Horizontally center a div in a div
How can I horizontally center a div within a div using CSS (if it's even possible)?
The outer div has 100% width:
<div id="outer" style="width:100%">
<div id="inner">Foo foo</div>
</div>
html
- asked 9 years ago
- B Butts
2Answer
You can apply this CSS to the inner div:
#inner {
width: 50%;
/* Set the margin-left and margin-right automatically set */
margin: 0 auto;
}
Of course, you don't have to set the width to 50%. Any width less than the containing div will work. The margin: 0 auto is what does the actual centering.
If you are targeting IE8+, it might be better to have this instead:
#inner {
display: table;
margin: 0 auto;
}
It will make the inner element center horizontally and it works without setting a specific width.
- answered 8 years ago
- Gul Hafiz
If you don't want to set a fixed width on the inner div you could do something like this:
#outer {
width: 100%;
text-align: center;
}
#inner {
display: inline-block;
}
That makes the inner div into an inline element that can be centered with text-align.
- answered 8 years ago
- Sandy Hook
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