How to vertically align elements in a div

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I have a div with two images and an h1  All of them need to be vertically aligned within the div  next to each other  One of the images needs to be absolute positioned within the div  What is the CSS needed for this to work on all common browsers   lt div id  quot header quot  gt     lt img src  quot    quot   gt  lt  img gt     lt h1 gt testing    lt  h1 gt     lt img src  quot     quot  gt  lt  img gt   lt  div gt

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I have been using the following solution  with no positioning and no line height  since over a year  it works with IE 7 and 8 as well    lt style gt   outer       font-size  0      width  400px      height  400px      background  orange      text-align  center      display  inline-block      outer  emptyDiv       height  100       background  orange      visibility  collapse      outer  inner       padding  10px      background  red      font  bold 12px Arial      verticalCenter       display  inline-block       display  inline      zoom  1      vertical-align  middle     lt  style gt    lt div class  outer  gt       lt div class  emptyDiv verticalCenter  gt  lt  div gt       lt div class  inner verticalCenter  gt           lt p gt Line 1 lt  p gt           lt p gt Line 2 lt  p gt       lt  div gt   lt  div gt

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By default h1 is a block element and will render on the line after the first img  and will cause the second img to appear on the line following the block   To stop this from occurring you can set the h1 to have inline flow behaviour    header  gt  h1   display  inline      As for absolutely positioning the img inside the div  you need to set the containing div to have a  known size  before this will work properly   In my experience  you also need to change the position attribute away from the default - position  relative works for me    header   position  relative  width  20em  height  20em     img-for-abs-positioning   position  absolute  top  0  left  0      If you can get that to work  you might want to try progressively removing the height  width  position attributes from div header to get the minimal required attributes to get the effect you want   UPDATE   Here is a complete example that works on Firefox 3    lt  DOCTYPE html PUBLIC  -  W3C  DTD XHTML 1 0 Strict  EN             http   www w3 org TR xhtml1 DTD xhtml1-strict dtd  gt   lt html gt       lt head gt           lt title gt Example of vertical positioning inside a div lt  title gt           lt style type  text css  gt               header  gt  h1   display  inline                 header   border  solid 1px red                         position  relative                 img-for-abs-positioning   position  absolute                                         bottom  -1em  right  2em             lt  style gt       lt  head gt        lt body gt           lt div id  header  gt               lt img src     alt  Image 1  width  40  height  40    gt               lt h1 gt Header lt  h1 gt               lt img src     alt  Image 2  width  40  height  40                    id  img-for-abs-positioning    gt           lt  div gt       lt  body gt   lt  html gt

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By default h1 is a block element and will render on the line after the first img  and will cause the second img to appear on the line following the block   To stop this from occurring you can set the h1 to have inline flow behaviour    header  gt  h1   display  inline      As for absolutely positioning the img inside the div  you need to set the containing div to have a  known size  before this will work properly   In my experience  you also need to change the position attribute away from the default - position  relative works for me    header   position  relative  width  20em  height  20em     img-for-abs-positioning   position  absolute  top  0  left  0      If you can get that to work  you might want to try progressively removing the height  width  position attributes from div header to get the minimal required attributes to get the effect you want   UPDATE   Here is a complete example that works on Firefox 3    lt  DOCTYPE html PUBLIC  -  W3C  DTD XHTML 1 0 Strict  EN             http   www w3 org TR xhtml1 DTD xhtml1-strict dtd  gt   lt html gt       lt head gt           lt title gt Example of vertical positioning inside a div lt  title gt           lt style type  text css  gt               header  gt  h1   display  inline                 header   border  solid 1px red                         position  relative                 img-for-abs-positioning   position  absolute                                         bottom  -1em  right  2em             lt  style gt       lt  head gt        lt body gt           lt div id  header  gt               lt img src     alt  Image 1  width  40  height  40    gt               lt h1 gt Header lt  h1 gt               lt img src     alt  Image 2  width  40  height  40                    id  img-for-abs-positioning    gt           lt  div gt       lt  body gt   lt  html gt

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Here is just another  responsive  approach   html      body           height  100             body           margin  0              table           display  table          width   auto          table-layout auto          height  100                  table nth-child even                background   a9edc3                     table nth-child odd                background   eda9ce                  tr           display  table-row             td           display  table-cell          width  50           vertical-align  middle          http   jsfiddle net herrfischerhamburg JcVxz

