css display: center code example
Example 1: center a div in css
.container {
display: flex;
justify-content: center;
align-items: center;
}
Example 2: css align center
//HTML
<div class="parent">
<span>Hello World</span>
</div>
//CSS
.parent {
display: flex;
justify-content: center;
align-items: center;
}
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: centering css elements
// add to the parent element
.parent {
display: grid;
place-items: center;
}
Example 6: 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>