[thelist] Trying to center using CSS
David Bindel
dbindel at austin.rr.com
Mon Aug 12 00:10:01 CDT 2002
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Amy Johnson
>
> I have embedded DIVS set up and am able to
> center things as I need to. However, I can't center the primary
> DIV. I would like it to center within different size screens, 17",
> 19", 21", etc.
>
> DIV.ht contains all of my web page. So I want for
> DIV.ht, which is a set width, to always be centered in DIV.main.
> I don't think percentages will work for the left value of DIV.ht
> since it is a fixed width. But left:auto doesn't work either.
> This seems like it should be obvious. What am I missing?
>
> DIV.ht {position: absolute;
> height: 550px;
> width: 600px;
> top: 70px;
> left: auto;
> }
The CSS you need is as follows:
div.ht {
width: 600px;
height: 550px;
margin-left: auto;
margin-right: auto;
}
HTH,
David Bindel
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