Kevin Powell - Community•10mo ago

How can I center this box I created?

Hey there Im working on a project and I wanted to center this container (White Box) how would I go about this correctly? Ignore the "My Portfolio" This isn't actually mine thats just a button to redirect the user to my portfolio

17 Replies

Bishal•10mo ago

Display: flex; Justify-content: center; Align-items: center; min-height: 100vh;

RMONOP•10mo ago

Well I tried that but it causes it to get messed up for some odd reason

RMONOP•10mo ago

Adding "display: flex" causes the entire box to dissapear

Bishal•10mo ago

Have you given display flex in body? Share your code please

RMONOP•10mo ago

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">

<head>
  <link rel="preconnect" href="https://fonts.googleapis.com">
  <link rel="preconnect" href="https://fonts.gstatic.com" crossorigin>
  <link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Poppins:ital,wght@0,100;0,200;0,300;0,400;0,500;0,600;0,700;0,800;0,900;1,100;1,200;1,300;1,400;1,500;1,600;1,700;1,800;1,900&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">
  <title>JS Practice</title>
  <meta charset="UTF-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="styles.css">
</head>

<body>
  <header>
    <nav>
      <ul>
        <li><a href="https://arman-markaryan.github.io/Arman-Markaryan/" target="_blank">My Portfolio</a></li>
      </ul>
    </nav>
  </header>
  
  <div class="main-container">
    <div class="container">

    </div>
  </div>

  <script src="script.js"></script>
</body>

</html>

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">

<head>
  <link rel="preconnect" href="https://fonts.googleapis.com">
  <link rel="preconnect" href="https://fonts.gstatic.com" crossorigin>
  <link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Poppins:ital,wght@0,100;0,200;0,300;0,400;0,500;0,600;0,700;0,800;0,900;1,100;1,200;1,300;1,400;1,500;1,600;1,700;1,800;1,900&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">
  <title>JS Practice</title>
  <meta charset="UTF-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="styles.css">
</head>

<body>
  <header>
    <nav>
      <ul>
        <li><a href="https://arman-markaryan.github.io/Arman-Markaryan/" target="_blank">My Portfolio</a></li>
      </ul>
    </nav>
  </header>
  
  <div class="main-container">
    <div class="container">

    </div>
  </div>

  <script src="script.js"></script>
</body>

</html>

* {
    padding: 0;
    margin: 0;
    box-sizing: border-box;
    font-family: "Poppins", sans-serif;
  }
  
  body {
    background: rgb(167, 167, 167);
  }
  
  nav {
    padding: 25px 25px;
    display: grid;
    align-items: center;
    grid-template-columns: 1fr auto;
    font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
    gap: 25px;
  }
  
  nav ul {
    flex-wrap: wrap;
    list-style: none;
    display: flex;
    justify-content: flex-end;
    margin-right: 30px;
    gap: 35px;
  }
  
  nav ul li {
    display: inline-block;
  }
  
  nav ul li a {
    font-size: 1.1rem;
    font-weight: bold;
    text-decoration: none;
    color: #ffffff;
    outline-color: currentColor;
    font-style: italic;
    letter-spacing: 0.2rem;
  }

  .main-container {
    margin-top: 5rem;
    display: flex;
    justify-content: center;
    align-items: center;
  }
  
  .container {
    background: #ffffff;
    min-height: 40rem;
    max-width: 55rem;
    border-radius: 1rem;
    box-shadow: 0 0 10px 5px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5);
  }

* {
    padding: 0;
    margin: 0;
    box-sizing: border-box;
    font-family: "Poppins", sans-serif;
  }
  
  body {
    background: rgb(167, 167, 167);
  }
  
  nav {
    padding: 25px 25px;
    display: grid;
    align-items: center;
    grid-template-columns: 1fr auto;
    font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
    gap: 25px;
  }
  
  nav ul {
    flex-wrap: wrap;
    list-style: none;
    display: flex;
    justify-content: flex-end;
    margin-right: 30px;
    gap: 35px;
  }
  
  nav ul li {
    display: inline-block;
  }
  
  nav ul li a {
    font-size: 1.1rem;
    font-weight: bold;
    text-decoration: none;
    color: #ffffff;
    outline-color: currentColor;
    font-style: italic;
    letter-spacing: 0.2rem;
  }

  .main-container {
    margin-top: 5rem;
    display: flex;
    justify-content: center;
    align-items: center;
  }
  
  .container {
    background: #ffffff;
    min-height: 40rem;
    max-width: 55rem;
    border-radius: 1rem;
    box-shadow: 0 0 10px 5px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5);
  }

Bishal•10mo ago

You never ever have to give min-height: 40rem; in .container div Only give min-height in body, that's why entire box is disappeared, it wrapped your component

RMONOP•10mo ago

Alright let me try this out

Bishal•10mo ago

body { Display: flex; Justify-content: center; Align-items: center; min-height: 100vh; }

RMONOP•10mo ago

If I were to add

Display: flex;
Justify-content: center;
Align-items: center;

Display: flex;
Justify-content: center;
Align-items: center;

To my body it would also mess with the header I have added. Ok I think I've figured it out

VinceAggrippino•10mo ago

There are lots of ways to center an element. In your case, all you need is margin: auto on .container. Here's how I did it: https://codepen.io/VAggrippino/pen/zYbjmXm I also set a width and height.

RMONOP•10mo ago

I realized one thing was that the code I wrote was "max" when it should've been "min" once I changed it to "min" it worked as it should.

VinceAggrippino•10mo ago

You could also set display: grid and place-items: center on .main-container.

Bishal•10mo ago

* { padding: 0; margin: 0; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Poppins", sans-serif; }
body { background: rgb(167, 167, 167); }
nav { padding: 25px 25px; display: grid; align-items: center; grid-template-columns: 1fr auto; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; gap: 25px; }
nav ul { flex-wrap: wrap; list-style: none; display: flex; justify-content: flex-end; margin-right: 30px; gap: 35px; }
nav ul li { display: inline-block; }
nav ul li a { font-size: 1.1rem; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; color: #ffffff; outline-color: currentColor; font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0.2rem; } .main-container { display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center; }
.container { background: #ffffff; height: 10rem; width: 20rem; padding: 2rem; border-radius: 1rem; box-shadow: 0 0 10px 5px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5); }

VinceAggrippino•10mo ago

I just prefer grid to flexbox for basic centering because its less typing. To me it also seems more logical ... place-items in the center.

Bishal•10mo ago

Yeah, both will work but one dimension, usually prefer flex, like if you have complex layout like, 2 dimensional.. or you have to create 2 cards in top in column 1 and column 2 and 3 cards in below that, to wrap this in smaller screen in that complex layout grid plays very smoothly with less number of code as compare to flex.

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