> -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected] > discuss.org] On Behalf Of Geoff Lane > Sent: Saturday, March 26, 2011 7:11 AM > To: CSS Discussion > Subject: [css-d] How to centre a DIV? > > Hi All, > > I ran into what I suspect is a fairly common issue (how to centre a > DIV?) but I couldn't come up with an elegant solution. > > My son has an eBay listing (so he can only alter some of the body and none > of the head). In this he has images that are all of the same width (600px) and > each centre aligned in its own paragraph (<p style="text-align:center">). The > text of his listing is left-justified, but he wants to position it in a block the > same width and lateral position as the images: > > My first stab was: > <div style="width:600px; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto"> > <p> -- The running text goes here -- </p> > </div> > > This seems to work in every browser but one (Internet Explorer). No matter > what I tried in IE, I couldn't persuade a DIV to do the trick. > So I ended up with a table to kludge the text into submission viz: > > <table align="center"> > <tr><td style="width:600px;"> > -- The running text goes here -- > </td></tr> > </table> > > Although deprecated, align="center" seems to work in all browers (for now). > However, I'd prefer to do this sort of thing 'properly' and would be grateful > for pointers in the right direction. > > -- > Geoff Lane > Cornwall, UK > > __________________________________________________________ > ____________ > css-discuss [[email protected]] http://www.css- > discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d > List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ List policies -- http://css- > discuss.org/policies.html > Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
Two things; first please supply us with the URL for the eBay listing and second Have you tried to wrap the div in another div and declared a width in the outer div? Thank you, Marc Hall HallMarc Websites 610.446.3346 http://www.hallmarcwebsites.com/ Spread the word about my services and earn money! Contact me for details. ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [[email protected]] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
