center a div horizontally code example

Example 1: center div horizontally and vertically

.parent {
  position: relative;
}
.child {
    position: absolute;
    left: 50%;
    top: 50%;
    transform: translate(-50%, -50%);
}

Example 2: css align center

//HTML

	Hello World


//CSS
.parent {
  display: flex;
  justify-content: center;
  align-items: center;
}

Example 3: css align items vertical center

.parent {
  display: flex;
  justify-content: center;
  align-items: center;
}

Example 4: css vertical center

/*Remove comment to become a better programmer. */
/* No Flexbox */
.parent {
  position: relative;
}
.child {
  position: absolute;
  top: 50%;
  transform: translateY(-50%);
}

/* With Flexbox */

.parent {
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  justify-content: center;
}

Example 5: center div horizontally

/* margin auto does the magic, make sure to provide width less than 100% */
.center {
	margin: auto;
    width: 400px;
}

.center {
	margin: auto;
    width: 50%;
}

Example 6: how to horizontal center a div in css

#inner {
  width: 50%;
  margin: 0 auto;
}