Question

How to vertically align the text in a floated div? For example: I have a dynamic content with fixed height. if the content is small or big it has to automatically vertically align.

Thanks

Answer 1

Table cells are the easiest solution.

Javascript is an alternative (measure the size and text size of the div, then adjust padding, or lineheight, or whatever).

edit: Or this awesome css:

CSS

div#container {
    border: solid 1px;
    height: 300px;
}

div#content {
    border: solid 1px;
}

div#balance {
    border: solid 1px;
    /* gotta be 100% */
    height: 100%;
}

div.valign {
    /* firefox 2 */
    display: -moz-inline-box;
    /* everybody else */
    display: inline-block;

    vertical-align: middle;
}

/* IE 6 and 7 hack */
html* div.valign {
    display: inline;
}

HTML

<div id="container">
    <div id="balance" class="valign"></div>
    <div id="content" class="valign">
        Blah blah blah blah<br/>
        Blah blah blah blah<br/>
        Blah blah blah blah<br/>
        Blah blah blah blah<br/>
        Blah blah blah blah
    </div>
</div>

Been meaning to make a blog post about this for a while, I think it’s time.