One of current CSS left outs is vertical align div. And before CSS 3 comes we have to use some tricks to solve this problem. I looked over for some solutions and it all comes up to defining it as table and using vertical align. The second one appears a lot and it’s a nice solution, but it has two faults, I’ll tell you later about them, here’s the code first.
Idea is to place absolute div 50% left and top and then to move margin left and top half if it’s size.
.wrapper { width: 100px; height: 100px; position: absolute; top: 50%; left: 50%; margin-left: -50px; margin-top: -50px; }
Problem?
This works only with defined height and when div height is less then browser height so you can’t have scroll. Now you’ll ask why do anyone want vertical align when there’s a vertical scroll? Well for example you have container height 820px and you have it vertically centered in all larger resolutions, simple.
Solution
In this problem (when browser height is less than div height) at smaller resolutions 1/3 of div is not visible, it’s in negative top margin. So idea is to place some relative div that will prevent div to go into negative margin. Here is the code.
<div id="shim"/></div> <div id="wrapper"> Content </div> html, body { height: 100%; margin: 0; padding: 0; } * { margin:0px auto; padding:0; } div#shim { visibility: hidden; width: 100%; height: 50%; margin-top: -200px; float: left; } div#wrapper { width: 1000px; height: 400px; clear: both; background:red; position: relative; top: -200px; /* IE4ever Hack: Hide from IE4 **/ position: static; /** end hack */ } /* Hide from IE5mac \*//*/ div#shim { display: none; } html, body { height: auto; } /* end hack */ /* ]]> */
Only fault is again defined height and it can’t be solved with CSS, not right now, I hope new version will or some JS fix. Click here for demo
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Thanks, man
Thanks so much! exactly what I was looking for. Tony
As usually – good work. thanks.
Nice Tutorial. I will definitely want to learn more things in CSS.
Great coding
what’s more awesome after putting this type of code any other divs don’t need positioning in main container.. they are just like a bricks.. one on top of other..
btw. Thanks a lot
Thats the first tutorial using divs for css vertical alignment thats worked for me! Good stuff, thanks.
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great article, simple and does what it says.
great. thanks!
I seem to have a problem with trying to add a flash movie as a background behind this code or a piece of javascript that will allow we to fade in random images on page logo. Also the page seems to have a permanent margin on 15px?
I have removed the width as I only wanted it to be aligned vertically as I want my container aligned to the left.
Thanks in advance
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Looking for this every time I have this problem
Thanks.
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Great article! thanks for sharing! Keep up the good work!
Works perfectly! Many thanks!
Thats the first tutorial using divs for css vertical alignment thats worked for me! Good stuff, thanks.
Nice. You could insert the shim with javascript too.
Hacks for IE4? Funniest thing I’ve read in ages! My agency gave up support for IE6 over two years ago, and we just stopped support for IE7…
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Thank you very much. This work around is way more compatible to other (horizontal) alignment techniques. Chapeau!
Very good article, can I put it into my page ?
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Worked a treat! I used the non shim version before, back when we all had to go home to look on the internet. All these itsy bitsy screen’s are keeping us on our toes.
Love the idea of adding a relative div to stop the wrapper moving too far up. Simple when you know how.
Worked a treat! I used the non shim version before, back when we all had to go home to look on the internet. All these itsy bitsy screen’s are keeping us on our toes.
Love the idea of adding a relative div to stop the wrapper moving too far up. Simple when you know how.
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Thanks Thats the first tutorial using divs for css vertical alignment thats worked for me! Good stuff
Love the idea of adding a relative div to stop the wrapper moving too far up. Simple when you know how.
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how to align two images in the same line…
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Thanks for the tip, I have been looking through the forums for this solution for weeks. You have saved me lots of head scratching.
thx for code. helps me a lot
Thank you ! very useful and important
I am really thankful for this code as my former way of solving this problem doesn’t seem to be accepted any more (nested tables with the hight of the ‘layout table’ set to 100% and ) I do not have that much time to keep updated on changes of the standards, so it is great that someone do this job! (On the other hand I find it very strange that such a basic design tool is not handed easier by css and consequently incorporated in web design software)
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