Centering

Centering

Centering is the act of putting something in the middle of a page. It’s often much easier said than done! This is because there are many different ways to center elements. The way to do it is determined by whether we’re centering horizontally, vertically, or both!

In this lesson, we’ll look at how to do it best in each scenario.

Horizontal centering

Inline elements

Inline elements such as text can be centered horizontally with the text-align property:

p {
  text-align: center;
}

This works for inline, inline-block, inline-flex, inline-table, and so on.

Block elements

Block-level elements can be centered if both their margin-left and margin-right properties are set to auto (assuming the element has a width). It’s often done with the margin shorthand:

.element {
  margin: 0 auto;
}

However, the modern way to center block-level elements (anything that isn’t text) is to use Flexbox! This horizontally centers any element inside the .container element.