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CSS

Posted by Nick Manring
Nick Manring
11,369 Points

Centering text (HTML/CSS)

I'm having trouble centering text on buttons for a web page styled with CSS. I can center them of I want it to be static on the page/button, but I want the buttons to flex with the page. Horizontal centering is working fine but vertical centering is where I'm stuck. Do I have to have the line-height be static? I just want the text inside a div/box to float in the center ... Help! Best video on here is fine or a bit of code to play with would be so helpful!

4 Answers

Hayden Taylor
Hayden Taylor
5,076 Points

Post some code.

You could try css text-align:center; and vertical-align: middle;

Andrei Mondoc
Andrei Mondoc
4,380 Points
Andrei Mondoc
Andrei Mondoc
4,380 Points

I don't know if I am right but with a padding with a value in percentages should work. Anyway a screenshot of your code will help us to understand what is going on.

Raúl Barrera C.
Raúl Barrera C.
18,943 Points
Raúl Barrera C.
Raúl Barrera C.
18,943 Points

If the height of buttons is static, try apply some padding on top and bottom.

Nick Manring
Nick Manring
11,369 Points
Nick Manring
Nick Manring
11,369 Points

**Vertical-align: middle** is just what i needed thank you! I swear I did not see that on any website references that are usually really good