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By default h1 is a block element and will render on the line after the first img  and will cause the second img to appear on the line following the block   To stop this from occurring you can set the h1 to have inline flow behaviour    header  gt  h1   display  inline      As for absolutely positioning the img inside the div  you need to set the containing div to have a  known size  before this will work properly   In my experience  you also need to change the position attribute away from the default - position  relative works for me    header   position  relative  width  20em  height  20em     img-for-abs-positioning   position  absolute  top  0  left  0      If you can get that to work  you might want to try progressively removing the height  width  position attributes from div header to get the minimal required attributes to get the effect you want   UPDATE   Here is a complete example that works on Firefox 3    lt  DOCTYPE html PUBLIC  -  W3C  DTD XHTML 1 0 Strict  EN             http   www w3 org TR xhtml1 DTD xhtml1-strict dtd  gt   lt html gt       lt head gt           lt title gt Example of vertical positioning inside a div lt  title gt           lt style type  text css  gt               header  gt  h1   display  inline                 header   border  solid 1px red                         position  relative                 img-for-abs-positioning   position  absolute                                         bottom  -1em  right  2em             lt  style gt       lt  head gt        lt body gt           lt div id  header  gt               lt img src     alt  Image 1  width  40  height  40    gt               lt h1 gt Header lt  h1 gt               lt img src     alt  Image 2  width  40  height  40                    id  img-for-abs-positioning    gt           lt  div gt       lt  body gt   lt  html gt

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All of them need to be vertically aligned within the div   Aligned how  Tops of the images aligned with the top of the text       One of the images needs to be absolute positioned within the div    Absolutely positioned relative to the DIV  Perhaps you could sketch out what you re looking for      fd has described the steps for absolute positioning  as well as adjusting the display of the H1 element such that images will appear inline with it  To that  i ll add that you can align the images by use of the vertical-align style    header h1   display  inline     header img   vertical-align  middle         this would put the header and images together  with top edges aligned  Other alignment options exist  see the documentation  You might also find it beneficial to drop the DIV and move the images inside the H1 element - this provides semantic value to the container  and removes the need to adjust the display of the H1    lt h1 id header  gt      lt img src       gt  lt  img gt     testing        lt img src       gt  lt  img gt   lt  h1 gt

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All of them need to be vertically aligned within the div   Aligned how  Tops of the images aligned with the top of the text       One of the images needs to be absolute positioned within the div    Absolutely positioned relative to the DIV  Perhaps you could sketch out what you re looking for      fd has described the steps for absolute positioning  as well as adjusting the display of the H1 element such that images will appear inline with it  To that  i ll add that you can align the images by use of the vertical-align style    header h1   display  inline     header img   vertical-align  middle         this would put the header and images together  with top edges aligned  Other alignment options exist  see the documentation  You might also find it beneficial to drop the DIV and move the images inside the H1 element - this provides semantic value to the container  and removes the need to adjust the display of the H1    lt h1 id header  gt      lt img src       gt  lt  img gt     testing        lt img src       gt  lt  img gt   lt  h1 gt

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lt div id  header  style  display  table-cell  vertical-align middle   gt         or CSS   someClass      display  table-cell     vertical-align middle      Browser Coverage

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My new favorite way to do it is with a CSS grid    x000D   x000D     technique    x000D   x000D   wrapper   x000D    display  inline-grid  x000D    grid-auto-flow  column  x000D    align-items  center  x000D    justify-content  center  x000D    x000D   x000D     visual emphasis    x000D   x000D   wrapper   x000D    border  1px solid red  x000D    height  180px  x000D    width  400px  x000D    x000D   x000D  img   x000D    width  100px  x000D    height  80px  x000D    background   fafafa  x000D    x000D   x000D  img nth-child 2    x000D    height  120px  x000D    x000D   lt div class  wrapper  gt  x000D     lt img src  https   source unsplash com random 100x80  bear  gt  x000D     lt img src  https   source unsplash com random 100x120  lion  gt  x000D     lt img src  https   source unsplash com random 100x80  tiger  gt  x000D   lt  div gt  x000D   x000D   x000D

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Using CSS to vertical center  you can let the outer containers act like a table  and the content as a table cell  In this format your objects will stay centered       I nested multiple objects in JSFiddle for an example  but the core idea is like this   HTML   lt div class  circle  gt     lt div class  content  gt      Some text    lt  div gt   lt  div gt    CSS    circle         act as a table so we can center vertically its child       display  table        set dimensions       height  200px     width  200px        horizontal center text       text-align  center        create a red circle       border-radius  100      background  red        content         act as a table cell       display  table-cell        and now we can vertically center        vertical-align  middle        some basic markup       font-size  30px     font-weight  bold     color  white       The multiple objects example   HTML   lt div class  container  gt     lt div class  content  gt        lt div class  centerhoriz  gt          lt div class  circle  gt           lt div class  content  gt            Some text          lt  div gt  lt  -- content -- gt         lt  div gt  lt  -- circle -- gt          lt div class  square  gt           lt div class  content  gt             lt div id  smallcircle  gt  lt  div gt           lt  div gt  lt  -- content -- gt         lt  div gt  lt  -- square -- gt        lt  div gt  lt  -- center-horiz -- gt      lt  div gt  lt  -- content -- gt   lt  div gt  lt  -- container -- gt    CSS   container     display  table    height  500px    width  300px    text-align  center    background  lightblue      centerhoriz     display  inline-block      circle     display  table    height  200px    width  200px    text-align  center    background  red    border-radius  100     margin  10px      square     display  table    height  200px    width  200px    text-align  center    background  blue    margin  10px      content     display  table-cell    vertical-align  middle    font-size  30px    font-weight  bold    color  white      smallcircle     display  inline-block    height  50px    width  50px    background  green    border-radius  100       Result    https   jsfiddle net martjemeyer ybs032uc 1

