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HTML-CSS: Flexbox centering

HTML-CSS : Exercise-27 with Solution

Using HTML, CSS horizontally and vertically centers a child element within a parent element using flexbox.

  • Use display: flex to create a flexbox layout.
  • Use justify-content: center to center the child horizontally.
  • Use align-items: center to center the child vertically.

HTML Code:

<!--License: https://bit.ly/3GjrtVF-->
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width">
  <title>Using HTML, CSS horizontally and vertically centers a child element within a parent element using flexbox</title>
</head>
<body>
<div class="flexbox-centering">
  <div>w3resource.com</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>

CSS Code:


.flexbox-centering {
  display: flex;
  justify-content: center;
  align-items: center;
  height: 100px;
}

HTML-CSS Editor:

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HTML-CSS: Tips of the Day

How to get CSS to select ID that begins with a string ?

[id^=product]

^= indicates "starts with". Conversely, $= indicates "ends with".

The symbols are actually borrowed from Regex syntax, where ^ and $ mean "start of string" and "end of string" respectively.

Ref: https://bit.ly/3rSZ2t7