Articles tagged with “layout”
- Absolute Horizontal and Vertical Centering via CSS
- Recently, a reader named Max encountered some scrolling issues while implementing our absolutely centered layout technique. Of course, by “absolutely centered” we are referring to content that remains positioned dead-center regardless of how the browser is resized. After noticing the scrollbar deficiency, Max kindly dropped a comment to explain the issue:
[...] the div solution works well, only one problem maybe somebody can help:...
- Absolutely Centered Layout
- Absolute Centering with CSS & (X)HTML
Designing an absolutely centered layout involves centering a division both horizontally and vertically. When this is done, the centered division (or other element) is centered according to the browser window. To accomplish this, use this (X)HTML:
And employ this CSS (commented with explanations):
body {
background-color: #333; /* cosmetic */
margin: 0px; /* required */
}
div#wrapper {
background-color: red; /* cosmetic */
height: 0px; /* set to taste */
/* required */
position: absolute;
overflow: visible;
display: block;
width: 100%;
left: ...