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I used this very simple code   HTML    lt div class  ext-box  gt       lt div class  int-box  gt           lt h2 gt Some txt lt  h2 gt           lt p gt bla bla bla lt  p gt       lt  div gt   lt  div gt    CSS   div ext-box   display  table  width 100    div int-box   display  table-cell  vertical-align  middle      Obviously  whether you use a  class or an  id  the result won t change

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lt div id  header  style  display  table-cell  vertical-align middle   gt         or CSS   someClass      display  table-cell     vertical-align middle      Browser Coverage

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Almost all methods needs to specify the height  but often we don t have any heights  So here is a CSS3 3 line trick that doesn t require to know the height    element       position  relative      top  50       transform  translateY -50        It s supported even in IE9   with its vendor prefixes    element       position  relative      top  50       -webkit-transform  translateY -50        -ms-transform  translateY -50        transform  translateY -50        Source  http   zerosixthree se vertical-align-anything-with-just-3-lines-of-css

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For me  it worked this way    lt div style  width 70px  height 68px  float right  display  table-cell  line-height  68px  gt       lt a href  javascript void 0   style  margin-left  4px  line-height  2  class  btn btn-primary  gt Login lt  a gt   lt  div gt    The  a  element converted to a button  using Bootstrap classes  and it is now vertically centered inside an outer  div

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Wow  this problem is popular  It s based on a misunderstanding in the vertical-align property  This excellent article explains it   Understanding vertical-align  or  How  Not  To Vertically Center Content  by Gavin Kistner      How to center in CSS    is a great web tool which helps to find the necessary CSS centering attributes for different situations     In a nutshell  and to prevent link rot     Inline elements  and only inline elements  can be vertically aligned in their context via vertical-align  middle  However  the    context    isn   t the whole parent container height  it   s the height of the text line they   re in  jsfiddle example For block elements  vertical alignment is harder and strongly depends on the specific situation    If the inner element can have a fixed height  you can make its position absolute and specify its height  margin-top and top position  jsfiddle example If the centered element consists of a single line and its parent height is fixed you can simply set the container   s line-height to fill its height  This method is quite versatile in my experience  jsfiddle example     there are more such special cases

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Almost all methods needs to specify the height  but often we don t have any heights  So here is a CSS3 3 line trick that doesn t require to know the height    element       position  relative      top  50       transform  translateY -50        It s supported even in IE9   with its vendor prefixes    element       position  relative      top  50       -webkit-transform  translateY -50        -ms-transform  translateY -50        transform  translateY -50        Source  http   zerosixthree se vertical-align-anything-with-just-3-lines-of-css

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3 ways to make center child div in a parent div   Absolute Positioning Method Flexbox Method Transform Translate Method    Demo    x000D   x000D     1st way    x000D   parent1   x000D    background  darkcyan  x000D     width  200px  x000D     height  200px  x000D     position  relative  x000D    x000D   child1   x000D    background  white  x000D    height  30px  x000D    width  30px  x000D    position  absolute  x000D    top  50   x000D    left  50   x000D    margin  -15px  x000D    x000D   x000D     2nd way    x000D   parent2   x000D    display  flex  x000D    justify-content  center  x000D    align-items  center  x000D    background  darkcyan  x000D    height  200px  x000D    width  200px  x000D    x000D   child2   x000D    background  white  x000D    height  30px  x000D    width  30px  x000D    x000D   x000D     3rd way    x000D   parent3   x000D    position  relative  x000D    height  200px  x000D    width  200px  x000D    background  darkcyan  x000D    x000D   child3   x000D    background  white  x000D    height  30px  x000D    width  30px  x000D    position  absolute  x000D    top  50   x000D    left  50   x000D    transform  translate -50   -50    x000D    x000D   lt div class  parent1  gt  x000D     lt div class  child1  gt  lt  div gt  x000D   lt  div gt  x000D   lt hr   gt  x000D   x000D   lt div class  parent2  gt  x000D     lt div class  child2  gt  lt  div gt  x000D   lt  div gt  x000D   lt hr   gt  x000D   x000D   lt div class  parent3  gt  x000D     lt div class  child3  gt  lt  div gt  x000D   lt  div gt  x000D   x000D   x000D

