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CSS

Posted by Marty Hitchcock
Marty Hitchcock
13,108 Points

horizontal aligning

Hi,

I am trying to center some things horizontally, in particular an image. Here is the current outcome: http://codepen.io/1marty4sale/full/vICFb

<div class="box" id="download-voobly">
    <h5>Download Voobly</h5>
            <img src="http://www.choiceas.com/box1.svg" id="download-img" alt="Download Icon">
            <p><a href="#" class="button-medium">Download</a></p>
    <a href="#">Version History</a>
</div>

#download-voobly {
      padding: 20px;
      text-align: middle;
  border: solid;
  margin: 0 40%;
}

#download-img {
    max-width: 70%;
    margin-left:auto;
    margin-right:auto;
}

It was my understanding that the margin-auto made things centered, so what am I doing wrong?

Thanks, Marty

2 Answers

Jason Anello
Jason Anello
Courses Plus Student 94,610 Points

Change text-align: middle to text-align: center

This will center all your elements. Is that what you wanted?

You can remove the margin properties on your img.

I think margin auto only works on block level elements. img is an inline element by default.

Marty Hitchcock
Marty Hitchcock
13,108 Points

Thank you! Feel silly for trying for as long as I did without working it out now but glad I understand why it wasn't working so I really appreciate your help.

Kamil Pawlik
Kamil Pawlik
1,484 Points
Kamil Pawlik
Kamil Pawlik
1,484 Points

First of all please set display: inline-block on p and img:

#download-voobly img, #download-voobly p{ display: inline-block}

Then set up #download-voobly with text-align: center:

#download-voobly{ text-align: center}