Horizontally center a div in a div How can I horizontally center a div within a div using CSS (if it's even possible)? The outer div has width:100%: <div id="outer" style="width:100%"> <div id="inner">Foo foo</div> </div> Answer : You can apply this CSS to the inner div: #inner { width: 50%; margin: 0 auto; } Of course, you don't have to set the width to 50%. Any width less than the containing div will work. The margin: 0 auto is what does the actual centering. If you are targeting IE8+, it might be
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How to vertically center text with CSS? I have a div tag which contains text, and I want to align the contents of this div vertically center. Here is my div style: #box { height: 90px; width: 270px; background: #000; font-size: 48px; font-style: oblique; color: #FFF; text-align: center; margin-top: 20px; margin-left: 5px; } <div Id="box"> Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. </div> What is the best way to do this? answer : You can try this basic approach: div { height: