> -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected] > discuss.org] On Behalf Of Geoff Lane > Sent: Saturday, March 26, 2011 11:12 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [css-d] How to centre a DIV? > > On Saturday, March 26, 2011, 2:00:10 PM, HallMarc Websites wrote: > > > 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? > > My thanks to all who've helped. I've now got a few things to try in slow time, > for which I'm grateful. > > Marc: Unfortunately, I can't provide the listing URI as my son just dumped a > pile of code on me and asked for help. I've checked his current listings and > none contain the code we're discussing here. > > Secondly, I haven't tried wrapping one div in another yet, but another list > member has suggested that doesn't work in IE9 (to which I don't have access > :( ) As much as it grieves me, I suspect that Jukka might be correct and the > most reliable might well be the kludge in my OP. > However, to have some sort of future-proofing, I should probably reinforce > the deprecated align attribute with some CSS thus: > > <table align="center" style="margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"> > <tr><td style="width:600px;"> > -- The running text goes here -- > </td></tr> > </table> > > That said, eBay listings don't last forever and so anything that works now in all > common browers will probably be good enough and for most anything else I > can declare an appropriate doctype to keep the page out of quirks mode! > > Thanks again to all, > > -- > Geoff >
Just so you know, that last snippet works in all modes, including Quirks. Even though <center></center> was deprecated awhile back it is still supported in the major browsers including the current version of IE 9. http://www.w3schools.com/TAGS/tag_center.asp 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/
