Centering Bootstrap input fields

I am new with this, especially with Bootstrap. I have this code:

<div class="row">
    <div class="col-lg-3">
       <div class="input-group">
	     <input type="text" class="form-control">
	     <span class="input-group-btn">
             <button class="btn btn-default" type="button">Go!</button>
	     </span>
	   </div><!-- /input-group -->
    </div><!-- /.col-lg-6 -->
</div><!-- /.row -->

I need to put this input field and button in the center of the page:

This didn't work: "margin-left: auto; margin-right:auto;"

![On webpage it looks like this][1] [1]: http://i.stack.imgur.com/DFgVd.jpg

Does anyone have any ideas?

You can use offsets to make a column appear centered, just use an offset equal to half of the remaining size of the row, in your case I would suggest using col-lg-4 with col-lg-offset-4, that's (12-4)/2.

<div class="row">
    <div class="col-lg-4 col-lg-offset-4">
        <div class="input-group">
            <input type="text" class="form-control" /> 
            <span class="input-group-btn">
                <button class="btn btn-default" type="button">Go!</button>
            </span>
        </div><!-- /input-group -->
    </div><!-- /.col-lg-4 -->
</div><!-- /.row -->

Demo fiddle

Note that this technique only works for even column sizes (.col-X-2, .col-X-4, col-X-6, etc...), if you want to support any size you can use margin: 0 auto; but you need to remove the float from the element too, I recommend a custom CSS class like the following:

.col-centered{
    margin: 0 auto;
    float: none;
}

Demo fiddle

The best way for centering your element it is using .center-block helper class. But must your bootstrap version not less than 3.1.1

<link href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/twitter-bootstrap/4.0.0-alpha/css/bootstrap.css" rel="stylesheet" />
<div class="row">
  <div class="col-lg-3 center-block">
    <div class="input-group">
      <input type="text" class="form-control">
      <span class="input-group-btn">
             <button class="btn btn-default" type="button">Go!</button>
         </span>
    </div>
    <!-- /input-group -->
  </div>
  <!-- /.col-lg-6 -->
</div>
<!-- /.row -->

Try applying this style to your div class="input-group":

text-align:center;

View it: Fiddle.

Using offsets is not desired for responsive websites.

Use a flexbox with justify content center:

<div class="row d-flex justify-content-center">
  <input></input>
</div>

Ok, this is best solution for me. Bootstrap includes mobile-first fluid grid system that appropriately scales up to 12 columns as the device or viewport size increases. So this worked perfectly on every browser and device:

		<div class="row">
			<div class="col-lg-4"></div>
		    <div class="col-lg-4">
		        <div class="input-group">
		            <input type="text" class="form-control" /> 
		            <span class="input-group-btn">
		                <button class="btn btn-default" type="button">Go!</button>
		            </span>
		        </div><!-- /input-group -->
		    </div><!-- /.col-lg-4 -->
		    <div class="col-lg-4"></div>
		</div><!-- /.row -->

It means 4 + 4 + 4 =12... so second div will be in the middle that way.

Example: http://jsfiddle.net/jpGwm/embedded/result/

For me this solution worked well to center an input field in a TD:

<link href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/twitter-bootstrap/4.0.0-alpha/css/bootstrap.css" rel="stylesheet" />
<td style="background:#B3AEB5;">
  <div class="form-group text-center">
    <div class="input-group" style="margin:auto;">
      <input type="month" name="p2" value="test">
    </div>
  </div>
</td>

Try to use this code:

.col-lg-3 {
  width: 100%;
}
.input-group {
   width: 200px; // for exemple
   margin: 0 auto;
}

if it didn't work use !important

Well in my case the following work fine

<div class="card-body p-2">
  <div class="d-flex flex-row justify-content-center">
     <div style="margin: auto;">
        <input type="text" autocomplete="off"
          style="max-width:150px!important; "
          class="form-control form-control-sm font-weight-bold align-self-center w-25" id="dtTechState">
     </div>
  </div>
</div>

For bootstrap 4 use offset-4, see below.

<div class="mx-auto">        
        <form class="mx-auto" action="/campgrounds" method="POST">
            <div class="form-group row">                
                <div class="col-sm-4 offset-4">
                    <input class="form-control" type="text" name="name" placeholder="name">
                </div>
            </div>
            <div class="form-group row">               
                <div class="col-sm-4 offset-4">
                    <input class="form-control" type="text" name="picture" placeholder="image url">
                </div>
            </div>
            <div class="form-group row">
                    <div class="col-sm-4 offset-4">
                        <input class="form-control" type="text" name="description" placeholder="description">
                    </div>
                </div>
            <button class="btn btn-primary" type="submit">Submit!</button>
            <a class="btn btn-secondary"  href="/campgrounds">Go Back</a>
        </form>      
    </div>

in b4 you can use d-flex justify-content-center too

<link href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.0.0/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet"/>

<div class="form-group">
				
	<div class="d-flex justify-content-center">
	
	<input type="text" class="form-control">
	
	 <span class="input-group-btn">
		 <button class="btn btn-default" type="button">Go!</button>
	 </span>
	 
	</div>		
		
</div>