CSS Vertical Align

How to vertically align an image inside a div

The only (and the best cross-browser) way as I know is to use an inline-block helper with height: 100% and vertical-align: middle on both elements.

So there is a solution: http://jsfiddle.net/kizu/4RPFa/4570/

.frame {    height: 25px;      /* Equals maximum image height */    width: 160px;    border: 1px solid red;    white-space: nowrap; /* This is required unless you put the helper span closely near the img */
    text-align: center;    margin: 1em 0;}
.helper {    display: inline-block;    height: 100%;    vertical-align: middle;}
img {    background: #3A6F9A;    vertical-align: middle;    max-height: 25px;    max-width: 160px;}

<div class="frame">    <span class="helper"></span><img src="http://jsfiddle.net/img/logo.png" height=250px /></div><div class="frame">    <span class="helper"></span><img src="http://jsfiddle.net/img/logo.png" height=25px /></div><div class="frame">    <span class="helper"></span><img src="http://jsfiddle.net/img/logo.png" height=23px /></div><div class="frame">    <span class="helper"></span><img src="http://jsfiddle.net/img/logo.png" height=21px /></div><div class="frame">    <span class="helper"></span><img src="http://jsfiddle.net/img/logo.png" height=19px /></div><div class="frame">    <span class="helper"></span>    <img src="http://jsfiddle.net/img/logo.png" height=17px /></div><div class="frame">    <span class="helper"></span>    <img src="http://jsfiddle.net/img/logo.png" height=15px /></div><div class="frame">    <span class="helper"></span>    <img src="http://jsfiddle.net/img/logo.png" height=13px /></div><div class="frame">    <span class="helper"></span>    <img src="http://jsfiddle.net/img/logo.png" height=11px /></div><div class="frame">    <span class="helper"></span>    <img src="http://jsfiddle.net/img/logo.png" height=9px /></div><div class="frame">    <span class="helper"></span>    <img src="http://jsfiddle.net/img/logo.png" height=7px /></div><div class="frame">    <span class="helper"></span>    <img src="http://jsfiddle.net/img/logo.png" height=5px /></div><div class="frame">    <span class="helper"></span>    <img src="http://jsfiddle.net/img/logo.png" height=3px /></div>

How can I vertically align elements in a div?

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.

Vertically align text within a div

Create a container for your text content, a span perhaps.

#column-content {  display: inline-block;}img {  vertical-align: middle;}span {  display: inline-block;  vertical-align: middle;}
/* for visual purposes */#column-content {  border: 1px solid red;  position: relative;}

<div id="column-content">
  <img src="http://i.imgur.com/WxW4B.png">  <span><strong>1234</strong>    yet another text content that should be centered vertically</span></div>

HTML/CSS: Vertical aligning span with vertical-align and line-height

Everything you said is right but you simply forget something which is inheritance. The span element is having the same line-height defined on the div that's why bottom has no effect in your case.

Reset the value to initial and it will work.

<div style="line-height: 50px; border: 1px solid yellow"><span style="border: 1px solid red; vertical-align: bottom;line-height:initial;">Some text</span></div>

CSS: Vertical-align

Here is an another option using "Flex" property.

<div id="parent">
  <div class="child">
    <p>I want to be vertical aligned</p>
  </div>
</div>

#parent {
  border: 1px solid red;
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  height: 100vh;
}

.child {
  border: 1px solid blue;
  flex-grow: 1;
}

Codepen demo link

Vertical-align not working as expected

I highly recommend reading this vertical-align article to gain in-depth understanding of the property.

CSS vertical align

To vertically-align text within a parent element, and bear in mind that an img is an inline-element and so behaves similarly to text, you can simply set the line-height to the height of the parent element:

div {
    height: 300px;
    line-height: 300px;
}

JS Fiddle demo.

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>

---

Related Topics