Question

I’ve looked at so many posts on this I’m at a loss as to why its not working for me.

.firstCell
{
        float:left;
        width:40%;
    text-align:right;
    align:right;
    border:1px solid white;
}

.cell
{
    float:left;
    width:auto;
    align:left;
    text-align:left;
    border:1px solid white;
}

.newRow
{
    clear:both;
    width:100%;
}

.container
{
        width:100%;
        background-color:#DEEFF8;
        margin:0px auto;
}

So, I basically have this:

<div class="container">
*Within this I have sections of like a form*
        <div style="width:400px;border:1px solid black;">
            <div class='firstCell'>File Name:</div>
            <div class='cell'><html:text property="fileName" /></div>
            <div class='cell' style='color:red;'>(Max 50 character)</div>
            <div class='newRow'></div>
            <div class='firstCell'>Copy Book Name:</div>
                <div class='cell'><html:text property="copyBookName"/></div>
            <div class='newRow'></div>
                <div class='firstCell'><html:button property="populateFields" value="Populate Fields" onclick="showFields();"/></div>
            <div class='newRow'></div>
            <div class='newRow'></div>

        </div>

        *So this is one section, what I would like to happen is to position my form elements in this and then have it all be centered on the main div



</div>

Answer 1

Your main .container has 100% width, it doesn’t matter if you center it, it will still start drawing it from the very left. The div inside of it that’s responsible for the left-aligned box has no id/class, and you’re doing no aligning on it. Technically your main container is centered, but everything inside of it is left-aligned.