
.requests {
position: absolute;
right: 0;
height: 100%;
width: 50px;
padding: 0 10px;
background-color: #69A4B5;
display: table-cell;
vertical-align: middle;
border-bottom-right-radius: 5px;
}
The best and easiest way to do it (currently in 2015 2020) is using flexbox:
.parent-selector {
display: flex;
align-items: center;
}
And that's it :D
Check-out this working example:
div {
border: 1px solid red;
height: 150px;
width: 350px;
justify-content: center;
/* Actual code */
display: flex;
align-items: center;
}
<div>
<p>Hola</p>
</div>
Old answer: You can use vertical-align: middle if you specify also display: table-cell;
.div {
display: table-cell;
vertical-align: middle;
}
Working example:
div {
border: 1px solid red;
height: 150px;
width: 350px;
text-align: center;
/* Actual code */
display: table-cell;
vertical-align: middle;
}
<div>
<p>Hola</p>
</div>
If it does not work you can try setting its parent as display: table;:
.parent-selector {
display: table;
}
Edit: You have this method plus all the methods covered on this question in this other question: How do I vertically center text with CSS?
This answer is no longer the best answer ... see the flexbox answer below instead!
To get it perfectly centered (as mentioned in david's answer) you need to add a negative top margin. If you know (or force) there to only be a single line of text, you can use:
margin-top: -0.5em;
for example:
http://jsfiddle.net/45MHk/623/
//CSS:
html, body, div {
height: 100%;
}
#parent
{
position:relative;
border: 1px solid black;
}
#child
{
position: absolute;
top: 50%;
/* adjust top up half the height of a single line */
margin-top: -0.5em;
/* force content to always be a single line */
overflow: hidden;
white-space: nowrap;
width: 100%;
text-overflow: ellipsis;
}
//HTML:
<div id="parent">
<div id="child">Text that is suppose to be centered</div>
</div>
The originally accepted answer will not vertically center on the middle of the text (it centers based on the top of the text). So, if you parent is not very tall, it will not look centered at all, for example:
http://jsfiddle.net/45MHk/
//CSS:
#parent
{
position:relative;
height: 3em;
border: 1px solid black;
}
#child
{
position: absolute;
top: 50%;
}
//HTML:
<div id="parent">
<div id="child">Text that is suppose to be centered</div>
</div>
Try this one http://jsfiddle.net/Husamuddin/ByNa3/
it works fine with me,
css
.table {
width:100%;
height:100%;
position:absolute;
display:table;
}
.cell {
display:table-cell;
vertical-align:middle;
width:100%;
height:100%:
}
and the html
<div class="table">
<div class="cell">Hello, I'm in the middle</div>
</div>
Since it is absolutely positioned you can use top: 50% to vertically align it in the center.
But then you run into the issue of the page being bigger than you want it to be. For that you can use the overflow: hidden for the parent div. This is what I used to create the same effect:
The CSS:
div.parent {
width: 100%;
height: 300px;
position: relative;
overflow: hidden;
}
div.parent div.absolute {
position: absolute;
top: 50%;
height: 300px;
}
The HTML:
<div class="parent">
<div class="absolute">This is vertically center aligned</div>
</div>
I disagree, here's a JS free solution, which works:
<html style="height: 100%;">
<body style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px; height: 100%;">
<div style="height: 100%; width: 100%; display: table; background-color: #ccc;">
<div style="display: table-cell; width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;">
<div style="height: 300px; width: 600px; background-color: wheat; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;">A</div>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
Even though this question is pretty old, here's a solution that works with both single and multiple lines that need to be centered vertically (could easily be centered both vertically & horizontally as seen in the css in the Demo.
HTML
<div class="parent">
<div class="child">Text that needs to be vertically centered</div>
</div>
CSS
.parent {
position: relative;
height: 400px;
}
.child {
position: absolute;
top: 50%;
-webkit-transform: translateY(-50%);
-ms-transform: translateY(-50%);
transform: translateY(-50%);
}
If you know how tall your text is going to be you can use a combination of top:50% and margin-top:-x px where x is half the height of your text.
