Aligning a float:left div to center?
HtmlCssHtml Problem Overview
I want to have a group of images display horizontally across the page. Each image has a few link below it so I need to put a container around each image/link-group.
The closest I have gotten to what I want is putting them in divs that float:left. The problem is I want the containers to align center not left. How can I achieve this.
Html Solutions
Solution 1 - Html
use display:inline-block; instead of float
you can't centre floats, but inline-blocks centre as if they were text, so on the outer overall container of your "row" - you would set text-align: center; then for each image/caption container (it's those which would be inline-block;) you can re-align the text to left if you require
Solution 2 - Html
CSS Flexbox is well supported these days. Go here for a good tutorial on flexbox.
This works fine in all newer browsers:
#container {
display: flex;
flex-wrap: wrap;
justify-content: center;
}
.block {
width: 150px;
height: 150px;
background-color: #cccccc;
margin: 10px;
}
<div id="container">
<div class="block">1</div>
<div class="block">2</div>
<div class="block">3</div>
<div class="block">4</div>
<div class="block">5</div>
</div>
Some may ask why not use display: inline-block? For simple things it is fine, but if you got complex code within the blocks, the layout may not be correctly centered anymore. Flexbox is more stable than float left.
Solution 3 - Html
try it like this:
<div id="divContainer">
<div class="divImageHolder">
IMG HERE
</div>
<div class="divImageHolder">
IMG HERE
</div>
<div class="divImageHolder">
IMG HERE
</div>
<br class="clear" />
</div>
<style type="text/css">
#divContainer { margin: 0 auto; width: 800px; }
.divImageHolder { float:left; }
.clear { clear:both; }
</style>
Solution 4 - Html
Just wrap floated elements in a <div> and give it this CSS:
.wrapper {
display: table;
margin: auto;
}
Solution 5 - Html
Perhaps this what you're looking for - https://www.w3schools.com/css/css3_flexbox.asp
CSS:
#container {
display: flex;
flex-wrap: wrap;
justify-content: center;
}
.block {
width: 150px;
height: 150px;
margin: 10px;
}
HTML:
<div id="container">
<div class="block">1</div>
<div class="block">2</div>
<div class="block">3</div>
</div>
Solution 6 - Html
.contentWrapper {
float: left;
clear: both;
margin-left: 10%;
margin-right: 10%;
}
.repeater {
height: 9em;
width: 9em;
float: left;
margin: 0.2em;
position: relative;
text-align: center;
cursor: pointer;
}
Solution 7 - Html
<html>
<head>
<title>Downloads</title>
<style>
.download-container{
width:90%;
margin:0 auto;
text-align:center;
border:0px;
padding:20px;
}
.download-cell{
vertical-align:center;
height:100px;
width:340px;
border:1px solid black;
border-radius:8px;
font-size:24px;
font-color:black;
z-index:2;
margin:20px;
background:white;
color:black;
display:inline-block;
margin:20px;
padding-top:20px;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<!--DOWNLOADS-->
<div class="download-container">
<br>
<div class="download-cell">
<a target="_blank" class="module" href="http://www.woocommerce.com">
<img src="Images/woo.png" style="width:60px; height:60px;" />
WooCommerce
</a>
</div>
<div class="download-cell">
<a target="_blank" class="module" href="http://magento.com">
<img src="Images/magento.png" style="width:60px; height:60px;" />
MAGENTO
</a>
</div>
<div class="download-cell">
<a target="_blank" class="module" href="http://www.lightspeedhq.com">
<img src="Images/lightspeed.png" style="width:60px; height:60px;" />
LIGHTSPEED
</a>
</div>
<div class="download-cell">
<a target="_blank" class="module" href="http://www.shopify.com">
<img src="Images/shopify.png" style="width:60px; height:60px;" />
SHOPIFY
</a>
</div>
<div class="download-cell">
<a target="_blank" class="module" href="http://opencart.com">
<img src="Images/opencart.png" style="width:60px; height:60px;" />
OPENCART
</a>
</div>
<div class="download-cell">
<a target="_blank" class="module" href="http://www.prestashop.com">
<img src="Images/prestashop.png" style="width:60px; height:60px;" />
PRESTASHOP
</a>
</div>
<div class="download-cell">
<a target="_blank" class="module" href="http://www.wix.com">
<img src="Images/wix.png" style="width:60px; height:60px;" />
WIX eCommerce
</a>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>