[thelist] centering a flexible-width div

[Ben Glassman]

Oops, that first css-declaration should be margin-left: 10% and
margin-right: 10%, not padding.

On 3/19/07, Ben Glassman <bglassman at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> You could set the margins to equal percentages and make sure that they add
> up to 100% when added to the width of the div (width: 80%; padding-left:
> 10%; padding-right: 10%). You could also set the width of the div to 100%
> and then set left and right padding on its parent element (for example body
> { padding: 0 15%; }
>
> Hope that helps,
>
> Ben
>
> On 3/19/07, Joel D Canfield <joel at streamliine.com> wrote:
> >
> > > "margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" does not work since
> > > the width is not defined ...
> >
> > I'm curious why this
> >
> >     margin:0 auto;
> >
> > would require the width to be explicitly defined, assuming that's what
> > you mean? (of course, the zero could be whatever top/bottom margin you like)
> >
> >
> > joel
> >
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