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April 2, 2014
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How to align a div to the bottom center?

  • April 2, 2014
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Anyone can help?
Should I use relative or absolute for position?

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August 14, 2014

Div align on bottom center

#outer{

position:fixed;

top:0;

left:0;

width:100%;

height:100%;

}

#inner{

width: 50%;

height: 50%;

top:50%;

margin: 0 auto;

position: relative;

background:orange;

}

Full source :...http://www.corelangs.com/css/box/divindiv.html

Helsy

Jon Fritz
Community Expert
Community Expert
April 2, 2014

What is the ultimate goal here?

If you want to have an element hold to the bottom of the screen no matter what and sit on top of any other content, you would use position:fixed...

#bottom_nav {

     width:100%;

     position:fixed;

     bottom:0px;

     text-align:center;

     z-index:9999;

}

Then in your html...

<div id="bottom_nav">Home | About | Contact | Portfolio</div>

Nancy OShea
Community Expert
Community Expert
April 2, 2014

But position:fixed won't center.  Neither will position:absolute.

Nancy O.

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
Jon Fritz
Community Expert
Community Expert
April 2, 2014

Nancy O. wrote:

But position:fixed won't center.  Neither will position:absolute.

Nancy O.

That's why I use a 100% width container and then center the content within that using either text-align:center (example above), or a separate <div> with margin:0 auto and a set width within the fixed one.