Center ul in div vertically and horizontally

Question

Can someone help me to center the "ul" in the "div" vertically and horizontally according the code below?

Thank you very much!

<div id="nav">
  <ul>
    <li><a class="top" href="#top"><span></span></a></li>
    <li><a class="bottom" href="#bottom"><span></span></a></li>
    <li><a>Link 1</a></li>
    <li><a>Link 2</a></li>
  </ul>
</div>

css

#nav {
    height:35px;
    border-bottom:1px solid #ddd;
    position:fixed;
    top:0px;
    left:0px;
    right:0px;
    background:#fff url(../images/navigation/nav.png) repeat-x center left;
    z-index:999999;
}

#nav ul {
    list-style:none;
    margin:auto;
    float:left;
    padding:0;
    display: block;
}

#nav ul li {
    display:inline;
    float:left;
    margin:0px 2px;
}

#nav a {
    font-size:13px;
    font-weight:bold;
    float:left;
    padding: 2px 4px;
    color:#999;
    text-decoration: none;
    border:1px solid #ccc;
    cursor: pointer;
    background:transparent url(../images/navigation/overlay.png) repeat-x center left;
    height:16px;
    line-height:16px;
}

#nav a:hover {
    background:#D9D9DA none;
    color: #fff;
}

#nav a.top span, #nav a.bottom span {
    float:left;
    width:16px;
    height:16px;
}

#nav a.top span {
    background:transparent url(../images/navigation/top.png) no-repeat center center;
}

#nav a.bottom span {
    background:transparent url(../images/navigation/bottom.png) no-repeat center center;
}

Answer 1

Use display: inline-block combined with text-align: center . This is good because it will continue to work if you add or remove links.

See: http://jsfiddle.net/thirtydot/VCZgW/

The important changes I made:

#nav {
    /*height:35px;*/
    padding: 6px 0;
}
#nav ul {
    /*float:left;*/
    text-align: center;
}
#nav ul li {
    /*float:left;*/
    vertical-align: top;
    display: inline-block;
}

Answer 2

This won't directly solve your problem, but these are my go to links for css centering issues

Horizontal

http://dorward.me.uk/www/centre/

Vertical

http://phrogz.net/css/vertical-align/index.html

Answer 3

The right thing to do is this:

you put style on a ul {display:table; margin:0 auto;} ul {display:table; margin:0 auto;}

that is all;)