Working example:
http://jsfiddle.net/Qy4yy/
just wrap your content with a table like this:
<table width="100%" height="100%">
<tr align="center">
<th align="center">
text
</th>
</tr>
</table><
have you tried line-height:1em;? I recall that that's the way to get it to center vertically.
Did you try vertical-align: middle ???
You can find more info on vertical-align here: http://www.w3schools.com/css/pr_pos_vertical-align.asp
Vertical align, dynamic height combined with absolute position is except some special conditions not possible without a few lines of JS (eg. jQuery). (can possibly be solved with backend code in some cases, or min-height combined with sensible top or margin styles, but not perfect)
I mostly only use absolute position when something is supposed to "popup" in relation to something else which is in the float, I think that's the best way to use it so you don't have to fiddle with things like this.
No offense, but most answers in here are way off.
Setting the line height to the same as the height of the div will cause the text to center. Only works if there is one line. (such as a button).
Modern solution - works in all browsers and IE9+
caniuse - browser support.
.v-center {
position: relative;
top: 50%;
-webkit-transform: translateY(-50%);
-ms-transform: translateY(-50%);
transform: translateY(-50%);
}
Example: http://jsbin.com/rehovixufe/1/
Related
I'm having a hard time solving the following problem:
I'm trying to position a few pictures in the following manner:
They all take the whole width of the screen (I know their number)
The sequence of pictures is aligned in the middle vertically
I have found this answer, but it's not too helpful, as it allows centering only one image.
Also, vertical-align won't help much, since it only positions inline elements.
Here's my working example:
https://jsfiddle.net/3psbtqxv/1/
body {
padding-top: 5%;
position: absolute;
vertical-align: middle;
}
img {
max-width: 20%;
height: auto;
}
<body>
<img src="https://images.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftse3.mm.bing.net%2Fth%3Fid%3DOIP.Mf1e819b968b1241bf2a167c08096f7b8o0%26pid%3D15.1&f=1"><img src="https://images.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftse3.mm.bing.net%2Fth%3Fid%3DOIP.Mf1e819b968b1241bf2a167c08096f7b8o0%26pid%3D15.1&f=1"><img src="https://images.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftse3.mm.bing.net%2Fth%3Fid%3DOIP.Mf1e819b968b1241bf2a167c08096f7b8o0%26pid%3D15.1&f=1"><img src="https://images.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftse3.mm.bing.net%2Fth%3Fid%3DOIP.Mf1e819b968b1241bf2a167c08096f7b8o0%26pid%3D15.1&f=1"><img src="https://images.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftse3.mm.bing.net%2Fth%3Fid%3DOIP.Mf1e819b968b1241bf2a167c08096f7b8o0%26pid%3D15.1&f=1">
</body>
I would appreciate some help.
First google search of "css position center of page" gave me this result:
Quick CSS Trick: How To Center an Object Exactly In The Center
In order to get the image exactly centered, it's a simple matter of applying a negative top margin of half the images height, and a negative left margin of half the images width. For this example, like so:
.centered {
position: fixed;
top: 50%;
left: 50%;
margin-top: -50px;
margin-left: -100px;
}
This works wonderfully when you know the size of the thing you are centering. If you don't know, or are thinking it might change and want to be future proof, try this:
.centered {
position: fixed;
top: 50%;
left: 50%;
/* bring your own prefixes */
transform: translate(-50%, -50%);
}
This works with your example.
Edit:
If you want it to take the whole screen width then use
.centered {
position: fixed;
top: 50%;
left: 0%;
/* bring your own prefixes */
transform: translate(-0%, -50%);
}
Try this
img {
max-width:20%;
height:auto;
margin-top: 50%;
}
The best way to center child element is using flexbox.
