CSS CSS Basics The Box Model Margins

Henrique Voni
Henrique Voni
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Posted by Henrique Voni
Henrique Voni
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Question about centering with margin:auto

I noticed that sometimes margin: 0 auto doesn't center my element on the page. Are these the requirements for centering that way?

1) Must be a display:block element; 2) Must have a width value.

Are there more requirements or am i wrong?

2 Answers

Nathan Tallack
Nathan Tallack
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Nathan Tallack
Nathan Tallack
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Yeah, you need a width. Try setting your width to 90%. Avoid a px value here because if your browser window is narrower then you will get the horizontal scroll bars.

Matthew Stanley
Matthew Stanley
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Matthew Stanley
Matthew Stanley
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Always remember Nathan's advice, because having to scroll horizontally is Hell on Earth.