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Brandon Stiles
Brandon Stiles
12,305 Points
Posted by Brandon Stiles
Brandon Stiles
12,305 Points

How can I center text over an image (horizontally and vertically), and make it responsive?

I've been trying all day but can't get this to work:

I want to to overlay and totally center text over a rectangle shape (to make a 'Click Here to Open' button), then horizontally center the complete button on the page. I can't get it right. Here's my code: 

  <div class="button">
               <img src="img/menubutton.png" alt="free-stuff-button">
                    <p>FREE CONSULTATION</p>
  </div>

.button img{
    display: block;
    margin: auto;
    height: 10%;
    width: 50%;
    align-content: center;
    vertical-align: middle;
}


.button p{
    font-size: 1.8em;
    color: blue;
    text-align: center;
}

2 Answers

eck
eck
43,038 Points
eck
eck
43,038 Points

As simple as centering elements within others might seem there is actually a lot that can be said for it. If you look into flexbox as Callum suggested but are unable to find the right solution then I recommend you take a look at this article that goes over different methods to achieve center vertical alignment.