#parent{
display:flex;
justify-content: center;
align-items: center;
width:200px;
height:200px;
background-color:red;
}
#child{
width:100px;
height:100px;
background-color:blue;
}
<div id="parent">
<div id="child">
child
</div></div>
There are several ways to achieve that, but most of the methods will need some update in your markup. I created this Fiddle which center the images adding some extra wrappers around. I hope it helps.
HTML:
<body>
<div class="wrapper">
<div class="inner">
<img src="https://images.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftse3.mm.bing.net%2Fth%3Fid%3DOIP.Mf1e819b968b1241bf2a167c08096f7b8o0%26pid%3D15.1&f=1">
<img src="https://images.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftse3.mm.bing.net%2Fth%3Fid%3DOIP.Mf1e819b968b1241bf2a167c08096f7b8o0%26pid%3D15.1&f=1">
<img src="https://images.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftse3.mm.bing.net%2Fth%3Fid%3DOIP.Mf1e819b968b1241bf2a167c08096f7b8o0%26pid%3D15.1&f=1">
<img src="https://images.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftse3.mm.bing.net%2Fth%3Fid%3DOIP.Mf1e819b968b1241bf2a167c08096f7b8o0%26pid%3D15.1&f=1">
<img src="https://images.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftse3.mm.bing.net%2Fth%3Fid%3DOIP.Mf1e819b968b1241bf2a167c08096f7b8o0%26pid%3D15.1&f=1">
</div>
</div>
</body>
CSS:
html,
body {
height: 100%;
}
.wrapper {
display: table;
height: 100%;
}
.inner {
display: table-cell;
vertical-align: middle;
}
.inner img {
width: 20%;
float: left;
}
This question already has answers here:
How do I vertically center text with CSS? [duplicate]
(37 answers)
Closed 8 years ago.
I have tried a couple of techniques, but so far nothing works to center text in an absolutely centered sphere. The size of the sphere is known, but not the length of the text. Here is an example that is lacking vertical alignment:
http://jsfiddle.net/eevw3oes/
css:
div
{
position: absolute;
border-radius: 50%;
top: 50px;
width: 100px;
height: 100px;
background: yellow;
overflow: hidden;
vertical-align: middle;
text-align: center;
}
Flexbox to the rescue: http://jsfiddle.net/eevw3oes/2/
div {
align-items: center;
display: flex;
…
}
This can also be accomplished by adding more DOM and using traditional css. I see you're trying to use vertical-align: middle, but that doesn't work on block elements (only with inline-block and table-cell).
Flexbox would work, and so will transforms:
<div class=circle style="left: 50px;">
<div class=text>
I'd like to be centered.
</div>
</div>
<div class=circle style="left: 200px;">
<div class=text>
I would like also like to be centerd. Even though I have long text. I would like to be centerd horizontally and vertically. Is that possible. Oh I wish it would work.
</div>
</div>
I've added inner <div> elements for the text. The CSS:
.circle {
position: absolute;
border-radius: 50%;
top: 50px;
width: 100px;
height: 100px;
background: yellow;
overflow: hidden;
padding: 20px;
}
div.text {
position: absolute;
top: 50%; left: 50%;
transform: translate(-50%, -50%);
text-align: center;
height: auto;
}
CodePen.
I think you could add line-height with the same value as width
line-height: 100px;
See this Fiddle
Someone had already a similar problem on Stackoverflow.
I tried to display vertical text exactly in center of div (navigation button) which is nested in floating element, I set size,magin:auto, vertical-align but text is on the edge against center.
Is there any other way to put the text where it should be without using absolute positioning?