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All of them need to be vertically aligned within the div   Aligned how  Tops of the images aligned with the top of the text       One of the images needs to be absolute positioned within the div    Absolutely positioned relative to the DIV  Perhaps you could sketch out what you re looking for      fd has described the steps for absolute positioning  as well as adjusting the display of the H1 element such that images will appear inline with it  To that  i ll add that you can align the images by use of the vertical-align style    header h1   display  inline     header img   vertical-align  middle         this would put the header and images together  with top edges aligned  Other alignment options exist  see the documentation  You might also find it beneficial to drop the DIV and move the images inside the H1 element - this provides semantic value to the container  and removes the need to adjust the display of the H1    lt h1 id header  gt      lt img src       gt  lt  img gt     testing        lt img src       gt  lt  img gt   lt  h1 gt

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Vertically and Horizontally Align Element Use either of these  result would be the same   Bootstrap 4 CSS3   1  Bootstrap 4 3  for vertical alignment  d-flex align-items-center for horizontal alignment  d-flex justify-content-center for vertical and horizontal d-flex align-items-center justify-content-center  x000D   x000D   container       height  180px      width 100       background-color  blueviolet      container  gt  div     background-color  white    padding  1rem    x000D   lt link href  https   stackpath bootstrapcdn com bootstrap 4 3 1 css bootstrap min css   rel  stylesheet   gt    lt div class  d-flex align-items-center justify-content-center container  gt     lt div gt I am in Center lt  div gt   lt  div gt  x000D   x000D   x000D   2  CSS3  x000D   x000D   container       height  180px      width 100       background-color  blueviolet      container  gt  div     background-color  white    padding  1rem      center     display  flex    align-items  center    justify-content  center    x000D   lt div class  container center  gt       lt div gt I am in Center lt  div gt   lt  div gt  x000D   x000D   x000D

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All of them need to be vertically aligned within the div   Aligned how  Tops of the images aligned with the top of the text       One of the images needs to be absolute positioned within the div    Absolutely positioned relative to the DIV  Perhaps you could sketch out what you re looking for      fd has described the steps for absolute positioning  as well as adjusting the display of the H1 element such that images will appear inline with it  To that  i ll add that you can align the images by use of the vertical-align style    header h1   display  inline     header img   vertical-align  middle         this would put the header and images together  with top edges aligned  Other alignment options exist  see the documentation  You might also find it beneficial to drop the DIV and move the images inside the H1 element - this provides semantic value to the container  and removes the need to adjust the display of the H1    lt h1 id header  gt      lt img src       gt  lt  img gt     testing        lt img src       gt  lt  img gt   lt  h1 gt

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3 ways to make center child div in a parent div   Absolute Positioning Method Flexbox Method Transform Translate Method    Demo    x000D   x000D     1st way    x000D   parent1   x000D    background  darkcyan  x000D     width  200px  x000D     height  200px  x000D     position  relative  x000D    x000D   child1   x000D    background  white  x000D    height  30px  x000D    width  30px  x000D    position  absolute  x000D    top  50   x000D    left  50   x000D    margin  -15px  x000D    x000D   x000D     2nd way    x000D   parent2   x000D    display  flex  x000D    justify-content  center  x000D    align-items  center  x000D    background  darkcyan  x000D    height  200px  x000D    width  200px  x000D    x000D   child2   x000D    background  white  x000D    height  30px  x000D    width  30px  x000D    x000D   x000D     3rd way    x000D   parent3   x000D    position  relative  x000D    height  200px  x000D    width  200px  x000D    background  darkcyan  x000D    x000D   child3   x000D    background  white  x000D    height  30px  x000D    width  30px  x000D    position  absolute  x000D    top  50   x000D    left  50   x000D    transform  translate -50   -50    x000D    x000D   lt div class  parent1  gt  x000D     lt div class  child1  gt  lt  div gt  x000D   lt  div gt  x000D   lt hr   gt  x000D   x000D   lt div class  parent2  gt  x000D     lt div class  child2  gt  lt  div gt  x000D   lt  div gt  x000D   lt hr   gt  x000D   x000D   lt div class  parent3  gt  x000D     lt div class  child3  gt  lt  div gt  x000D   lt  div gt  x000D   x000D   x000D

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My trick is to put inside the div a table with 1 row and 1 column  set 100  of width and height  and the property vertical-align middle    lt div gt        lt table style  width 100   height 100    gt           lt tr gt               lt td style  vertical-align middle   gt                  BUTTON TEXT              lt  td gt           lt  tr gt       lt  table gt    lt  div gt    Fiddle  http   jsfiddle net joan16v sbqjnn9q

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A technique from a friend of mine   HTML    lt div style  height 100px  border 1px solid   gt       lt p style  border 1px dotted   gt I m vertically centered  lt  p gt   lt  div gt    CSS   div before  content      display inline-block  height 100   vertical-align middle   div p  display inline-block     DEMO here

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Just use a one-cell table inside the div  Just set the cell and table height and with to 100  and you can use the vertical-align   A one-cell table inside the div handles the vertical-align and is backward compatible back to the Stone Age

