Set a Div Width, Align Div Center and Text Align Left
I Have a Small Problem but I Can't Get It Solved. I Have a Content Header of 864Px Width, a Background Image Repeated-Y and Footer Image. Now I Have This over...
I have a small problem but I can't get it solved.
I have a content header of 864px width, a background image repeated-y and footer image.
Now I have this <div> over the background image and I want it to be like 855px width and the text align left but yet aligned center so it fits in the bg.
I once had it oke width some padding left but I figured out that was the correct padding for my screen resolution.
Soo briefly it is: Setting a div width - align the div center - align its text (content) left.
4 Answers
Set auto margins on the inner div:
<div id="header" style="width:864px;">
<div id="centered" style="margin: 0 auto; width:855px;"></div>
</div>
Alternatively, text align center the parent, and force text align left on the inner div:
<div id="header" style="width:864px;text-align: center;">
<div id="centered" style="text-align: left; width:855px;"></div>
</div>
Try:
#your_div_id {
width: 855px;
margin:0 auto;
text-align: center;
}
Use auto margins.
div {
margin-left: auto;
margin-right: auto;
width: NNNpx;
/* NOTE: Only works for non-floated block elements */
display: block;
float: none;
}
Further reading at SimpleBits CSS Centering 101
All of these answers should suffice. However if you don't have a defined width, auto margins will not work.
I have found this nifty little trick to centre some of the more stubborn elements (Particularly images).
.div {
position: absolute;
left: 0;
right: 0;
margin-left: 0;
margin-right: 0;
}
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