<nav>
<div class="button"><p class="rotare">1st button</p></div>
<div class="button">1</div>
<div class="button">1</div>
<div class="button">1</div>
</nav>
nav {
width: 50px;
height: 600px;
background-color: red;
margin-left: 0px;
top:0px;
position: absolute;
display: inline-block;
float:left;
}
.button {
width: 50px;
height: 150px;
background-color: pink;
}
.rotare {
position: relative;
text-align: center;
-webkit-transform: rotate(-90deg);
-moz-transform: rotate(-90deg);
-o-transform: rotate(-90deg);
background-color: white;
margin:auto;
vertical-align: middle;
width: 100px;
height: 20px;
}
You can do this with absolute positioning, but without having to manually push the content into its place by simply adding these rules to your existing css:
.button {
position: relative;
}
.rotare {
position: absolute;
top: 0;
left: 0;
right: 0;
bottom: 0;
}
Here's a JS Fiddle of it in action: http://jsfiddle.net/grammar/NgrWg/
And here's an article explaining this method of vertical centering in more detail: http://coding.smashingmagazine.com/2013/08/09/absolute-horizontal-vertical-centering-css/
EDIT - secondary approach without absolute positioning
Another approach is to use table and table-cell as the display property for the wrapper and text respectively. I've updated the fiddle to show that method as well: http://jsfiddle.net/grammar/NgrWg/1/.
Here's another article that explains this table-cell trick, and also outlines a third technique for centering things vertically: http://css-tricks.com/centering-in-the-unknown/
This question already has answers here:
How to center an element horizontally and vertically
(27 answers)
Closed 7 years ago.
Is there a way to CENTER A DIV vertically and horizontally but, and that is important, that the content will not be cut when the window is smaller than the content The div must have a background color and a width and hight.
I have always centered divs with the absolute positioning and negative margins like in the example provided. But it has the problem that it cuts the content on top. Is there a method to center the div .content without this problem?
I have the example here to play: http://jsbin.com/iquviq/1/edit
CSS:
body { margin: 0px; }
.background {
width: 100%;
height: 100%;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
background-color: yellow;
}
/*
is there a better way than the absolute positioning and negative margin to center the div .content: div with background color a width and a hight?:
*/
.content {
width: 200px;
height: 600px;
background-color: blue;
position:absolute;
top:50%;
left:50%;
margin-left:-100px;/* half width*/
margin-top:-300px;/* half height*/
}
HTML:
<div class="background">
<div class="content"> some text </div>
</div>
My question is not duplicate of "How to center an element horizontally and vertically? " 1- My question was asked before. (just check dates). 2- My question ask very clearly and in black as condition: "the content will not be cut when the window is smaller than the content"
For modern browsers
When you have that luxury. There's flexbox too, but that's not broadly supported at the time of this writing.
HTML:
<div class="content">This works with any content</div>
CSS:
.content {
position: absolute;
left: 50%;
top: 50%;
-webkit-transform: translate(-50%, -50%);
transform: translate(-50%, -50%);
}
Tinker with it further on Codepen or on JSBin
For older browser support, look elsewhere in this thread.
After trying a lot of things I find a way that works. I share it here if it is useful to anyone. You can see it here working: http://jsbin.com/iquviq/30/edit
.content {
width: 200px;
height: 600px;
background-color: blue;
position: absolute; /*Can also be `fixed`*/
left: 0;
right: 0;
top: 0;
bottom: 0;
margin: auto;
/*Solves a problem in which the content is being cut when the div is smaller than its' wrapper:*/
max-width: 100%;
max-height: 100%;
overflow: auto;
}
Here's a demo:
http://www.w3.org/Style/Examples/007/center-example
A method (JSFiddle example)
CSS:
html, body {
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
width: 100%;
height: 100%;
display: table
}
#content {
display: table-cell;
text-align: center;
vertical-align: middle;
}
HTML:
<div id="content">
Content goes here
</div>
Another method
(JSFiddle example)
CSS
body, html, #wrapper {
width: 100%;
height: 100%
}
#wrapper {
display: table
}
#main {
display: table-cell;
vertical-align: middle;
text-align:center
}
HTML
<div id="wrapper">
<div id="main">
Content goes here
</div>
</div>
The legitimate way to do that irrespective of size of the div for any browser size is :
div{
margin:auto;
height: 200px;
width: 200px;
position:fixed;
top:0;
bottom:0;
left:0;
right:0;
background:red;
}
Live Code
You can compare different methods very well explained on this page: http://blog.themeforest.net/tutorials/vertical-centering-with-css/
The method they recommend is adding a empty floating element before the content you cant centered, and clearing it. It doesn't have the downside you mentioned.
