vertical alignment

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vertical alignment

whatson

8:45 pm on Sep 10, 2012 (gmt 0)

How do I align something in the middle, or bottom of an element?

birdbrain

9:12 pm on Sep 10, 2012 (gmt 0)

Hi there whatson,

here is a basic example...

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN"
  "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
<html lang="en">
<head>

<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
<meta name="language" content="english"> 
<meta http-equiv="Content-Style-Type" content="text/css">

<title>centered element without height</title>

<style type="text/css">
html,body {
   display:table;
   width:100%;
   height:100%;
   margin:0;
  }
body {
   display:table-cell; 
   vertical-align:middle;
   background-color:#f0f0f0;
  }
#centered {
   width:760px;
   padding:20px;
   border:1px solid #999;
   border-radius:10px;
   margin:auto;
   background-color:#fff;
   box-shadow:10px 10px 20px #666;
  }
</style>

</head>
<body>

<div id="centered">
<p>
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Donec 
ultricies sollicitudin nisi, ut molestie felis adipiscing sit 
amet. Sed auctor vehicula commodo. Nam a nibh neque, vitae 
faucibus felis. Vivamus at metus eget eros consequat fringilla. 
Quisque magna magna, laoreet eu tempus sit amet, fringilla at 
tellus. Praesent felis tortor, scelerisque vitae fringilla 
non, porttitor et lacus. Ut ut sapien nec quam tincidunt 
consectetur in nec lacus.
</p><p>
Phasellus porta, dui a elementum egestas, odio sapien rhoncus 
lorem, vitae bibendum erat sem eget sapien. Maecenas ut metus 
ac quam pellentesque lacinia quis sit amet augue. Fusce eu 
euismod urna. Nunc volutpat scelerisque tempus. Donec eget arcu 
et mauris scelerisque tristique. Donec fringilla mauris dolor, 
sit amet vulputate lacus. Nulla feugiat mattis nulla non 
tincidunt. Nam sit amet dolor eros, a viverra lacus. Nunc quis 
nisi eget neque tempus facilisis eu quis sapien.
</p>
</div>

</body>
</html>

birdbrain

lucy24

9:34 pm on Sep 10, 2012 (gmt 0)

Overlapping birdbrain, who clearly types much faster than I do.

My gosh. This question came up only a few weeks ago. I remember it well, because I initially came up with a completely wrong answer.

{display: table-cell}

turns out to be the magic phrase.

birdbrain

9:51 pm on Sep 10, 2012 (gmt 0)

Hi there Lucy,

....birdbrain, who clearly types much faster than I do...

Not really, the only typing that I did was...

Hi there whatson,

here is a basic example...

birdbrain

...with just two pinkies, one from each hand. ;)

Everything else that you can see was achieved with the amazing "C&P" facility. :)

birdbrain