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JavaScript

Posted by aidasvilnius
aidasvilnius
2,281 Points

Centering div`s using jquery

Hi everybody! (imagine voice of Dr. Nick from Simpsons)

I am facing a bit of a dilemma here. In my code Im using a few different divs and I want to center them all in the browsers window center. To do that I`m using this bit of jquery:

<script type="text/javascript" src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.0/jquery.min.js"></script>

    <script type="text/javascript"> 


      $(window).resize(adjustLayout).resize(); 
      $(document).ready(function(){
          adjustLayout();
      })

      function adjustLayout(){
          $('#some_div1, #some_div2, #some_div3').css({
              position:'absolute',
              left: ($(window).width() - $('#some_div1').outerWidth())/2,
              top: ($(window).height() - $('#some_div1').outerHeight())/2
          });

      }
</script>

When the page loads, div`s are being centered vertically (yay!) but not horizontally - until the page is resized manually. What could be the fix?

Thanks!

Dave McFarland
Dave McFarland
Treehouse Teacher
Dave McFarland
Dave McFarland
Treehouse Teacher

Hi Aidas,

For the future, to put HTML/CSS/JavaScript in a forum post:

  1. hit return to create a new line and type three back tick characters ```

  2. hit return to create another new line and paste your HTML

  3. hit return and add three more back tick characters: ``` The back tick character isn't the same as the single quote -- ' -- mark; the back tick is located on the same key as the ~ on most keyboards.

Also to add correct color highlighting add the name of the language after the back ticks like this: ```CSS. Here's what CSS should look like in a forum post:

#gallery li {
  float: left;
  width: 45%;
}
aidasvilnius
aidasvilnius
2,281 Points

Thanks, Dave - now I get it! Updated the entry.

Jason Anello
Jason Anello
Courses Plus Student 94,610 Points

Can you post your html and css as well? Or consider putting this on codepen.

1 Answer

aidasvilnius
aidasvilnius
2,281 Points
aidasvilnius
aidasvilnius
2,281 Points

Yeah, it works if the div`s are selected statically in the css first, forgot that. However, if anybody knows more elegant solution. please comment

#some_div{
position: absolute;
}