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CSS CSS Selectors Selectors - Beyond the Basics DRY CSS

Giuseppe Ardito
Giuseppe Ardito
14,130 Points
Posted by Giuseppe Ardito
Giuseppe Ardito
14,130 Points

Centering "submit" and "reset" button with attribute selector

I wanted to center the buttons "submit" and "reset".

I used the text-align property to do it as the class .inln is set with "display: inline-block;" :

@media (min-width: 769px) {
  .inln {
    width: auto;
    display: inline-block;
  }
}

but I noticed that it won't work if I use the attribute selectors and the "margin: auto" property:

input[type="submit"],
input[type="reset"] {
  margin: auto;
}

Is "margin:auto" compatible with "inline-blocks" elements? Is there any other way to center these two elements?

3 Answers

Chris Whiteley
Chris Whiteley
1,680 Points
Chris Whiteley
Chris Whiteley
1,680 Points

Add text-align:center to a containing element.

Antonio Jaramillo
Antonio Jaramillo
15,604 Points
Antonio Jaramillo
Antonio Jaramillo
15,604 Points

I added a p tag around the buttons and then set p to text-align: center on my selectors.css style sheet. It worked. I'm not sure if that is the best way of going about this, though.

Adrian Cacoveanu
Adrian Cacoveanu
4,275 Points
Adrian Cacoveanu
Adrian Cacoveanu
4,275 Points

I was pondering at the same problem (I know this is a late reply) This is what i did to resolve the issue: First I set the div to max-width: 40%, after that I applied the following rules to the media query:

     @media (min-width: 769px) {
    .inln {
    display: inline-block;

    }
    .default {
        width: 45%;
    }
    .error {
        width: 45%;
        float: right;
    }

}

this will make the buttons display inline with a 10% gap between them (it looks better).