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Using only Bootstrap class   div  class  quot container d-flex quot  element inside div  class  quot m-auto quot    x000D   x000D   lt link rel  stylesheet  href  https   cdnjs cloudflare com ajax libs twitter-bootstrap 4 5 3 css bootstrap min css  crossorigin  anonymous  gt    lt div class  container d-flex mt-5  style  height 110px  background-color   333   gt     lt h2 class  m-auto  gt  lt a href  https   hovermind com   gt H VER M ND lt  a gt  lt  h2 gt   lt  div gt  x000D   x000D   x000D

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Now that flexbox support is increasing  this CSS applied to the containing element would vertically center the contained item    container               display  flex      align-items  center      Use the prefixed version if you also need to target Explorer 10  and old   lt  4 4  Android browsers    container       display  -ms-flexbox      display  -webkit-flex      display  flex       -ms-flex-align  center      -webkit-align-items  center      -webkit-box-align  center       align-items  center

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My new favorite way to do it is with a CSS grid    x000D   x000D     technique    x000D   x000D   wrapper   x000D    display  inline-grid  x000D    grid-auto-flow  column  x000D    align-items  center  x000D    justify-content  center  x000D    x000D   x000D     visual emphasis    x000D   x000D   wrapper   x000D    border  1px solid red  x000D    height  180px  x000D    width  400px  x000D    x000D   x000D  img   x000D    width  100px  x000D    height  80px  x000D    background   fafafa  x000D    x000D   x000D  img nth-child 2    x000D    height  120px  x000D    x000D   lt div class  wrapper  gt  x000D     lt img src  https   source unsplash com random 100x80  bear  gt  x000D     lt img src  https   source unsplash com random 100x120  lion  gt  x000D     lt img src  https   source unsplash com random 100x80  tiger  gt  x000D   lt  div gt  x000D   x000D   x000D

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Wow  this problem is popular  It s based on a misunderstanding in the vertical-align property  This excellent article explains it   Understanding vertical-align  or  How  Not  To Vertically Center Content  by Gavin Kistner      How to center in CSS    is a great web tool which helps to find the necessary CSS centering attributes for different situations     In a nutshell  and to prevent link rot     Inline elements  and only inline elements  can be vertically aligned in their context via vertical-align  middle  However  the    context    isn   t the whole parent container height  it   s the height of the text line they   re in  jsfiddle example For block elements  vertical alignment is harder and strongly depends on the specific situation    If the inner element can have a fixed height  you can make its position absolute and specify its height  margin-top and top position  jsfiddle example If the centered element consists of a single line and its parent height is fixed you can simply set the container   s line-height to fill its height  This method is quite versatile in my experience  jsfiddle example     there are more such special cases

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For me  it worked this way    lt div style  width 70px  height 68px  float right  display  table-cell  line-height  68px  gt       lt a href  javascript void 0   style  margin-left  4px  line-height  2  class  btn btn-primary  gt Login lt  a gt   lt  div gt    The  a  element converted to a button  using Bootstrap classes  and it is now vertically centered inside an outer  div

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I have been using the following solution  with no positioning and no line height  since over a year  it works with IE 7 and 8 as well    lt style gt   outer       font-size  0      width  400px      height  400px      background  orange      text-align  center      display  inline-block      outer  emptyDiv       height  100       background  orange      visibility  collapse      outer  inner       padding  10px      background  red      font  bold 12px Arial      verticalCenter       display  inline-block       display  inline      zoom  1      vertical-align  middle     lt  style gt    lt div class  outer  gt       lt div class  emptyDiv verticalCenter  gt  lt  div gt       lt div class  inner verticalCenter  gt           lt p gt Line 1 lt  p gt           lt p gt Line 2 lt  p gt       lt  div gt   lt  div gt

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using display flex  first you need to wrap the container of the item   that you want to align     lt div class  outdiv  gt         lt div class  indiv  gt            lt span gt test1 lt  span gt            lt span gt test2 lt  span gt         lt  div gt       lt  div gt       then apply the following css to wrapper div or outdiv in my example    outdiv       display  flex      justify-content center      align-items center

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Wow  this problem is popular  It s based on a misunderstanding in the vertical-align property  This excellent article explains it   Understanding vertical-align  or  How  Not  To Vertically Center Content  by Gavin Kistner      How to center in CSS    is a great web tool which helps to find the necessary CSS centering attributes for different situations     In a nutshell  and to prevent link rot     Inline elements  and only inline elements  can be vertically aligned in their context via vertical-align  middle  However  the    context    isn   t the whole parent container height  it   s the height of the text line they   re in  jsfiddle example For block elements  vertical alignment is harder and strongly depends on the specific situation    If the inner element can have a fixed height  you can make its position absolute and specify its height  margin-top and top position  jsfiddle example If the centered element consists of a single line and its parent height is fixed you can simply set the container   s line-height to fill its height  This method is quite versatile in my experience  jsfiddle example     there are more such special cases

