CSS Div Center Multi-Line Text Vertically and Horizontally with a Background Image

css div center multi-line text vertically and horizontally with a background image

You have some unnecessary css such as margin: -257px 0 0 -500px; left:50%;
top:50%; width: 1000px; height: 515px; on .innie , which is throwing off your center alignment.

I think this, what you are going for.

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CSS

.title {
    font-family: "Book Antiqua", "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;
    font-size: 400%;
}

.subtitle {
    font-family: "Book Antiqua", "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;
    font-size: 150%;
}

.subnote {
    font-family: "Book Antiqua", "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;
    font-size: 75%;
}

.outer {
    display: table;
    position: absolute;
    height: 100%;
    width: 100%;
    background:url('https://placeimg.com/600/300/any')no-repeat;
    background-position: center;
}

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

.innie {
    text-align: center;
}

jsFiddle Demo - https://jsfiddle.net/8dphnor5/

How do I align multi line text vertically with background image set for :before

You can use display: flex on a element.

a {  align-items: center;  display: flex;  width: 300px;  border: 1px solid black;}
.submenu-icon:before {  content: "PSEUDO";  padding: 20px;}

<a href="Consultancy-professional-services" class="submenu-icon">Consultancy & Professional Services  </a>

Vertically align text next to an image?

Actually, in this case it's quite simple: apply the vertical align to the image. Since it's all in one line, it's really the image you want aligned, not the text.

<!-- moved "vertical-align:middle" style from span to img -->
<div>
  <img style="vertical-align:middle" src="https://via.placeholder.com/60x60" alt="A grey image showing text 60 x 60">
  <span style="">Works.</span>
</div>

How can I center text (horizontally and vertically) inside a div block?

If it is one line of text and/or image, then it is easy to do. Just use:

text-align: center;
vertical-align: middle;
line-height: 90px;       /* The same as your div height */

That's it. If it can be multiple lines, then it is somewhat more complicated. But there are solutions on http://pmob.co.uk/. Look for "vertical align".

Since they tend to be hacks or adding complicated divs... I usually use a table with a single cell to do it... to make it as simple as possible.

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Update for 2020:

Unless you need make it work on earlier browsers such as Internet Explorer 10, you can use flexbox. It is widely supported by all current major browsers. Basically, the container needs to be specified as a flex container, together with centering along its main and cross axis:

#container {
  display: flex;
  justify-content: center;
  align-items: center;
}

To specify a fixed width for the child, which is called a "flex item":

#content {
  flex: 0 0 120px;
}

Example: http://jsfiddle.net/2woqsef1/1/

To shrink-wrap the content, it is even simpler: just remove the flex: ... line from the flex item, and it is automatically shrink-wrapped.

Example: http://jsfiddle.net/2woqsef1/2/

The examples above have been tested on major browsers including MS Edge and Internet Explorer 11.

One technical note if you need to customize it: inside of the flex item, since this flex item is not a flex container itself, the old non-flexbox way of CSS works as expected. However, if you add an additional flex item to the current flex container, the two flex items will be horizontally placed. To make them vertically placed, add the flex-direction: column; to the flex container. This is how it works between a flex container and its immediate child elements.

There is an alternative method of doing the centering: by not specifying center for the distribution on the main and cross axis for the flex container, but instead specify margin: auto on the flex item to take up all extra space in all four directions, and the evenly distributed margins will make the flex item centered in all directions. This works except when there are multiple flex items. Also, this technique works on MS Edge but not on Internet Explorer 11.

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Update for 2016 / 2017:

It can be more commonly done with transform, and it works well even in older browsers such as Internet Explorer 10 and Internet Explorer 11. It can support multiple lines of text:

position: relative;
top: 50%;
transform: translateY(-50%);

Example: https://jsfiddle.net/wb8u02kL/1/

To shrink-wrap the width:

The solution above used a fixed width for the content area. To use a shrink-wrapped width, use

position: relative;
float: left;
top: 50%;
left: 50%;
transform: translate(-50%, -50%);

Example: https://jsfiddle.net/wb8u02kL/2/

If the support for Internet Explorer 10 is needed, then flexbox won't work and the method above and the line-height method would work. Otherwise, flexbox would do the job.

How to make an image center (vertically & horizontally) inside a bigger div

Personally, I'd place it as the background image within the div, the CSS for that being:

#demo {
    background: url(bg_apple_little.gif) no-repeat center center;
    height: 200px;
    width: 200px;
}

(Assumes a div with id="demo" as you are already specifying height and width adding a background shouldn't be an issue)

Let the browser take the strain.

Vertically centre multi-line text over an image

Created a fiddle.

Add the following css to .caption-wrapper:

top: 50%;
transform: translateY(-50%);
-webkit-transorm: translateY(-50%); /* for Chrome */
position: absolute;
left: 0;
display: inline-block;

Also, remove the height: 100% and width: 100% properties from .caption-wrapper.

css vertical align img and text (multiline) in li

I have rewrote your html to accomodate the changes.
I have applied two options:

• variable height list items.
• fixed height list items with overflow.

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Fixed height list items

CLICK FOR DEMO

This option is fully browser compatible but would require manually adjustment of the top margin for each list item.
Alternatively this option could still be used with the box flex model described below.

Fix height of list item and add scroll on overflow:

height:70px;
overflow:auto;

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Variable height list items

CLICK FOR DEMO

This option relies on css3 flex box model:

display:flex;
display:-webkit-flex;
align-items:center;
-webkit-align-items:center;
justify-content:center;
-webkit-justify-content:center;

Please note flex box requires browser support. It is now highly compatible with modern browsers however old versions of the useless outdated browser ie will not support it.
Users of these browsers will still have a nice viewing experience however the images will be aligned at the top of each list box and not the center.

Vertically align multi-lines text next to an image?

Let try with:

<style>
.align-middle {
   vertical-align: middle;
   display: inline-block;
 }
</style>

<div>
  <img class="align-middle" src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/ymxaR.png">

  <span class="align-middle">
    <p>(1)I'm in the middle of the image! thanks to CSS! hooray!</p>
    <p>(2)I'm in the middle of the image! thanks to CSS! hooray!</p>
    <p>(3)I'm in the middle of the image! thanks to CSS! hooray!</p>
  </span>
</div>

How to center an element horizontally and vertically

• Approach 1 - transform translateX/translateY:

Example Here / Full Screen Example

In supported browsers (most of them), you can use top: 50%/left: 50% in combination with translateX(-50%) translateY(-50%) to dynamically vertically/horizontally center the element.

.container {
    position: absolute;
    top: 50%;
    left: 50%;
    -moz-transform: translateX(-50%) translateY(-50%);
    -webkit-transform: translateX(-50%) translateY(-50%);
    transform: translateX(-50%) translateY(-50%);
}

<div class="container">
    <span>I'm vertically/horizontally centered!</span>
</div>

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