Question

i´ve got elements inside a containing div with a class.

i could use text-align: center on the div and that will center all elements.

how could i position the elements with exact pixels from the left?

(i dont want to use css on the element but on the containing div)

Answer 1

You can use padding-left on the container div. However this will augment the width of the div itself, since you’re adding left padding to it. To solve this problem you should use margin-left on the inner divs, for example:

/* apply a margin left to all the divs
 * inside div.container
 */
div.container div {
    margin-left:20px;
}