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This is my personal solution for an i element inside a div  JSFiddle Example  HTML   lt div class  circle  gt       lt i class  fa fa-plus icon  gt   lt  i gt  lt  div gt    CSS   circle      border-radius  50      color  blue     background-color  red     height 100px     width 100px     text-align  center     line-height  100px      icon     font-size  50px    vertical-align  middle

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lt  DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC  -  W3C  DTD HTML 4 01  EN  gt   lt html gt       lt head gt           lt style type  text css  gt               style center   position relative  top 50   left 50                  style center absolute   position absolute  top 50px  left 50px                 lt  -- style center   position relative  top 50   left 50   height 50px  margin-top -25px   -- gt           lt  style gt       lt  head gt        lt body gt           lt div style  height 200px  width 200px  background  00FF00  gt               lt div id  style center  gt   lt  div gt           lt  div gt       lt  body gt   lt  html gt

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Use this formula  and it will works always without cracks    x000D   x000D   outer  height  400px  overflow  hidden  position  relative   x000D   outer id   display  table  position  static   x000D   x000D   middle  position  absolute  top  50       For explorer only   x000D   middle id   display  table-cell  vertical-align  middle  width  100    x000D   x000D   inner  position  relative  top  -50      For explorer only    x000D     Optional   inner id   position  static      x000D   lt div id  outer  gt  x000D     lt div id  middle  gt  x000D       lt div id  inner  gt  x000D        any text x000D        any height x000D        any content  for example generated from DB x000D        everything is vertically centered x000D       lt  div gt  x000D     lt  div gt  x000D   lt  div gt  x000D   x000D   x000D

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Just this    lt div gt       lt table style  width  100   height  100   gt           lt tr gt               lt td style  width  100   height  100   vertical-align  middle   gt                 What ever you want vertically-aligned              lt  td gt           lt  tr gt       lt  table gt   lt  div gt    A one-cell table inside the div handles the vertical-align and is backward compatible back to the Stone Age

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As per today  I have found a new workaround to vertically align multiple text-lines in a div using CSS3  and I am also using bootstrap v3 grid system to beautify the UI   which is as below    immediate-parent-of-text-containing-div      height  50px             or any fixed height that suits you        text-containing-div       display  inline-grid      align-items  center      text-align  center      height  100       As per my understanding  immediate parent of text containing element must have some height  I hope it will help you too  Thanks

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We may use a CSS function calculation to calculate the size of the element and then position the child element accordingly   Example HTML    lt div class  box  gt       lt span gt  lt a href     gt Some Text lt  a gt  lt  span gt   lt  div gt    And CSS    box       display  block      background   60D3E8      position  relative      width  300px      height  200px      text-align  center      box span       font  bold 20px 20px  source code pro   sans-serif      position  absolute      left  0      right  0      top  calc 50  - 10px     a       color  white      text-decoration  none      Demo created here  https   jsfiddle net xnjq1t22   This solution works well with responsive div height and width as well   Note  The calc function is not tested for compatiblity with old browsers

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We may use a CSS function calculation to calculate the size of the element and then position the child element accordingly   Example HTML    lt div class  box  gt       lt span gt  lt a href     gt Some Text lt  a gt  lt  span gt   lt  div gt    And CSS    box       display  block      background   60D3E8      position  relative      width  300px      height  200px      text-align  center      box span       font  bold 20px 20px  source code pro   sans-serif      position  absolute      left  0      right  0      top  calc 50  - 10px     a       color  white      text-decoration  none      Demo created here  https   jsfiddle net xnjq1t22   This solution works well with responsive div height and width as well   Note  The calc function is not tested for compatiblity with old browsers

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As per today  I have found a new workaround to vertically align multiple text-lines in a div using CSS3  and I am also using bootstrap v3 grid system to beautify the UI   which is as below    immediate-parent-of-text-containing-div      height  50px             or any fixed height that suits you        text-containing-div       display  inline-grid      align-items  center      text-align  center      height  100       As per my understanding  immediate parent of text containing element must have some height  I hope it will help you too  Thanks

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Just this    lt div gt       lt table style  width  100   height  100   gt           lt tr gt               lt td style  width  100   height  100   vertical-align  middle   gt                 What ever you want vertically-aligned              lt  td gt           lt  tr gt       lt  table gt   lt  div gt    A one-cell table inside the div handles the vertical-align and is backward compatible back to the Stone Age

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using display flex  first you need to wrap the container of the item   that you want to align     lt div class  outdiv  gt         lt div class  indiv  gt            lt span gt test1 lt  span gt            lt span gt test2 lt  span gt         lt  div gt       lt  div gt       then apply the following css to wrapper div or outdiv in my example    outdiv       display  flex      justify-content center      align-items center

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It worked for me    vcontainer       min-height  10em      display  table-cell      vertical-align  middle

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To position block elements to the center  works in IE9 and above   needs a wrapper div    vcontainer     position  relative    top  50     transform  translateY -50      -webkit-transform  translateY -50

