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CSS

jason limmm
jason limmm
8,009 Points
Posted by jason limmm
jason limmm
8,009 Points

unable to center by setting padding to auto

.flex{
    display:flex;
}
#selectbuttoncontainer{
    align-items:center;
    flex-direction: row;
    width:100vw;
    height:100vh;
}
#selectbuttoncontainer a{
    font-size: 8rem;
    width:500px;
    height:500px;
    margin:0 calc(105px/2);
    padding:auto;
    text-decoration: none;
}

#easy{
    border:black solid 10px;
}
#medium{
    border:black solid 10px;
}
#hard{
    border:black solid 10px;
}

<!DOCTYPE html>

<html>
    <head>
        <title>Math Exercise Menu</title>
        <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://necolas.github.io/normalize.css/8.0.1/normalize.css">
        <link rel="stylesheet" href="menustyles.css">
    </head>
    <body>
        <div id="selectbuttoncontainer" class="flex">
            <a id="easy" href="easy.html">Easy</a>
            <a id="medium" href="medium.html">Medium</a>
            <a id="hard" href="hard.html">Hard</a>
        </div>
    </body>
</html>

i am unable to set the padding of my links so that the text are in the center of the button

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,236 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,236 Points

Both padding and auto-centering work on block type elements, but anchors (a) are flow elements. So they will only be as wide as they need to be to hold their content. You might center the element itself inside something, but you won't need to center their inside content.

For future postings, consider using a workspace snapshot to make it easy to replicate the issue. See this video about sharing a snapshot of your workspace.

jason limmm
jason limmm
8,009 Points
jason limmm
jason limmm
8,009 Points

https://w.trhou.se/m0ddormqdp here is the snapshot i still can't center the text inside

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,236 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,236 Points

I'm still not seeing the issue. At these large font sizes, the words fill up the boxes and don't need centering.

But if I reduce the font size, I can see where you might want to add text-align: center; to the anchor properties.

jason limmm
jason limmm
8,009 Points
jason limmm
jason limmm
8,009 Points

oh ok, but i want the text to be completely centered, horizontally and vertically