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JavaScript jQuery Basics (2014) Creating a Simple Lightbox Perform: Part 3

Posted by Grace Ji
Grace Ji
5,402 Points

Why did he set text-align:center; to get the overlaid image center on css?

The overlaid image is not even text. Why did he apply text-align:center; to get the overlaid image on center?

2 Answers

Benjamin Larson
Benjamin Larson
34,055 Points
Benjamin Larson
Benjamin Larson
34,055 Points

The text-align property is probably not the best name. If you read on MDN: text-align, you'll see that it applies to any inline element. Since images by default are inline-block elements, the text-center property is applied.

Grace Ji
Grace Ji
5,402 Points

Awesome. Thank you Benjamin!

al76
al76
6,053 Points
al76
al76
6,053 Points

In addition, as there is no float centre using a float won't work. However, if your image has display block on it you can also use margin:0 auto; 

img {
    display:block;
    margin:0 auto;
}