container to center css code example

Example 1: center a div in css

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

Example 2: center div horizontally and vertically

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

Example 3: html css center text on page

<style>
body { background: white }
section {
  background: black;
  color: white;
  border-radius: 1em;
  padding: 1em;
  position: absolute;
  top: 50%;
  left: 50%;
  margin-right: -50%;
  transform: translate(-50%, -50%)
  }
</style>

<section>
  <h1>Nicely centered</h1>
  <p>This text block is vertically centered.
  <p>Horizontally, too, if the window is wide enough.
</section>

Example 4: how to center div

<!--center text-->
<!--padding deals with margins within the element itself-->
<!--margin deals with blank space surrounding and element-->
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
.center {
  margin: auto;
  width: 80%;
  border: 3px solid #73AD21;
  padding: 10px; 
  margin: 20px;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>

<h2>Center Align Elements</h2>
<p>To horizontally center a block element (like div), use margin: auto;</p>

<div class="center">
  <p><b>Note: </b>Using margin:auto will not work in IE8, unless a !DOCTYPE is declared.</p>
</div>

</body>
</html>

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