How to vertically align a div using css

Question

I know this has been asked many times before but I simply can't follow the instructions on these other topics. Nothing seems to be working for me. Please check the screenshot to get a better understanding of what I'm trying to accomplish. Also, I added my code to this post. Thanks!

 header { width: 960px; height: 90px; margin: auto; background-color: #000; } .logo { float: left; width: 209px; height: 54px; background-color: #ced0d8; } 

 <header> <div class="logo"></div> </header> 

Answer 1

Method 1 Using position:relative; and top:50 and transform: translateY(-50%) you can get it centered, this is so good if you don't know the height of the element, like this:

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JS Fiddle 1

 header { width: 960px; height: 90px; margin: auto; background-color: #000; } .logo { position:relative; width: 209px; height: 54px; top:50%; left:0; transform: translateY(-50%); background-color: #ced0d8; } 

 <header> <div class="logo"></div> </header> 

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Method 2 : using .calc() css function ,if you know the height of the element, like this:

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JS Fiddle 2

 header { width: 960px; height: 90px; margin: auto; background-color: #000; } .logo { position:relative; width: 209px; height: 54px; top:calc(50% - 27px); /* 50% parent height - 27px is half of 54px the height of .logo */ left:0; background-color: #ced0d8; } 

 <header> <div class="logo"></div> </header> 

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Method 3: if you know both elements height, you can manually subtract half the height of the .logo from half of the height of the parent div, so 90/2 - 54/2 = 18, like this:

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JS Fiddle 3

 header { width: 960px; height: 90px; margin: auto; background-color: #000; } .logo { position:relative; width: 209px; height: 54px; top:18px; /* 90/2 - 54/2 = 18 */ left:0; background-color: #ced0d8; } 

 <header> <div class="logo"></div> </header> 

Answer 2

it's worth noting that you could also accomplish this easily with flexbox , like so:

header {
  width: 960px;
  height: 90px;
  background-color: #000;
  display:flex;
  justify-content: center;
  align-items: center;
}

.logo {
  width: 209px;
  height: 54px;
  background-color: #ced0d8;
}

browser support is pretty good

Answer 3

There are many ways to vertically align an element, but in this case, where your <div> has an explicit height and sits inside a parent <header> which also has an explicit height, one of the simplest ways - supported by all browsers for the last decade and a half - is:

• Apply an equal margin-top and margin-bottom .

 header { width: 960px; height: 90px; margin: auto; background-color: #000; } .logo { float: left; width: 209px; height: 54px; margin-top: 18px; margin-bottom: 18px; background-color: #ced0d8; } 

 <header> <div class="logo"></div> </header> 

How to work out that the margin-top and margin-bottom should each be 18px ?

(height of <header> ) - (height of .logo ) = 36px

36px / 2 = 18px

Answer 4

Try this for your logo class:

.logo {
  position: relative;
  top: 50%;
  transform: translateY(-50%);
    width: 209px;
    height: 54px;
    background-color: #ced0d8;

}

Answer 5

Have you heard of flexbox? It's great! Try this :

header {
  width: 960px;
  height: 90px;
  margin: auto;
  background-color: #000;
  display: flex;
}

.logo {
  width: 209px;
  height: 54px;
  background-color: #ced0d8;
  margin: auto 0;
}

Answer 6

There is a 3 ways to solve this problem.

Method 1: Use transform property. ( IE9+ supported )

 header { width: 960px; height: 90px; margin: auto; background-color: #000; } .logo { float: left; width: 209px; height: 54px; background-color: #ced0d8; top:50%; transform:translateY(-50%); position:relative; } 

 <header> <div class="logo"></div> </header> 

Method 2: Use flex property. ( IE10+ supported )

 header { width: 960px; height: 90px; margin: auto; background-color: #000; display:flex; align-items: center; } .logo { float: left; width: 209px; height: 54px; background-color: #ced0d8; } 

 <header> <div class="logo"></div> </header> 

Method 3: Use margin property. ( IE3+ supported )

 header { width: 960px; height: 90px; margin: auto; background-color: #000; } .logo { float: left; width: 209px; height: 54px; background-color: #ced0d8; margin-top: 18px; /* (90px (header height) - 54px (logo height))/2 = 18px; */ } 

 <header> <div class="logo"></div> </header> 

Answer 7

There is a neat trick using absolute positioning as shown below.

Since you specified a height and width for .logo , you can use margin: auto to center it both vertically and horizontally provided that .logo is absolutely positioned and all the offsets are set to zero.

This relies on CSS2 specifications and will work in quite a few browsers.

 header { width: 460px; /* narrow width for demo... */ height: 90px; margin: auto; background-color: #000; position: relative; } .logo { position: absolute; left: 0; right: 0; top: 0; bottom: 0; margin: auto; width: 209px; height: 54px; background-color: #ced0d8; } 

 <header> <div class="logo"></div> </header> 

Answer 8

Just play around with the height and the padding of your header :

 body { margin : 0; } header { width: 100%; height: 54px; margin: 0; padding: 26px; background-color: #000; } .logo { display: block; width: 209px; height: 54px; margin : auto; background-color: #ced0d8; border : 1px solid #000; } 

 <header> <div class="logo"></div> </header> 

See also this Fiddle !