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Asked: 2026-05-27T10:04:59+00:00

Please help me center a div that does not have a predefined width, inside

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Please help me center a div that does not have a predefined width, inside another div. Please see the code below (or on jsbin at http://jsbin.com/ufivif). Thanks.

EDIT: the problem is that I need the caption below the image to be aligned to the left edge of the image. So text-align: center on the container does not work for me.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset=utf-8 />
<style>
  .container
  {
    border: 1px solid red;
    padding: 5em;
    position: relative;
  }
  .container img
  {
    border: 1px solid #333333;
    padding: 1em;
  }
  .container .image
  {
    border: 1px solid green;
    position: absolute;
    left: 50%;
  }
</style>
</head>
<body>
  <div class="container">
    <div class="image">
      <img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Telefunken_FuBK_test_pattern.svg/500px-Telefunken_FuBK_test_pattern.svg.png"/>
      <div class="caption">test image</div>
    </div>
  </div>
</body>
</html>

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  1. Editorial Team

    A combination of display: inline-block; and text-align:center

    http://jsbin.com/ufivif/5

      body {
    padding: 0;
    margin: 0;
  }
  .container
  {
    border: 1px solid gold;
    padding: 10px;
    text-align: center;
  }

  .container .image
  {
    border: 1px solid silver;
    padding: 10px;
    display: inline-block;
    text-align: left;
  }
  .container .image img
  {
      border: 1px solid #9C6963 ;
      padding: 10px;
  }
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