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Here is just another  responsive  approach   html      body           height  100             body           margin  0              table           display  table          width   auto          table-layout auto          height  100                  table nth-child even                background   a9edc3                     table nth-child odd                background   eda9ce                  tr           display  table-row             td           display  table-cell          width  50           vertical-align  middle          http   jsfiddle net herrfischerhamburg JcVxz

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To position block elements to the center  works in IE9 and above   needs a wrapper div    vcontainer     position  relative    top  50     transform  translateY -50      -webkit-transform  translateY -50

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lt div id  header  style  display  table-cell  vertical-align middle   gt         or CSS   someClass      display  table-cell     vertical-align middle      Browser Coverage

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Vertically and Horizontally Align Element Use either of these  result would be the same   Bootstrap 4 CSS3   1  Bootstrap 4 3  for vertical alignment  d-flex align-items-center for horizontal alignment  d-flex justify-content-center for vertical and horizontal d-flex align-items-center justify-content-center  x000D   x000D   container       height  180px      width 100       background-color  blueviolet      container  gt  div     background-color  white    padding  1rem    x000D   lt link href  https   stackpath bootstrapcdn com bootstrap 4 3 1 css bootstrap min css   rel  stylesheet   gt    lt div class  d-flex align-items-center justify-content-center container  gt     lt div gt I am in Center lt  div gt   lt  div gt  x000D   x000D   x000D   2  CSS3  x000D   x000D   container       height  180px      width 100       background-color  blueviolet      container  gt  div     background-color  white    padding  1rem      center     display  flex    align-items  center    justify-content  center    x000D   lt div class  container center  gt       lt div gt I am in Center lt  div gt   lt  div gt  x000D   x000D   x000D

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outer      display  flex     align-items  center      justify-content  center

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Wow  this problem is popular  It s based on a misunderstanding in the vertical-align property  This excellent article explains it   Understanding vertical-align  or  How  Not  To Vertically Center Content  by Gavin Kistner      How to center in CSS    is a great web tool which helps to find the necessary CSS centering attributes for different situations     In a nutshell  and to prevent link rot     Inline elements  and only inline elements  can be vertically aligned in their context via vertical-align  middle  However  the    context    isn   t the whole parent container height  it   s the height of the text line they   re in  jsfiddle example For block elements  vertical alignment is harder and strongly depends on the specific situation    If the inner element can have a fixed height  you can make its position absolute and specify its height  margin-top and top position  jsfiddle example If the centered element consists of a single line and its parent height is fixed you can simply set the container   s line-height to fill its height  This method is quite versatile in my experience  jsfiddle example     there are more such special cases

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It worked for me    vcontainer       min-height  10em      display  table-cell      vertical-align  middle

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Just use a one-cell table inside the div  Just set the cell and table height and with to 100  and you can use the vertical-align   A one-cell table inside the div handles the vertical-align and is backward compatible back to the Stone Age

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My trick is to put inside the div a table with 1 row and 1 column  set 100  of width and height  and the property vertical-align middle    lt div gt        lt table style  width 100   height 100    gt           lt tr gt               lt td style  vertical-align middle   gt                  BUTTON TEXT              lt  td gt           lt  tr gt       lt  table gt    lt  div gt    Fiddle  http   jsfiddle net joan16v sbqjnn9q

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I used this very simple code   HTML    lt div class  ext-box  gt       lt div class  int-box  gt           lt h2 gt Some txt lt  h2 gt           lt p gt bla bla bla lt  p gt       lt  div gt   lt  div gt    CSS   div ext-box   display  table  width 100    div int-box   display  table-cell  vertical-align  middle      Obviously  whether you use a  class or an  id  the result won t change

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Using only Bootstrap class   div  class  quot container d-flex quot  element inside div  class  quot m-auto quot    x000D   x000D   lt link rel  stylesheet  href  https   cdnjs cloudflare com ajax libs twitter-bootstrap 4 5 3 css bootstrap min css  crossorigin  anonymous  gt    lt div class  container d-flex mt-5  style  height 110px  background-color   333   gt     lt h2 class  m-auto  gt  lt a href  https   hovermind com   gt H VER M ND lt  a gt  lt  h2 gt   lt  div gt  x000D   x000D   x000D

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By default h1 is a block element and will render on the line after the first img  and will cause the second img to appear on the line following the block   To stop this from occurring you can set the h1 to have inline flow behaviour    header  gt  h1   display  inline      As for absolutely positioning the img inside the div  you need to set the containing div to have a  known size  before this will work properly   In my experience  you also need to change the position attribute away from the default - position  relative works for me    header   position  relative  width  20em  height  20em     img-for-abs-positioning   position  absolute  top  0  left  0      If you can get that to work  you might want to try progressively removing the height  width  position attributes from div header to get the minimal required attributes to get the effect you want   UPDATE   Here is a complete example that works on Firefox 3    lt  DOCTYPE html PUBLIC  -  W3C  DTD XHTML 1 0 Strict  EN             http   www w3 org TR xhtml1 DTD xhtml1-strict dtd  gt   lt html gt       lt head gt           lt title gt Example of vertical positioning inside a div lt  title gt           lt style type  text css  gt               header  gt  h1   display  inline                 header   border  solid 1px red                         position  relative                 img-for-abs-positioning   position  absolute                                         bottom  -1em  right  2em             lt  style gt       lt  head gt        lt body gt           lt div id  header  gt               lt img src     alt  Image 1  width  40  height  40    gt               lt h1 gt Header lt  h1 gt               lt img src     alt  Image 2  width  40  height  40                    id  img-for-abs-positioning    gt           lt  div gt       lt  body gt   lt  html gt

