css centering items code example

Example 1: center with css

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

Example 2: 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 3: centering css elements

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

Example 4: css centering

// grid

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

//flex box

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

// position

.parent { 
  position: relative;
}

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

Example 5: align items center css

.parent_div
{
  display:flex;
  align-items:center;
}

Example 6: css position element in the middle of a header

P.blocktext {
    margin-left: auto;
    margin-right: auto;
    width: 200px;/*usually works best with a fixed width*/
}