align text in div vertically code example

Example 1: css align items vertical center

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

Example 2: css align text vertically

/* HTML: */
<div class="text">
lorem ipsum
</div>


/* CSS: */
.text {
vertical-align: middle;
/*can take any value of:
baseline | sub | super | text-top | text-bottom | middle | top | bottom | <percentage> | <length> */
}

Example 3: 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 4: centering css elements

// add to the parent element
.parent {
	display: grid;
    place-items: center;
}

Example 5: css center text in div vertically

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
   <head>
      ...
      <style type="text/css">
         div{
         width: 200px;
         height: 200px;
         border: solid green;
         display: table-cell;
         vertical-align: middle;
         }
      </style>
   </head>
   <body>
      <div>Vertikal ausgerichteter Text</div>
   </body>
</html>

Example 6: 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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