How to Center Content in a Div Using CSS

CSS center content inside div

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.

How do I center content in a div using CSS?

Update 2020:

There are several options available*:

*Disclaimer: This list may not be complete.

Using Flexbox
Nowadays, we can use flexbox. It is quite a handy alternative to the css-transform option. I would use this solution almost always. If it is just one element maybe not, but for example if I had to support an array of data e.g. rows and columns and I want them to be relatively centered in the very middle.

.flexbox {
  display: flex;
  height: 100px;
  flex-flow: row wrap;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: center;
  background-color: #eaeaea;
  border: 1px dotted #333;
}

.item {
  /* default => flex: 0 1 auto */
  background-color: #fff;
  border: 1px dotted #333;
  box-sizing: border-box;
}

<div class="flexbox">
  <div class="item">I am centered in the middle.</div>
  <div class="item">I am centered in the middle, too.</div>
</div>

How to center align content in a DIV tag

Try this:

#parent {
   text-align: center;
}

#content {
   display: inline-block;
}

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.

Center a div in CSS

The text-align: center; only centers the element's inline contents, not the element itself.

If it is a block element (a div is), you need to set margin: 0 auto;, else if it is an inline element, you need to set the text-align: center; on its parent element instead.

The margin: 0 auto; will set top and bottom margin to 0 and left and right margin to auto (of the same size) so that it automagically puts itself in the center. This only works if the block element in question has a known width (either fixed or relative), else it cannot figure where to start and end.

How can I center a div within another div?

You need to set the width of the container (auto won't work):

#container {
    width: 640px; /* Can be in percentage also. */
    height: auto;
    margin: 0 auto;
    padding: 10px;
    position: relative;
}

The CSS reference by MDN explains it all.

Check out these links:

• auto - CSS reference | MDN
• margin - CSS reference | MDN
• What is the meaning of auto value in a CSS property - Stack Overflow

In action at jsFiddle.

Center all the content inside div using Bootstrap 3

Is this what you want?

If so, just simply add text-align: center; to your .col-centered style.

How to center content in a Bootstrap column?

Use:

<!-- unsupported by HTML5 -->
<div class="col-xs-1" align="center">

instead of

<div class="col-xs-1 center-block">

You can also use bootstrap 3 css:

<!-- recommended method -->
<div class="col-xs-1 text-center">

Bootstrap 4 now has flex classes that will center the content:

<div class="d-flex justify-content-center">
   <div>some content</div>
</div>

Note that by default it will be x-axis unless flex-direction is column

CSS: center element within a div element

Set text-align:center; to the parent div, and margin:auto; to the child div.

#parent {

    text-align:center;

    background-color:blue;

    height:400px;

    width:600px;

}

.block {

    height:100px;

    width:200px;

    text-align:left;

}

.center {

    margin:auto;

    background-color:green;

}

.left {

    margin:auto auto auto 0;

    background-color:red;

}

.right {

    margin:auto 0 auto auto;

    background-color:yellow;

}

<div id="parent">

    <div id="child1" class="block center">

        a block to align center and with text aligned left

    </div>

    <div id="child2" class="block left">

        a block to align left and with text aligned left

    </div>

    <div id="child3" class="block right">

        a block to align right and with text aligned left

    </div>

</div>

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