10 easy ways how to center a div vertically in another div | CSS Align Center
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Published: 2021-10-11 20:55:52


How to center a div vertically and horizontally in another div using #CSS. 

This video is for those web #developers who are struggling to find out how to center a div vertically in another div, or if you're looking for some quick and easy ways on how to do it without too much fuss. In this video, I show you 10 different ways to center a div vertically in another. These are the best and easiest methods that work for any website layout.

Centering an element horizontally and vertically in CSS is a very common question among website developers. Imagine that you have two parent div elements, one surrounding the other with their child dIVs inside of them on your HTML/CSS page- how do we center both sets so they are all aligned? There are many ways to achieve this goal but here’s what I typically use:

**Here are 10 easy ways to center a div vertically and horizontally:**

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First of all, create an HTML div element with container class and another div inside container div with a class named innerDiv. Then apply the following CSS code one by one to align content center inside container div:

**CSS Source Code to Center a div inside a container div**

```css
.container {
  position: relative;
}
.innerDiv {
  position: absolute;;
  top: 50%;
  left: 50%;    
  margin-left: -50px;
  margin-top: -50px;
}

/*2. position Absolute with Calc function */
.container {
  position: relative;
}
.innerDiv {
  position: absolute;
  top: calc(50% - 50px);
  left: calc(50% - 50px);
}

/* 3.  Using position Absolute with Transform */
.container {
  position: relative;
}
.innerDiv {
  position: absolute;
  top: 50%;
  left: 50%;
  transform: translate(-50%, -50%);
}


/* 4- Absolute + Margin Auto */
.container {
  position: relative;
}.innerDiv {
  position: absolute;
  top: 0;
  left: 0;
  right: 0;
  bottom: 0;
  margin: auto;
}

/* 5. Center a div center using text align */
.container {
  line-height: 300px;
  text-align: center;
  font-size: 0px;
}
.innerDiv {
  font-size: 16px;
  display: inline-block;
  vertical-align: middle;
  line-height: initial;
}


/* 6. Center div center using Table */
.container {
  text-align: center;
}
.innerDiv {
  display: inline-block;
}


/* 7. Align div center using CSS-table */
.container {
  display: table-cell;
  text-align: center;
  vertical-align: middle ;
}
.innerDiv {
  display: inline-block;
}


/* 8. Using Flexbox css property */
.container {
  display: flex;
  justify-content: center;
  align-items: center;
}


/* 9. How to align div center Using CSS Grid */
.container {
  display: grid;
}
.innerDiv {
  align-self: center;
  justify-self: center;
}


/* 10. how to center a dive using writing-mode css property  */
.container {
  writing-mode: vertical-lr;
  text-align: center;
}.middle {
  writing-mode: horizontal-tb;
  display: inline-block;
  text-align: center;
  width: 100%;
}.innerDiv {
  display: inline-block;
  margin: auto;
  text-align: left;
}
```

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