Centering FontAwesome icons vertically and horizontally
CssTwitter BootstrapFont AwesomeCss Problem Overview
I'm currently using FontAwesome, and am having a really hard time centering the icons both vertically and horizontally in their container. I have tried doing it via positioning and ran into issues bc the icon sizes were different. I basically have the horizontal, and am trying to get the vertical.
<div class='container'>
<div class='row'>
<div class='offset2 span6 loginContainer'>
<div class='row'>
<div class='login-icon'>
<i class='icon-user'></i>
</div>
<input type="text" placeholder="Email" />
</div>
<div class='row'>
<div class='login-icon'><i class=" icon-lock "></i></div>
<input type="password" class="" placeholder="Password" />
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
.login-icon{
font-size: 40px;
line-height: 40px;
background-color:black;
color:white;
width: 50px;
height: 50px;
}
.login-icon [class*='icon-']{
height: 50px;
width: 50px;
display: inline-block;
text-align: center;
vertical-align: baseline;
}
Css Solutions
Solution 1 - Css
This is all you need, no wrapper needed:
.login-icon{
display:inline-block;
font-size: 40px;
line-height: 50px;
background-color:black;
color:white;
width: 50px;
height: 50px;
text-align: center;
vertical-align: bottom;
}
Solution 2 - Css
I have used transform to correct the offset. It works great with round icons like the life ring.
<span class="fa fa-life-ring"></span>
.fa {
transform: translateY(-4%);
}
Solution 3 - Css
the simplest solution to both horizontally and vertically centers the icon:
<div class="d-flex align-items-center justify-content-center">
<i class="fas fa-crosshairs fa-lg"></i>
</div>
Solution 4 - Css
So I finally got it(http://jsfiddle.net/ncapito/eYtU5/):
.centerWrapper:before {
content:'';
height: 100%;
display: inline-block;
vertical-align: middle;
}
.center {
display:inline-block;
vertical-align: middle;
}
<div class='row'>
<div class='login-icon'>
<div class='centerWrapper'>
<div class='center'> <i class='icon-user'></i></div>
</div>
</div>
<input type="text" placeholder="Email" />
</div>
Solution 5 - Css
I just lowered the height to 28px on the .login-icon [class*='icon-'] Here's the fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/mZHg7/
.login-icon [class*='icon-']{
height: 28px;
width: 50px;
display: inline-block;
text-align: center;
vertical-align: baseline;
}
Solution 6 - Css
I just managed how to center icons and and making them a container instead of putting them into one.
.fas {
position: relative;
color: #EEE;
font-size: 16px;
}
.fas:before {
position: absolute;
left: calc(50% - .5em);
top: calc(50% - .5em);
}
.fas.fa-icon {
width: 60px;
height: 60px;
color: white;
background-color: black;
}
Solution 7 - Css
You can use vertical transform:
<span class="fas fa-user" style="transform: translateY(-10%);"></span>
Solution 8 - Css
If you are using twitter Bootstrap add the class text-center to your code.
<div class='login-icon'><i class="icon-lock text-center"></i></div>