vertically and horizontally center css code example

Example 1: css vertical center

/* 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 2: 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>

Example 3: how to center align the html element in css examples

#inner {
  width: 50%;
  margin: 0 auto;
}

# center text
.center {
  text-align: center;
  
border: 3px solid green;
}