[html] How to center a table of the screen (vertically and horizontally)

I have these code block:

<table border="1px">
<tr>
<td>
my content
</td>
</tr>
</table>

I'd like to show my table in the center of the screen (vertically and horizontally).

Here is a demo.

How can I do that?

For horizontal alignment (No CSS)

Just insert an align attribute inside the table tag

<table align="center"></table

I think this should do the trick:

<table border="1px" align="center">

According to http://w3schools.com/tags/tag_table.asp this is deprecated, but try it. If it does not work, go for styles, as mentioned on the site.

This guy had the magic wand we were looking for, guys.

To quote his answer:

just add "position:fixed" and it will keep it in view even if you scroll down. see it at http://jsfiddle.net/XEUbc/1/

#mydiv {
    position:fixed;
    top: 50%;
    left: 50%;
    width:30em;
    height:18em;
    margin-top: -9em; /*set to a negative number 1/2 of your height*/
    margin-left: -15em; /*set to a negative number 1/2 of your width*/
    border: 1px solid #ccc;
    background-color: #f3f3f3;
}

Horizontal centering is easy. You just need to set both margins to "auto":

table {
  margin-left: auto;
  margin-right: auto;
}

Vertical centering usually is achieved by setting the parent element display type to table-cell and using vertical-align property. Assuming you have a <div class="wrapper"> around your table:

.wrapper {
  display: table-cell;
  vertical-align: middle;
}

More detailed information may be found on http://www.w3.org/Style/Examples/007/center

If you need support for older versions of Internet Explorer (I do not know what works in what version of this strange and rarely used browser ;-) ) then you may want to search the web for more information, like: http://www.jakpsatweb.cz/css/css-vertical-center-solution.html (just a first hit, which seems to mention IE)

I tried above align attribute in HTML5. It is not supported. Also I tried flex-align and vertival-align with style attributes. Still not able to place TABLE in center of screen. The following style place table in center horizontally.

style="margin:auto;"

I've been using this little cheat for a while now. You might enjoy it. nest the table you want to center in another table:

<table height=100% width=100%>
<td align=center valign=center>

(add your table here)

</td>
</table>

the align and valign put the table exactly in the middle of the screen, no matter what else is going on.

One way to center any element of unknown height and width both horizontally and vertically:

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

See Example

Alternatively, use a flex container:

.parent-element {
    display: flex;
    justify-content: center;
    align-items: center;
}