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CSS

Posted by Ivan Tomicic
Ivan Tomicic
3,873 Points

How to center div with unknown content (width)

Hey guys, I need your help...

How can I center this div? It will have unknown number of "icon divs" inside so I can't set fixed width and set margin auto trick...

            <div class="icons">
                <div class="icon">
                    <img src="images/icon_brands.svg" alt="Brands">
                    <h3>Brands</h3>
                </div>
                <div class="icon">
                    <img src="images/icon_websites.svg" alt="Websites">
                    <h3>Websites</h3>
                </div>
                <div class="icon">
                    <img src="images/icon_socialmedia.svg" alt="Social Media">
                    <h3>Social Media</h3>
                </div>
                <div class="icon">
                    <img src="images/icon_printmaterial.svg" alt="Print Material">
                    <h3>Print Material</h3>
                </div>
            </div>

.icons {
    background: yellow; /* Random color for testing */
}

.icon {
    display: inline-block;
    width: 150px;
    margin: 0 25px;
}

.icons img {
    max-height: 50px;
}

.icon h3 {
    font-weight: 300;
    text-align: center;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    margin: 0;
    margin-top: 10px;
    padding-top: 10px;
    border-top: 1px solid #ccc;
    font-size: 16px;
}

Thank you

1 Answer

Erik McClintock
Erik McClintock
45,783 Points
Erik McClintock
Erik McClintock
45,783 Points

Ivan,

Here is a great resource on this situation:

http://css-tricks.com/centering-in-the-unknown/

Chris' site is an excellent place to find all sorts of fixes and tricks like this; you should peruse it a bit!

Happy coding!

Erik

Ivan Tomicic
Ivan Tomicic
3,873 Points

This helped :) Thanks!