css center a code example

Example 1: center a div in css

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

Example 2: css center

/* this will center all children within the parent element. */
.parent {
  display: flex;
  justify-content: center; /* horizontal */
  align-items: center; /* vertical */
}

Example 3: center with css

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

Example 4: css center text in div

/* For horizontal align: */
parent-element {text-align:center;}
/* For horizontal and vertical align: */
parent-element {position: relative;}
element-to-be-centered {
  position: absolute;
  left: 50%;
  top: 50%;
  transform: translate(-50%, -50%);
}

/* See https://www.w3schools.com/css/css_align.asp for more info */

Example 5: css center

// example 1 
div { display: grid; place-items: center; }

// example 3
div{ display:flex; align-items:center; }

// example 3
div { width: 100%; margin: 0 auto; }

Example 6: center a div

<div id="outer">
  <div id="inner">Foo foo</div>
</div>
//css:, demo with border
<style>
#inner {
  display: table;
  margin: 0 auto;
  border: 1px solid black;
}

#outer {
  border: 1px solid red;
  width:100%
}
</style>