CSS center content inside div

I need to center html content inside a div (top div with 2 images). As you can see from the image below (it floats left instead of center of the div):

This is my html code:

<div> <div> <h2>Partnertnerzy serwisu:</h2> <ul> <li><a href=""><img width="56" height="16" alt="Parnter bar wika" src="/as/partners/wika.png"></a></li> <li><a href=" width="65" height="15" alt="Parnter bar siemens" src="/as/partners/siemens.png"></a></li> </ul> <a href="/firmy?clbp=1">Zamknij </a> </div>
</div>

Image:

CSS:

#partners, #top { position: relative; z-index: 100;
}
#partners { margin: 12px 0 3px; text-align: center;
}
.clearfix:after, .row:after { clear: both; content: "."; display: block; height: 0; visibility: hidden;
}
#partners .wrap { width: 655px;
}
.wrap { margin: 0 auto; position: relative; width: 990px;
}
#partners h2 { color: #A6A5A5; float: left; font-weight: normal; margin: 2px 15px 0 0;
}
#partners ul { float: left;
}
ul { list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: none;
}

1

8 Answers

To center a div, set it's width to some value and add margin: auto.

#partners .wrap { width: 655px; margin: auto;
}

EDIT, you want to center the div contents, not the div itself. You need to change display property of h2, ul and li to inline, and remove the float: left.

#partners li, ul, h2 { display: inline; float: none;
}

Then, they will be layed out like normal text elements, and aligned according to text-align property of their container, which is what you want.

1

There are many ways to center any element. I listed some

1. Set it's width to some value and add margin: 0 auto.

.partners { width: 80%; margin: 0 auto;
}

---

2. Split into 3 column layout

.partners { width: 80%; margin-left: 10%;
}

---

3. Use bootstrap layout

<div> <div></div> <div>Your Content / Image here</div>
</div>

You just need

.parent-div { text-align: center }

Try using flexbox. As an example, the following code shows the CSS for the container div inside which the contents needs to be centered aligned:

Depending on the axis of the flexbox, you will need to align or justify items, read more at MDN

.absolute-center { display: -ms-flexbox; display: -webkit-flex; display: flex; -ms-flex-align: center; -webkit-align-items: center; -webkit-box-align: center; align-items: center; justify-content: center;
}

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You just do CSS changes for parent div

.parent-div { text-align: center; display: block;
}

in parent div

parentDiv: { display:flex; height:100%; width:100%; justify-content:center; align-items:center;
} 

1

The problem is that you assigned a fixed width to your .wrap DIV. The DIV itself is centered (you can see that when you add a border to it) but the DIV is just too wide. In other words the content does not fill the whole width of the DIV.

To solve the problem you have to make sure, that the .wrap DIV is only as wide as it's content.

To achieve that you have to remove the floating in the content elements and set the display property of the block levels elements to inline:

#partners .wrap { display: inline;
}
.wrap { margin: 0 auto; position: relative;}
#partners h2 {
color: #A6A5A5;
font-weight: normal;
margin: 2px 15px 0 0;
display: inline;
}
#partners ul {
display: inline;
}
#partners li {display: inline}
ul { list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: none; }

1

do like this :

child{ position:absolute; margin: auto; top: 0; bottom: 0; left: 0; right: 0;
}

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