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CSS

Posted by Abe Layee
Abe Layee
8,378 Points

How to center the next and previous button

I am trying to center the next and previous button. However, it doesn't seem to work for me. 

<body>
    <nav>
         <a href="#" class="logo"><img src="" alt="">Elite Fitness </a>
        <ul>
            <li><a href="index.html">Home</a></li>
            <li><a href="#">Get Started</a></li>
            <li><a href="">Location</a></li>
            <li><a href="">Sign Up</a></li>
            <li><a href="">Our community</a></li>
        </ul>
    </nav>
     <section class="slideshow">
         <div class="myslide">
         <img src="img/img2.jpg" alt="">
         </div>
    <div class="myslide">
     <img src="img/img5.jpg" alt="">
    </div>

    <div class="myslide">
     <img src="img/img6.jpg" alt="">
    </div>

    <div class="myslide">
         <img src="img/img7.jpg" alt="">
     </div>
     <a class="prev" i href="#">&#10094;</a>
     <a class="next"  href="#">&#10095;</a>


     </section>
</body>

Here is my css

*{
    padding:0;
    margin:0;
    box-sizing: border-box;
    list-style: none;
    text-decoration: none;
    font-family: 'Cabin', sans-serif
 }

html,
body {
    background:#fff;
    color:#555;
    font-family: 'Cabin', 'Arial', sans-serif;
    font-size:1em;
    font-weight:300;
    text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; /*render font perfectly*/
    overflow-x:hidden;
  }

  /*  Navigation */

  nav {
      background:rgba(46, 204, 113, 0.8);
      width:100%;
      height: 60px;
      border-top: 1px solid rgba(46, 204, 113, .5);
      border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(46, 204, 113, .5);
      position: sticky;

  }


  nav ul {
      display: flex;
      margin:0;
      padding: 0 100px;
      float:right;

  }

  nav ul li a {
      display: block;
      color:#fff;
      padding: 0 20px;
      text-decoration: none;
      text-transform: uppercase;
      line-height: 60px;

  }


  .logo {
      padding-left:50px;
      color:#fff;
      line-height: 50px;
      font-size:1.3rem;

  }

/****** Slide Show ***/

.slideshow{
    position: relative;
    margin: auto;
    width: 100%;
}

.myslide {
    background-size:cover;
    background-position:center;
    display: none;
}

.prev,
.next {
    margin-top:-45px;
    position: absolute;
}

.next {
    right: 0;
    border-radius: 3px 0 0 3px;
  }

2 Answers

Zhen Wong
Zhen Wong
7,816 Points
Zhen Wong
Zhen Wong
7,816 Points

I don't know the approach that you have used to centered the buttons that you had mentioned (or the a tags with class "next" and "prev"). Since you have placed {position: absolute;} for the buttons and {position: relative;} for the slideshow, my take is that you want to center the buttons within the slideshow div.

Here is how I would have added to you css:

.prev {
  left: 50%;
  transform: translateX(-200%);
}

.next {
    right: 50%;
    transform: translateX(200%);
}

The translateX is just a final touch up, you can change the appropriate % to your needs.

Gabriel Galán
Gabriel Galán
3,346 Points
Gabriel Galán
Gabriel Galán
3,346 Points

Have you tried targeting .myslide and using the text-align: center rule?

Cheers