Question

I want to add some text over an image in the middle. I use this code:

<div style="background-image: url(../images/game-hearts-icon.png); height: 64px; width: 64px; text-align: center; vertical-align:middle;">text</div> 

I want the text to be in the middle of the heart. But it just appears in the top centered. The vertical alignment doesn’t seem to be working. What am I doing wrong?
Any help appreciated!

Answer 1

Set the line-height to equal the height of your div:

<div style="background-image: url(../images/game-hearts-icon.png); height: 64px; width: 64px; text-align: center; line-height: 64px;">text</div>

Better yet, don’t use inline styles:

HTML

<div class="game-hearts-icon">text</div>

CSS

.game-hearts-icon {
    background: transparent url(../images/game-hearts-icon.png) scroll 0 0 no-repeat;
    height: 64px;
    line-height: 64px;
    text-align: center;
    width: 64px;
}