Closed
Bug 270267
Opened 21 years ago
Closed 21 years ago
text-align does not center block-elements / block-content not centered
Categories
(Core :: Layout, defect)
Core
Layout
Tracking
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RESOLVED
INVALID
People
(Reporter: bugzilla, Unassigned)
Details
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.7.2) Gecko/20040803 MultiZilla/1.6.4.0b
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.7.2) Gecko/20040803 MultiZilla/1.6.4.0b
I tried to center a <p>-element (which is a block element) with fixed width and
height by apllying the text-align method with the value "center" on the body
element - but it did not work. I was very confused and tried out very much but
text-align did never center the content of my block-box - except it was
inline-content.
Then i tried out to use the deprecated <center> element. this worked. then i
looked at a w3c page - the default style sheet for HTML 4 - and there was center
defined as
center { text-align: center }
I conclude from this that center in fact should center block elements too.
But no GeckoBrowser does.
(opera, MSIE, safari, Konqueror - they do correctly)
Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Create an HTML Page like this:
<html>
<head>
<style>
body {
display: block;
text-align: center; }
p {
width: 300px;
height: 150px;
background: green; }
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div>heyho</div>
</body>
</html>
Actual Results:
the div-element will not be centered.
Expected Results:
it should have centered the div-element.
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Comment 1•21 years ago
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To center block level elements, use margin-left : auto; margin-right : auto; on
the element.
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 21 years ago
Resolution: --- → INVALID
(In reply to comment #1)
> To center block level elements, use margin-left : auto; margin-right : auto; on
> the element.
so either the declaration of <center> as text-align: center is wrong or your
implementation of <center> - or text-align as i said.
Status: RESOLVED → UNCONFIRMED
Resolution: INVALID → ---
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Comment 3•21 years ago
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Your conclusion does not follow from your premise.
text-align: center, will center the blocks inline content with respect to itself.
margin:auto will center the block with respect to its containing block.
It's the 2nd you want here.
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Comment 4•21 years ago
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Don't reopen this bug. It is not valid.
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 21 years ago → 21 years ago
Resolution: --- → INVALID
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