Question

I am trying to vertically center two <p> elements.

I followed the tutorial at phrogz.net but still the elements get placed above the div, below the div, top-aligned within the div.

I would try something else but most of the questions here just point back to that tutorial.

This snippet is for a banner that is on the top of a web page.

.banner {
  width: 980px;
  height: 69px;
  background-image: url(../images/nav-bg.jpg);
  background-repeat: no-repeat;
  /* color: #ffffff; */
}

.bannerleft {
  float: left;
  width: 420px;
  text-align: right;
  height: 652px;
  line-height: 52px;
  font-size: 28px;
  padding-right: 5px;
}

.bannerright {
  float: right;
  width: 555px;
  text-align: left;
  position: relative;
}

.bannerrightinner {
  position: absolute;
  top: 50%;
  height: 52px;
  margin-top: -26px;
}

<div class="banner">
  <div class="bannerleft">
    I am vertically centered
  </div>
  <div class="bannerright">
    <div class="bannerrightinner">
      <p>I should be</p>
      <p>vertically centered</p>
    </div>
  </div>
  <div class="clear">
  </div>
</div>

Answer 1

Add the following:
display:table; to bannerRight

display:table-cell; and
vertical-align:middle; to bannerrightinner

I have not tried this, please give me feedback if it does not work. 😉

EDIT: forgot to mention: take ‘float’ and ‘position’ properties off