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Using CSS to vertical center  you can let the outer containers act like a table  and the content as a table cell  In this format your objects will stay centered       I nested multiple objects in JSFiddle for an example  but the core idea is like this   HTML   lt div class  circle  gt     lt div class  content  gt      Some text    lt  div gt   lt  div gt    CSS    circle         act as a table so we can center vertically its child       display  table        set dimensions       height  200px     width  200px        horizontal center text       text-align  center        create a red circle       border-radius  100      background  red        content         act as a table cell       display  table-cell        and now we can vertically center        vertical-align  middle        some basic markup       font-size  30px     font-weight  bold     color  white       The multiple objects example   HTML   lt div class  container  gt     lt div class  content  gt        lt div class  centerhoriz  gt          lt div class  circle  gt           lt div class  content  gt            Some text          lt  div gt  lt  -- content -- gt         lt  div gt  lt  -- circle -- gt          lt div class  square  gt           lt div class  content  gt             lt div id  smallcircle  gt  lt  div gt           lt  div gt  lt  -- content -- gt         lt  div gt  lt  -- square -- gt        lt  div gt  lt  -- center-horiz -- gt      lt  div gt  lt  -- content -- gt   lt  div gt  lt  -- container -- gt    CSS   container     display  table    height  500px    width  300px    text-align  center    background  lightblue      centerhoriz     display  inline-block      circle     display  table    height  200px    width  200px    text-align  center    background  red    border-radius  100     margin  10px      square     display  table    height  200px    width  200px    text-align  center    background  blue    margin  10px      content     display  table-cell    vertical-align  middle    font-size  30px    font-weight  bold    color  white      smallcircle     display  inline-block    height  50px    width  50px    background  green    border-radius  100       Result    https   jsfiddle net martjemeyer ybs032uc 1

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lt div id  header  style  display  table-cell  vertical-align middle   gt         or CSS   someClass      display  table-cell     vertical-align middle      Browser Coverage

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outer      display  flex     align-items  center      justify-content  center

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lt  DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC  -  W3C  DTD HTML 4 01  EN  gt   lt html gt       lt head gt           lt style type  text css  gt               style center   position relative  top 50   left 50                  style center absolute   position absolute  top 50px  left 50px                 lt  -- style center   position relative  top 50   left 50   height 50px  margin-top -25px   -- gt           lt  style gt       lt  head gt        lt body gt           lt div style  height 200px  width 200px  background  00FF00  gt               lt div id  style center  gt   lt  div gt           lt  div gt       lt  body gt   lt  html gt

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This is my personal solution for an i element inside a div  JSFiddle Example  HTML   lt div class  circle  gt       lt i class  fa fa-plus icon  gt   lt  i gt  lt  div gt    CSS   circle      border-radius  50      color  blue     background-color  red     height 100px     width 100px     text-align  center     line-height  100px      icon     font-size  50px    vertical-align  middle

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A technique from a friend of mine   HTML    lt div style  height 100px  border 1px solid   gt       lt p style  border 1px dotted   gt I m vertically centered  lt  p gt   lt  div gt    CSS   div before  content      display inline-block  height 100   vertical-align middle   div p  display inline-block     DEMO here

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Use this formula  and it will works always without cracks    x000D   x000D   outer  height  400px  overflow  hidden  position  relative   x000D   outer id   display  table  position  static   x000D   x000D   middle  position  absolute  top  50       For explorer only   x000D   middle id   display  table-cell  vertical-align  middle  width  100    x000D   x000D   inner  position  relative  top  -50      For explorer only    x000D     Optional   inner id   position  static      x000D   lt div id  outer  gt  x000D     lt div id  middle  gt  x000D       lt div id  inner  gt  x000D        any text x000D        any height x000D        any content  for example generated from DB x000D        everything is vertically centered x000D       lt  div gt  x000D     lt  div gt  x000D   lt  div gt  x000D   x000D   x000D

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Now that flexbox support is increasing  this CSS applied to the containing element would vertically center the contained item    container               display  flex      align-items  center      Use the prefixed version if you also need to target Explorer 10  and old   lt  4 4  Android browsers    container       display  -ms-flexbox      display  -webkit-flex      display  flex       -ms-flex-align  center      -webkit-align-items  center      -webkit-box-align  center       align-items  center

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