css position absolute center horizontal code example

Example 1: position absolute center

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

Example 2: position absolute vertical center

<style>
.parent { position: relative; }
.centered-element {
  position: absolute;
  left: 50%;
  transform: translateX(-50%);
}
  
</style>

<div class="parent">
 <div class="centered-element">I'm Centered!</div>
</div>

Example 3: how to center in absolute position

position: absolute;
margin-left: auto;
margin-right: auto;
left: 0;
right: 0;
text-align: center;

Example 4: how to center with translate

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

Example 5: position absolute center

position: absolute;
margin-left: auto;
margin-right: auto;
left: 0;
right: 0;

Example 6: center div absolute

#content {
  position: absolute; 
  left: 0; 
  right: 0; 
  margin-left: auto; 
  margin-right: auto; 
  width: 100px; /* Need a specific value to work */
}

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