In this article, I will show you how to use the text-align property in CSS and show you how to vertically align text using CSS Flexbox. I will also talk about the

The DOM style textAlign property is pretty much similar to the text-align property in the CSS, and the Dom textAlign property returns the horizontal alignment of the text in a block-level element in an HTML page and allows for changes to that alignment.

Syntax:

The above syntax set the text alignment into the center dynamically.

Example: This example aligns the text content into the center using javascript.

Output:

• Syntax: Methods that return the object: • document.createElement ("center")
• Possible members: Properties. Methods. Events. Style properties. accessKey. Sets or retrieves an access key to an element. all.

A major challenge of building layouts is arranging and styling elements on the page. Do you want the elements to overlap or have space between them? Do you want some text on the page to be centered and the rest left-aligned? Do you use plain CSS or a framework like Bootstrap? These are just a few questions you’ll have to address as you code. Thankfully, divs can help.

In this post, we’ll cover multiple methods for centering elements in CSS, including:

A div — short for content division elements — is a generic block-level HTML element. Divs can divide your web page into sections so you can target them with CSS.

For example, say you want to include a block quote in your blog post that is centered instead of left-aligned like the rest of the body text. In this case, you can wrap the text in a div element and apply CSS to that specific element. The other text on the page would remain unchanged.

Understanding how to center divs and text in divs, in particular, is a valuable skill for beginner programmers. It helps prevent content from stretching out to the edges of its container, overlapping with other elements on the page, or other issues that arise when creating web page layouts.

However, centering elements in HTML and CSS isn’t as simple as hitting a “center” button —there are actually several ways to do it. Let’s dive in.

You can center a div in a few different ways in CSS. It’s easy to center a div horizontally on a page, and a bit trickier to do so vertically (but still possible).

We’ll walk through both these methods below, then explain how you can center a div horizontally and vertically or center a div within another div.

To center a div horizontally on a page:

Let’s look at a simple example of a CSS box model. Say you want to create a div with a short paragraph inside. Here, we've given the div the class center, and assigned the margin value auto.

The code module below is editable. Toggle between the HTML and CSS tabs, edit the code, and click rerun in the bottom right-hand corner.

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Note that margins are different from padding, which is used to create space between the border of the div and the paragraph within the div (the inline element). You can learn more about the differences between these two properties in our post CSS Margin vs. Padding: What's the Difference?

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To center a div vertically on a page, you can use the CSS position property, top property, and transform property. Here's how:

We might've been able to skip the last step, but here’s the problem: having the top edge of the div lined up in the middle of the page won’t center the div. You need to define one last property, the transform property.

While there are several different transformation methods, you want to use the translate() method to move the div along the Y-axis of the page. You’ll want to move the div 50% up from its current position. That will tell the browser to put the center of the div in the vertical center of the page.

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To center a div both horizontally and vertically on a page, you can follow almost the exact same steps outlined in the section above. You'll use position, top, and transform. The only difference is that you'll also use the left property to center the div horizontally.

Here's how:

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There are three ways to center a div inside another div. With each method, you can center the div within a div horizontally, vertically, or both.

To horizontally and vertically center a div within a div on a page, you can use the position, top, left, and margin properties, as long as you know the width and height of the divs.

Here's how:

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To horizontally and vertically center a div within a div whose height and width is unknown, you can use the transform property instead of the margin property. You'll still use the CSS position, top, and left properties.

Here's how:

With this method, you won't need to define the width or height properties. You also won't define the margin property. Instead, the transform property will push the div right and down from the container's edges. This ensures the child div is truly centered in the parent div.

The code module below is editable. Toggle between the HTML and CSS tabs, edit the code, and click rerun in the bottom right-hand corner.

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You can center a div within a div with CSS Flexbox. Flexbox is a great method since it’s responsive and doesn’t require margin calculations — but there are a few extra steps to keep in mind.

To center a div horizontally and vertically with Flexbox:

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With CSS, you can center text in a div in multiple ways. The most common way is to use the text-align property to center text horizontally. Another way is to use the line-height and vertical-align properties. The final way exclusively applies to flex items and requires the justify-content and align-items properties. Using this method, you can center text horizontally, vertically, or both.

We'll take a closer look at each method below.

There are two ways to center text in a div horizontally. Let's take a look at examples of each method below.

Say you want to create a div with a short paragraph inside it. In most cases, you can center text horizontally in a div using the text-align property with the value center. Here's how:

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There's one exception to the rule above: If you are using the display property to define your div as a flex container, then you can't use the text-align property to center text horizontally inside the div.

Instead, you have to use the justify-content property with the value center.

Let's create the same div element as above. Take these steps:

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Centering text vertically inside a div is a bit more complicated than horizontally, but there are a few ways to do it. We’ll take a look at each method next.

In most cases, you can center text vertically in a div using the padding property. With this method, padding will take two values. The first value will set the top and bottom padding. The second will set the right and left padding.

Let's break this down:

Since you want to center the text vertically, the first value, which stands for the top and bottom padding, can be any positive length or percentage value. The second value, which stands for the right and left padding, should be 0.

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Usually, you can also center text vertically inside a div with the line-height property.

In your HTML, add a paragraph element inside the div, then set the line-height property of the div equal to the height of the div.

Here's how:

This last step ensures that the text inside the div is centered vertically, whether it's one line or multiple lines of text.

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If you are using the display property to define your div as a flex container, then you can't use the method above to center text vertically within the div. Instead, you have to use the align-items property with the value center.

Here's how:

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We can align text content into the center using JavaScript by manipulating the CSS properties of the element. This can be done by selecting the element and setting the "text-align" property to "center". Additionally, we can also use the "margin" property to adjust the positioning of the element.