I forked your JSBin to apply it : http://jsbin.com/iquviq/7/edit
HTML
<div id="floater">
</div>
<div id="content">
Content here
</div>
CSS
#floater {
float: left;
height: 50%;
margin-bottom: -300px;
}
#content {
clear: both;
width: 200px;
height: 600px;
position: relative;
margin: auto;
}
I do not believe there is a way to do this strictly with CSS. The reason is your "important" qualifier to the question: forcing the parent element to expand with the contents of its child.
My guess is that you will have to use some bits of JavaScript to find the height of the child, and make adjustments.
So, with this HTML:
<div class="parentElement">
<div class="childElement">
...Some Contents...
</div>
</div>
This CSS:
.parentElement {
position:relative;
width:960px;
}
.childElement {
position:absolute;
top:50%;
left:50%;
}
This jQuery might be useful:
$('.childElement').each(function(){
// determine the real dimensions of the element: http://api.jquery.com/outerWidth/
var x = $(this).outerWidth();
var y = $(this).outerHeight();
// adjust parent dimensions to fit child
if($(this).parent().height() < y) {
$(this).parent().css({height: y + 'px'});
}
// offset the child element using negative margins to "center" in both axes
$(this).css({marginTop: 0-(y/2)+'px', marginLeft: 0-(x/2)+'px'});
});
Remember to load the jQ properly, either in the body below the affected elements, or in the head inside of $(document).ready(...).
I'm trying to make text stay in the middle of a resizable DIV.
Here's the example:
CSS
#rightmenu {
position: absolute;
z-index: 999999;
right: 0;
height: 60%;
text-align: center;
}
HTML
<div id="rightmenu">This text should be center aligned and in the middle of the resizable rightmenu</div>
I've tried to make a Class to contain the text with the "margin-top and margin-bottom" both on auto, but doesn't work.
If you don't care about IE7 support, you can do it like that:
HTML:
<div id=wrap>
<div id=inside>
Content, content, content.
</div>
</div>
CSS:
#wrap {
/* Your styling. */
position: absolute;
z-index: 999999;
right: 0;
height: 60%;
text-align: center;
/* Solution part I. */
display: table;
}
/* Solution part II. */
#inside {
width: 100%;
height: 100%;
display: table-cell;
vertical-align: middle;
}
The code: http://tinkerbin.com/ETMVplub
If you're OK with JavaScript you can try this jQuery plugin: http://centratissimo.musings.it/ but since it also doesn't seems to support IE7 the CSS solution is probably better.
Flexbox has really changed the game with aligning elements in a fluid manner. Define your container element to be display: flex and then to align your inner children you would use justify-content: center; align-items: center;
.container {
position: absolute;
top: 0;
right: 0;
bottom: 0;
left: 0;
display: flex;
justify-content: center;
align-items: center;
}
.parent {
height: 500px;
width: 500px;
position: relative;
}
<div class="parent">
<div class="container">
<p>Hello</p>
<p>World</p>
</div>
</div>
You'll notice that "Hello" and "World" will both be vertically and horizontally centered within the .container element.
Replace height: 60%; with padding: 30% 0;.
If you want the text to be horizontally centered in a div, 'text-align:center;' is your friend. If you want it vertically centered; wrap the content inside an inner div, and then use 'margin: auto' for that inner div. Of course, you'll have to give the inner div a width; otherwise, the horizontal center won't work.
'valign="middle"' also works in tables if tables are an option (otherwise discouraged)
Check if this is needed:
<html>
<head>
<style type="text/css">
div {
height: 100px;
width: 100px;
background: #ccc;
text-align: center;
}
p {
line-height: 100px;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div>
<p>centered</p>
</div>
</body>
</html>