Question

hello i would like to know if it is possible to center a div without having a width. because of two different versions of a container depending from language settings with different widths i would like to center it dynamically.

margin: 0 auto;

is not working without any settings of width.

so the structure is simple:

<div id="container">
        <div id="list">
            <span class="up">text large</span>
            <ul class="navigation">
                <li>one</li>
                <li>|</li>
                <li>two</li>
                <li>|</li>
                <li>three</li>
                <li>|</li>
                <li>four</li>
            </ul>
        </div>
</div>

and the css:

.wrapper #container  {
    width: 960px;
    clear: both;
    margin: 0 auto;
}

.wrapper #container #list {
    width: 420px;-->should be dynamically
    margin: 0 auto; --> only works when setting width
}
.wrapper #container #list .up {
    font-size: 11px;
    float: left;
    display: inline-block;
    text-align: right; 
    display: inline;
}
.wrapper .navigation {
    font-size: 10px;
    margin-top: 15px;
    float: left;
    padding-left: 5px;
}
.wrapper .nav li {
    float: left;
    display: inline-block;
    margin-left: 15px;
    list-style: none;
}

so if there is someone who knows how to deal with that i really would appreciate.

thanks alot.

UPDATE:

thanks for answering this question for so far. using:

display: inline-block;

on that container that should be centered works great.

Answer 1

Use display: inline-block. See fiddle

.wrapper #container  {
    /* ... */
    text-align: center;
}
.wrapper #container #list {
    display: inline-block;
}